0

I've been unsuccessfuly partitioning for a while, so what partitions do I need? I'm running a rather old device, with these specs as follows: 3.7 GB ram, Intel Core 13-3220 CPU, Intel Ivybridge Desktop graphics card, GNOME 3.28.2, 64 bits, and a 500.1 GB hard drive (500,107 MB). I am trying to install Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS, and I would be very grateful if someone could tell me the size, primary/logical, mount point and what it's used as. I am a complete beginner, so I don't know anything, so it would help tremendously if I could get some direction. Thanks!

  • 1
    For such a small HDD, just let the Ubuntu installer do the partitioning for you. Partitioning requires some advanced knowledge of hard disk structure and Ubuntu workings. – heynnema Apr 12 '19 at 23:31
  • That's what I tried at first, I just went with regular install, but upon boot, it would say Error 1962: No OS found, even though it would prompt to erase ubuntu off of the hard drive upon subsequent installations, so I have to partition differently to get it to boot. –  Apr 13 '19 at 00:14
  • If you boot the Ubuntu Live DVD/USB, are you able to use "Try Ubuntu"? Start comments to me with @heynnema or I'll probably miss them. – heynnema Apr 13 '19 at 00:23
  • Did you create your HDD with a MBR or GPT partition table? – heynnema Apr 13 '19 at 00:35
  • Just curious... how do you know that you've got GNOME 3.28.2? – heynnema Apr 13 '19 at 00:35
  • @heynnema I am able try Ubuntu from a live usb. When I go to details in settings, it says I have GNOME 3.28.2. –  Apr 13 '19 at 00:51
  • Assuming that Ubuntu is going to be your only OS on this HDD, boot Ubuntu Live, start gparted, (and since you've got an I3, I'll assume it's UEFI/EFI), go to the gparted menu and install a new GPT partition table on the HDD (this WILL wipe the drive), then quit gparted, and double-click the Install Ubuntu icon that you see on the desktop. See if it works this time. Report back. – heynnema Apr 13 '19 at 00:55
  • @heynnema That didn't work :( –  Apr 13 '19 at 01:30
  • Then try a MBR partition table. Report back. – heynnema Apr 13 '19 at 01:37
  • How do I get to the MBR table? –  Apr 13 '19 at 01:44
  • Same place that you got to the GPT partition table. gparted. If you don't see MBR there, they may call it DOS. – heynnema Apr 13 '19 at 01:47
  • Sorry for the confusion, but I got to GPT before by going through the installation and selecting something else, and idk how to switch from that to MBR. Sorry for all the confusion, but how do I access MBR? Like is it a command in the terminal, do i just go through the normal installation, etc.? –  Apr 13 '19 at 01:53
  • As I mentioned earlier, use gparted, Device menu. Create partition table. Choose GPT or MBR (or DOS, if MBR is not there). – heynnema Apr 13 '19 at 01:58
  • @heynnema There's no DOS or MBR. The closest thing is msdos. The options that pop up are: atari, aix, amiga, bsd, dvh, gpt, mac, msdos, pc98, sun, loop. –  Apr 13 '19 at 02:09
  • Use msdos. Report back. – heynnema Apr 13 '19 at 02:14
  • @heynnema That didn't work either –  Apr 13 '19 at 02:27
  • Is this a Lenovo? [SOLVED] Error 1962: No operating system found. Lenovo K430 only boot Ubuntu, rename files http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2243715 – oldfred Apr 13 '19 at 02:47
  • Reinstall as GPT partition table, and then try @oldfred file renaming tip. – heynnema Apr 13 '19 at 03:17
  • do you get errors about inability to install bootloader duing the installation? – ptetteh227 Apr 13 '19 at 14:14
  • @oldfred It is a lenovo. How do I rename those files? –  Apr 13 '19 at 16:34
  • @ptetteh227 The installation runs smoothly, but upon rebooting the system it doesn't boot whatsoever. –  Apr 13 '19 at 16:35
  • Boot-Repair now does the copy of shimx64 to bootx64 automatically. But grub also now installs a copy to /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi which should be a hard drive or fallback entry in your UEFI boot menu. But if only booting Ubuntu, you can make description read "Windows Boot Manager", but boot with grub or shim see post #17 & http://askubuntu.com/questions/486752/dual-boot-win-8-ubuntu-loads-only-win/486789#486789 and option IV. – oldfred Apr 13 '19 at 18:02

1 Answers1

0

I usually create a primary partition with the Ubuntu installation. Mount point is / . I don't like to skimp on the size of the disk so at a minimum I would give it 40G in space, and more if you want to do a lot of stuff on it. . . Also a swap partition of size of 1G would do, but it wouldn't hurt to give it more (try 4G). . .

It sounds to me that your Grub bootloader did not get initialized and loaded properly. . . You can do this from a live disk. Take a look at this answer in how to do it Here

kakunka
  • 59