[CS-FSLUG] Ubuntu install troubles

[Tim Young]

Can you get a command-line?  If so, can you run
fdisk -l /dev/sda
(that is a L, not the number 1)

And for each partition, run
e2label /dev/sda1
e2label /dev/sda2
etc..

As Ed stated, you may need a partition labeled "/"
 From the command-line, you may be able to do:
e2label /dev/sda3 /
(if sda3 is the one you wanted to have for /)

Basically, the problem is that a Linux install MUST have a partition for /
You may have created /var, /home, /boot, and a few others, but forgot 
/.  If you did make one for /, then it did not take for some reason.  :)

    - Tim Young

Stephen J. McCracken wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for this problem (also posted
> at: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ticket/3443)
>
> I started the install from the Ubuntu 6.10 desktop CD, but through a
> console first set up the partitions with fdisk and mkfs.jfs. I chose
> "manually partition" as I want this a multiboot system and want control
> of the partitioning, and skipped through gparted as everything was
> already set up. Now, when I change the choices in the "prepare mount
> points" screen to what I want I keep getting an error of "No root file
> system" and can't get past that screen.
>
> 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!
>
> sjm
>
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