04-26-2014, 08:54 PM
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As for install issue, it's best to have some unpartitioned, free space on the drive to install to before starting the installation. Chances are that all space currently on the drive is being accounted for by partitions already there. You'll likely need to shrink one or more of them to make room for the LL installation. After shrinking, if you want the "Install along side" option you need to leave the resulting free space unpartitioned. If you create partitions for LL ahead of time, then you would use the "Something else" option and choose them on the following page. There you will need to set the mount points and file system format as well. If you want the grub boot loader of LL to take over booting responsibilities, then leave the default destination for bootloader installation as it is at /dev/sda. (NOTE: if you do the "Install along side" option, it will automatically put grub on /dev/sda and LL will be in charge of booting computer.)
If you don't want LL to control booting, then set the installation of the bootloader to the same partition you designate for "/" (root). You'll then have to boot into Lubuntu and run sudo update-grub in a terminal to add the LL boot choice. (If Windows is still running the booting (with EasyBCD), then add it to the boot choice there.)
If you are unsure how to proceed or want advice on best way to adjust partitions, boot into Lubuntu and take a GParted screenshot of the hard drive. Post that back here for us to look at. Also post back with the output of the following terminal commands. (Note: I don't know if the inxi command is present in Lubuntu. If it's not, then don't bother with the command.)
(That's a lowercase "L" at the end.)
As for install issue, it's best to have some unpartitioned, free space on the drive to install to before starting the installation. Chances are that all space currently on the drive is being accounted for by partitions already there. You'll likely need to shrink one or more of them to make room for the LL installation. After shrinking, if you want the "Install along side" option you need to leave the resulting free space unpartitioned. If you create partitions for LL ahead of time, then you would use the "Something else" option and choose them on the following page. There you will need to set the mount points and file system format as well. If you want the grub boot loader of LL to take over booting responsibilities, then leave the default destination for bootloader installation as it is at /dev/sda. (NOTE: if you do the "Install along side" option, it will automatically put grub on /dev/sda and LL will be in charge of booting computer.)
If you don't want LL to control booting, then set the installation of the bootloader to the same partition you designate for "/" (root). You'll then have to boot into Lubuntu and run sudo update-grub in a terminal to add the LL boot choice. (If Windows is still running the booting (with EasyBCD), then add it to the boot choice there.)
If you are unsure how to proceed or want advice on best way to adjust partitions, boot into Lubuntu and take a GParted screenshot of the hard drive. Post that back here for us to look at. Also post back with the output of the following terminal commands. (Note: I don't know if the inxi command is present in Lubuntu. If it's not, then don't bother with the command.)
Code:
lsblkCode:
sudo fdisk -lCode:
inxi -Fxz
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