Root file system not recognized for install

I have an IDE drive that shouldn't enter the discussion as I don't want to touch that drive. I have a SATA drive that I have installed WinXP on (sda1) with a small data partition too (sda5).
I partitioned the sata disk with these other partitions: sda2 (ubuntu root - "/"), sda3 (swap), sda6 (untouched, will be another linux root partition for another distro), sda7 ("/home"), and sda8 ("/shareddata")
The "prepare mount points" screen picks an hda partition for root (which I don't want), but when I change it to sda2, I can't get past that screen as it keeps telling me there is "no root file system".

Thanks for any ideas!

Hello sjm,
I just saw that there is a jfs module on the initrd. That could mean that your bios setup is incorrect. Make sure that the disk from which you want boot is the boot disk in your bios configuration. By the way on that disk must grub too.
The following link explains the naming convention of grub:

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Naming-convention.html

Mr Canis

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Mr. Canis,

Thank you for your help. I tried the install again, but chose reiserfs for the root partition and everything worked well. Thanks.

sjm

I am trying to install ubuntu 6.10. I previously had Suse 10.1 installed on

hda5 swap 512Mb
hda5 / 7Gb
hda7 /home 2Gb

and I tell the partitioner to use these, and reformat them to reiserfs (used for Suse)

It says there is no root file system!

I also note a blank line in the list of disks/partitions offered.

How do I proceed from here?

Regards
- Roger -

Hello Roger,
which partition shall to be for ubuntu?
How shall to be your partition layout?
In your post you have hda5 twice that doesn't work.

For example:

hda1 swap will be used from both (ubuntu and SuSE)
hda2 / root fs for ubuntu
hda3 / root fs for SuSE
hda4 /home will be used from both (ubuntu and SuSE)

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My apologies for my typing error: I meant to say:-

I am trying to install ubuntu 6.10. I previously had Suse 10.1 installed on

hda5 swap 512Mb
hda6 / 7Gb .... ubuntu root
hda7 /home 2Gb .... ubuntu /home

and I tell the partitioner to use these, and reformat them to reiserfs (as used for Suse)

I do not want to keep Suse.

It says there is no root file system!

I also note a blank line in the list of disks/partitions offered.

How do I proceed from here?

Regards
- Roger -

I apologise for my typing error. I meant

I am trying to install ubuntu 6.10. I previously had
Suse 10.1 installed on

hda5 swap 512Mb
hda6 / 7Gb
hda7 /home 2Gb

I am not keeping Suse, so this is all for ubuntu.

For your information, I also have

hda1 Win98 - drive C
hda8 WinXP - drive E
hdb1 ntfs - drive F
hdc1 ntfs - drive H

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> Support request #3443 on Ubuntu changed:
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> Mr Canis posted a new comment:
> Hello Roger,
> which partition shall to be for ubuntu?
> How shall to be your partition layout?
> In your post you have hda5 twice that doesn't work.
>
> For example:
>
> hda1 swap will be used from both (ubuntu and SuSE)
> hda2 / root fs for ubuntu
> hda3 / root fs for SuSE
> hda4 /home will be used from both (ubuntu and SuSE)
>
> Mr Canis
>
>
>
>
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I AM USING A NEW HARD DRIVE , WHEN I GET TO INSTALL I GET A MESSAGE NO ROOT FILE SYSTYM FOUND, WHEN I TRY AND BOOT FROM HARD DRIVE I GET A MESSAGE NO OPERATING SYSTEM FOUND,I AM AT A LOSS I TRIED A FEW OF THE EXAMPLES ABOVE BUT NOTHING IT WORKING I CAN ONLY BOOT FROM CD TO GET TO UBUNTU BUT IT STOPS AT PARTITION
HEEEELLLLLPPPPPP! PLEASE
DIANA

@ cryhavoc1969
Please don't append a new question on a marked as solved question.
Please make new question from here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion
you will get better chance to get right answer on a fresh tagged "open" question.
Solved question are usually not read from answering people.

Thank you

sorry, it doesn't matter i couldn't get help so i threw the stupid thing in the garbage,
was told i could get live help couldn't was told to post a message and i get this email, so take your program and shove it.i will go back to windows at least i can get help when i need it with out going through a bunch of useless hassle

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@ cryhavoc1969
Please don't append a new question on a marked as solved question.
Please make new question from here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion
you will get better chance to get right answer on a fresh tagged "open" question.
Solved question are usually not read from answering people.

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