Kubuntu Installation on Device

[King Kaos]

i have 4 devices shown on where to install kubuntu.

sda1
sda2 (main)
sda4
sda5


now i do believe sda5 is the paritioned HDD space i used for ubuntu back, the bytes do add up and thats where i want to install. but it gives me an error saying something about "root" or something.

i been trying to install kubuntu 12.04 for 3 days with crashes and errors and finally got it to work. i want to install it

any support? thanks

[OneLine]

Partitioning / Installing

now i do believe sda5 is the paritioned HDD...it gives me an error saying something about "root" or something...

The input and the output would be helpful...
If you have the Kubuntu LiveCD - start with it. Examine the HDD.


Few ways to examine the HDD

What the blkid command (konsole) is telling ?

sudo blkid

You could do "live" (1*) installations with the LiveCD - You could install the KDE partition manager /1/ or the Gnome partition manager /1/.

KDE partition manager package name is the partitionmanager. With the konsole:

sudo apt-get install partitionmanager

Gnome partition manager package name is the gparted. With the konsole:

sudo apt-get install gparted

You could examine the HDD and "create, copy, move, delete, resize without losing data, backup and restore partitions."





Both the KDE&Gnome partition managers are also available as bootable LiveCD's /1/.




Notes

(1*) The installed applications are only there until you end the session.


Links

1. http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...on-Regenerated

[King Kaos]

thanks for the reply onelive and for the big support.

i am new to installing directly from livecd - i always used either wubi installer for windows. this way on my HDD i created a seperate drive for linux only.

since the wubi installer does not work for 12.04 (i have tried for 3 days) i had to try this.

ill try your method asap and thanks again. will post back if any more problems occur or solution is resolved.

[King Kaos]

ok i returned to windows and use wubi to install kubuntu 12.04 again but this time on the grub menue i went to option E to add "nomodeset" before the quite splash command.

and it worked, finally

thanks for the help.