Help! Getting error in Parted Magic!

After Ubuntu’s installation, I usually reset the time to UTC in BIOS … because they suck.

Never! You didn’t read my posts again:

Please scroll up in this thread! If you overlook other infos I already provided, you won’t save time.

No, I did read that but the last time I tried to alter openSUSE’s partitions, it didn’t allow me to create things like the /boot/efi so I’m afraid that’ll happen here as well. So, I’m asking for your recommendations for how I should partition the drive.

I have no idea. I never installed Ubuntu on a uEFI system. You’ll have to find out. If it sucks, try again. If it sucks again, try Fedora. Maybe others here can help. It will be time to get up, guys!

You’ll create your partitions in Ubuntu like you would create with gparted. Create the partitions you want. The easiest is

  • swap
  • Ubuntu /
  • Ubuntu /home
  • openSUSE /
  • openSUSE /home

For the two partitions intented for openSUSE, specify the mountpoints /opensuse and /opensuse/home. Not sure you have to mount them, but it’s not important. It doesn’t matter how you call the mountpoints… But is has to be different from / and /home (that will be used for Ubuntu). Do you get it? It’s up to you to create a separate /home for Ubuntu. Ubuntu doesn’t by default. The order of partitions is important but I’m too tired … So let’s say it is not important. Others have different approachs anyway.

Format all the partitions in ext4. You will reformat the openSUSE partitions later in openSUSE setup and either not touch or mount but NOT format the Ubuntu partitions. To get safe, simply don’t touch them.

DON’T FORGET TO SELECT CREATE PARTITION SETUP in openSUSE setup !!!
Scroll back in this thread!

Ubuntu’s setup is (too) easy. There are other Ubuntu/openSUSE dualbooters here, who might help.
If you fail, just … please try again. :wink:
You have nothing to lose.
I have to go.
Good luck.

@carlos, you were looking for examples where we did suggest to install Ubuntu in order to boot openSUSE. Here’s one more!

Well, I finally got Ubuntu installed and working but now I can’t get the display to work properly! >:( It says I need proprietary drivers but when I install them, it just fails with an error. No matter what I do I can’t seem to install them. And when I try to show the display at the proper resolution without it, it doesn’t work right (part of the desktop is off the screen).

OK
I’m back

Can you get me

fdisk -l

So we can see what partitions you have

From Ubuntu or the Ubuntu live cd it’s

sudo fdisk -l

Wow, you didn’t sleep very long!

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00085a4a

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048   968996863   484497408   83  Linux
/dev/sda2       968998910   976771071     3886081    5  Extended
/dev/sda5       968998912   976771071     3886080   82  Linux swap / Solaris

But I’m getting a problem with the display. It hows a huge black bar around the screen, so it’s only taking up about 80% of my monitor!


Did you let it do it’s default install?

We need to do this again.

@please_try_again had in mind you just use Ubuntu for booting.

Are you able to carry on with this now? And respond quickly?

I’m a bit afraid to do anything at this point. Do you think if we install openSUSE on top of Ubuntu’s GRUB that:

  1. It’ll load and work properly?
  2. It’ll work with my graphics card (Ubuntu is not working properly with it)?

If so, I’m game for this. :slight_smile: (And if so, yes, I can respond quickly)

Don’t worry
We’ll get you there

Never mind that Ubuntu graphics don’t work. What about the default graphics it gave you? They are all we need.
We will be re-installing Ub

I have some images from a previous Ub release, which I will use to try and lead you.
During install you need to select
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Ubuntu/Ubuntu%2010.10%20Install/3.partitions-ask.png

Do you see that option
Can I assume you are working from another computer to discuss this with me?

OpenSUSE grub will not work by tiself as long as you have EFI activated

Yes, they work just not at the proper resolution is all.

I have to boot back into the install CD but I remember that option.

Yes.

OK, I’m rebooting into the CD… (BTW, let me know if you don’t want me to give such updates)

OK
So you should end up with a partitioner something like this (ignore the partitions in this example)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Ubuntu/Ubuntu%2010.10%20Install/4.partitions-config.png

We need to delete the existing partitions
I’ll write a partition proposal in the next post

This is fine
You don’t use IRC do you?

On Oneiric, it looks like this: http://www.unixversal.com/misc/ubuntu_vm_isoinstall03.png

Karl, get this picture. I might delete it.
I’m really gone.
Good day.

OK, I never got that screen. Instead my choices are to erase and install (using their config) or “something else” which takes me to a window showing the partitions and allowing me to change them.

No, but I have used it in the web interface in the browser. Do you have some irc address I can try?

Yes, this is it.

Thanks again for your help!