problem in installing ubuntu 7.04

[mazazino]

Hey..Im a new user to linux and i wanna install it on my PC and allow dual boot coz i already got windows XP..
So i read a few tutorials online and i read that i gotta create a new partition, so i got Partition Magic that has a feature in it that says "Install a New Operating System" and has a drop down list of OS's that include Linux..so I selected linux and went on. Next, it told me that i need to create a new partition, so i took some space off of another partition i got, and created a 10GB new ext2 partition coz it said that ext2 is recommended for linux. So far so good..then it said that it would be advisable to create a swap partition that's of size RAM x 2..so i made the swap partition 1GB (all this using Partition Magic)....now, i booted the ubuntu 7.04 CD at startup and got into the installation process..i chose to manually select the partition i want the linux to be installed on, and i selected the one i created using partition magic (the ext2 partition), however it gave me an error that said : "this partition has no root in it, please change the partition settings"..i have no idea what's the problem and any help would be very appreciated...
PS: same thing happened when trying to install Kubuntu 7.04...
Thanks..

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

You can use ext2 partitions if you wish, but ext3 would likely give you fewer problems. That said, you will need at least a / (root) partition to install Linux. You can also use a swap and /home partition if you wish. There are other partitions you could use, but they just confuse the issue for new users.

I generally use a very simple partitioning scheme something like this:

/ (about 8 to 12 GB, ext3)
swap (about 512 MB)
/home (about 8 to 12 GB, ext3)

Hope this helps.

[mazazino]

well ya it said that i need a /root partition but how exactly do i create a /root partition?..isnt any created partition a /root partition?..please just bare with me coz im new at this..thanks

[oz]

You will specify which partition will be the root partition during the installation routine of any distro that you install. You won't specify /root, but simply /.

[mazazino]

it worked...it found out how to change the partition settings to mount the linux partition as /root which is just /....thanks

[oz]

Great... glad you are up and running!

Don't hesitate to start a new thread if you should have any other questions.