When I get to the partitioning step of Felicia (from the Live CD), it just says “no root file system defined” or something, obviously I need to set the mount point of (in my case /dev/sda2) and set it to mount point “/”.
My question is how do I do that? There is no option to change the mount point, when i mount it in Computer, it just auto mounts to /Media/disk.
Here is a picture of my gParted, http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gpart.png
btw i cannot format the whole drive because /dev/sda1 has windows and my files on it.
Help!
the apc guide was the first thing i tried, dont be cheap trying to score two point by stating the obvious. and also that guide is designed for Ubuntu not Mint, even though Mint is based on Ubuntu it is slightly different.
maybe i need to do something in terminal?
A very complete guide:
http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_first.htm
EDIT:
I answered with a link because a lot of Linux questions asked here are asked by complete newbs.
The fact that you are using GPE led me to believe that you are a newb as well since there is no need to use GPE to install Mint if you are dual booting with Vista.
Once you create the partition within Vista that you want to install Mint on the installation becomes a no brainer.
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I hope someone can provide you with accurate instructions on how set the mount points corrrectly in the scenario you have described – my instinct would be to delete the 40gb partition and leave the space unallocated on your hard disk – then do a guided installation using “largest continuous free space” – I have always found this to be the most reliable way to install Linux. Best of luck.
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I’ll assume you’re going to install on the partition sda2.
I’m not sure how it’s done in Mint, but I don’t think you need to use gparted to set the mount points. I would think that it’s similar to Ubuntu (since Mint derives from Ubuntu), where you’re shown a page of the existing partitions, you select one for root, and that’s it. In Ubuntu, this is done by selecting the “manual” partitioning when the page comes up during the install.
You would use gparted if you needed to change the partitions or resize them. But based on your photo, you have everything you need already: an ext3 partition for Linux, a swap partition, and Windows on the separate partition.
I would reboot the CD, and when you get to the partitioning screen, select the “Manual” option. Follow that page…on there you should see all the partitions listed and you can click on them and modify how you want them mounted. Mint will handle the swap file automatically.
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to do a dual boot system, you need to partition the hard drive using the partition manager in linux mint, or in vista’s (disk management)
the best way to have two systems or more on a computer is to do a virtual system, that way you can run all the systems at the same time, providing you have the memory that is needed, 250 meg for each operating system. with 1 gig you can run 4 operating systems
You can download virtual software either VMware, or Virtual box, though there are more, if you go the virtual way then it is easy to remove a system with dual boot it is more difficult,
download any of the virtual systems from the links below, read and understand the instructions on how to install and set the system up.
http://www.vmware.com
http://www.virtualbox.org
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I suggest deleting the Linux partition and installing Linux Mint 6 using mint4win (described below)
You can install Linux Mint 6 inside Windows using mint4win. If you run Microsoft Windows, insert the liveCD and a program called mint4win will launch automatically. This program is an installer for Linux Mint which runs on Windows. It installs Linux Mint within a file on one your partitions and it doesn’t touch your existing partitions. It also sets up a Windows multiboot for you. Details are on this page http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_felicia_whatsnew.php
NOTE :
Once you have deleted the Linux partition you may need to repair the Vista Bootoader using the installation DVD http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Recovering+the+Vista+Bootloader+from+the+DVD
LUg.
http://www.vmware.com
http://www.virtualbox.org
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I’m not familiar with Mint. What I do is boot from Knoppix and set up the basic partitions from there. /boot/ /home/ swap and root /. Then boot from the installation CD and manually select those. Most all distros will then detect XP and create a dual boot menu.
http://www.vmware.com
http://www.virtualbox.org
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