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No root file system defined when installing Ubuntu 10.10 from CD

Asked by M R

Ok, i am a noob to Linux and Ubuntu, i have used windows all my life. and at the recomendation of a friend, i am goin to install linux as a secondary OS to windows 7 on my laptop. i have a toshiba qosmio F60-ooy. I have a speciffic partition that i want to put it in, 60GB. I boot fo0rm the CD and go to install. when it asks where to install, i get 3 options, INstall alongside other OSs, USe entire HDD and specify partitions manually. I want to use the last one. i go in and sleect my 60GB partition, but i can install, i get the error message:

No root file system is defined
Please correct this from the partitioning menu.

I do not know what to do - can soem one please help me?

(am using the 64 bit version of 10.10 as my current windows 7 OS is also 64 bit.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I firstly suggest you use win7 and resize your NTFS partition to create free space to install Ubuntu to.

Did you MD5 test the ISO you downloaded?
Did you burn the CD as slowly as possible?

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José Antonio Rey (jose) said : 		#2

You need to have three partitions: One for Windows, the second for Ubuntu, and the third as a Swap Area. Once you have the three partitions, you can install Ubuntu. Here, to solve your problem, select the partition you're using to install Ubuntu, and double click it. Then, where it says Root File, open the drop down list, and select /

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