[NBLUG/talk] Installation problem

[Alan Bloom]

 > You should reach a point in the install where it gives you
 > options and one is something like 'other' where you will
 > need to tell it which partition you want the install on

Thanks Steve.  That's where I ran into trouble.  I told it I want to 
install on /dev/sda5, but I keep getting an error message:

    No root file system is defined.
    Please correct this from the partitioning menu.

 > and how you want it mounted.

How do I want it mounted?  I tried FAT32, ext2, ext3 and ext4, but that 
same error message kept popping up.

Alan


On 10/6/2013 10:13 PM, steve wrote:
> On 10/06/2013 07:40 PM, Alan Bloom wrote:
>> I also tried to store the .iso file to a CD-ROM but it is 4 or 5 Mbytes
>> too large to fit on a CD.
> You have to burn to a DVD, but it should install fine from that.
>
> At one point I tried to install 12.04 from a live disk on an old XP
> laptop and it wouldn't install.  I think the live-disk didn't handle the
> older power management or something.  I finally installed 11.10(I think)
> and gave it to a friend who wanted a cheap laptop.
>
> If you need a CD, you're out of luck.  They mentioned that they no
> longer support CD installs on their site about 12.04 I think.
>
> You should reach a point in the install where it gives you options and
> one is something like 'other' where you will need to tell it which
> partition you want the install on and how you want it mounted.
>
> I still have the older DVD's/CD's.  If you need one I could clone it for
> you.  I use a usb-dvd now days.  Only the old XP laptop even has a
> CD/DVD built in.
>
> Steve S.
>
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