problems with Ubuntu install

donkey42 · 10-02-2008, 03:23 PM

i am trying to install Ubuntu on my existing Kubuntu HDD, but, i received an unexpected error, free space unusable (61120Mb)

i personally don't know why this error occurred, because, i only have 1 primary partition & an extended partition containing everything else (obviously excluding /boot)

please help if you can (again)

BTW: i'm currently on Ubuntu liveCD, and obviously posting a screenshot didn't work successfully, so, i'll try to describe the situation

i created a / (size: 2048Gb) partition and creation of further partition is not possible,

my partitions:

hda1 = /boot - 98Mb - the only primary partition (my original Kubuntu Gutsy)
hda5 = kbun / - 17125Mb
hda6 = /home (kbun) - 10478Mb
hda7 = /vm - 31453Mb - all my vm's
hda8 = /spr - 31453Mb - basically i put it in there if i don't know what else to do with it

this is on a 160Gb HDD

Fred · 11-02-2008, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donkey42

i am trying to install Ubuntu on my existing Kubuntu HDD, but, i received an unexpected error, free space unusable (61120Mb)

i personally don't know why this error occurred, because, i only have 1 primary partition & an extended partition containing everything else (obviously excluding /boot)

please help if you can (again)

BTW: i'm currently on Ubuntu liveCD, and obviously posting a screenshot didn't work successfully, so, i'll try to describe the situation

i created a / (size: 2048Gb) partition and creation of further partition is not possible,

my partitions:

hda1 = /boot - 98Mb - the only primary partition (my original Kubuntu Gutsy)
hda5 = kbun / - 17125Mb
hda6 = /home (kbun) - 10478Mb
hda7 = /vm - 31453Mb - all my vm's
hda8 = /spr - 31453Mb - basically i put it in there if i don't know what else to do with it

this is on a 160Gb HDD

Well, I've never personally seen this problem, but I did find another thread (not here) where a ubuntu user has the same problem.

On another website, the problem with kubuntu turned out to be (and I'm guessing that this is yours):

Quote:

Originally Posted by http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread96771.html

It seems that all my partitions were set as primary and the hard drive (or the OS) can not support more than 4 primary partitions (3 + the EISA partition). I just converted 2 of them to logical partitions and now everything works great.

donkey42 · 12-02-2008, 05:33 PM

well as you can plainly see from the following image i only have 2 primary partitions
gparted.png

Off Topic:

problems with online image hosts

thank you for replying

Fred · 12-02-2008, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donkey42

well as you can plainly see from the following image i only have 2 primary partitions

Ah, well I'll admit that I'm left clueless. I mean, you could always remove EVERYTHING and start over, but I dont think that's what you want to do and neither is it the proper solution. I will keep looking around to see if I can help you more successfully, but in the mean time maybe if we're lucky someone like AT will stop by.

donkey42 · 12-02-2008, 06:43 PM

i've actually found the original screenshot i took, i must have mounted my /home partition from the LiveCD, because i found it on my desktop

, anyway it's here now
http://aycu24.webshots.com/image/445...3521010_rs.jpg

10-02-2008, 03:23 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,836 Times Helpful: 309 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	problems with Ubuntu install i am trying to install Ubuntu on my existing Kubuntu HDD, but, i received an unexpected error, free space unusable (61120Mb) i personally don't know why this error occurred, because, i only have 1 primary partition & an extended partition containing everything else (obviously excluding /boot) please help if you can (again) BTW: i'm currently on Ubuntu liveCD, and obviously posting a screenshot didn't work successfully, so, i'll try to describe the situation i created a / (size: 2048Gb) partition and creation of further partition is not possible, my partitions: hda1 = /boot - 98Mb - the only primary partition (my original Kubuntu Gutsy) hda5 = kbun / - 17125Mb hda6 = /home (kbun) - 10478Mb hda7 = /vm - 31453Mb - all my vm's hda8 = /spr - 31453Mb - basically i put it in there if i don't know what else to do with it this is on a 160Gb HDD __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu \| My Mini City

12-02-2008, 05:33 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,836 Times Helpful: 309 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	well as you can plainly see from the following image i only have 2 primary partitions gparted.png Off Topic: problems with online image hosts thank you for replying __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu \| My Mini City Last edited by donkey42; 12-02-2008 at 05:40 PM. Reason: edit

12-02-2008, 06:43 PM	#5 (permalink) Top
donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,836 Times Helpful: 309 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	i've actually found the original screenshot i took, i must have mounted my /home partition from the LiveCD, because i found it on my desktop, anyway it's here now http://aycu24.webshots.com/image/445...3521010_rs.jpg __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu \| My Mini City Last edited by donkey42; 12-02-2008 at 06:49 PM. Reason: edit

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