Hey everyone, pretty new to Ubuntu / Linux in general. I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 off my USB stick onto my laptop to dual boot against Windows 7. I've scoured the forum and the internet in general to solve this, but can't figure it out for the life of me.
When I initiate the installer, I am never prompted for the "Installation type". I am instead directly taken to a partition table, in theory to select where I would like to put the OS. However, there is no partition table! Which seems weird because I can see everything under GParted.
Below is some terminal stuff that a lot of other posts request.
I can provide more details for things I have attempted if you guys would like, but perhaps this is enough for now. Thank you very much in advance for your assistance!
When I initiate the installer, I am never prompted for the "Installation type". I am instead directly taken to a partition table, in theory to select where I would like to put the OS. However, there is no partition table! Which seems weird because I can see everything under GParted.
Below is some terminal stuff that a lot of other posts request.
Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA Hitachi HTS54505 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 41.1MB 41.1MB primary fat16 diag
2 41.9MB 19.6GB 19.6GB primary ntfs boot
3 19.6GB 500GB 480GB primary ntfs
Model: ATA SAMSUNG SSD PM83 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 32.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 8589MB 8588MB primary
Model: Generic Flash Disk (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 1049MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 16.4kB 1049MB 1049MB primary fat16 boot
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x8c51f1cd
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 80324 40131 de Dell Utility
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda2 * 81920 38350847 19134464 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 38350848 976762879 469206016 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Disk /dev/sdb: 32.0 GB, 32017047552 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3892 cylinders, total 62533296 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x8c51f1e5
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2048 16775167 8386560 84 OS/2 hidden C: drive
Disk /dev/sdc: 1048 MB, 1048576000 bytes
33 heads, 63 sectors/track, 985 cylinders, total 2048000 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4dffa55b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 32 2047999 1023984 6 FAT16