billy bunyip
Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:39:25 pm
G'day all ..I'm a newby .. new with Zorin Forum ... new with Zorin .. fairly new in trying to get more involved with Ubuntu / Linux . I've D/L & burnt Zorin 8 .. had the live dvd running .. looks great ... easy to find things in general ...good job people .. thanks ! Now my problem ... I wrote the following after a few tries to install Zorin on an external drive... i will be forever grateful if this little problem can be solved ... here goes >
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ZORIN INSTALL PROBLEM
HAVE ZORIN ON DVD ... RUN VIA BIOS CHANGE ON DESKTOP PC
IN THE INSTALL WIZARD >
At "Preparing to install Zorin " page shows >
drive space available ...ok & internet connection ... ok click "continue"
new page " unmount partitions that are in use "
shows > /dev/adc ...( my WD Essentials external hdd to be used for Zorin )
& > /dev/add ... ( my Seagate 2 tb external backup .. not to be removed )
I select " No " .. then " Installation Type " page appears ...
I select " Something Else "
window appears with selection of drives ...
/dev/sda 1 .... ( w7 loader )
/dev/sdb 1 ... ( clone of w7 above )
/dev/sdc ... ( newly formatted for Zorin install ..external )
/dev/sdd1 ... ( 2tb external backup )
at bottom left this page is " Device for boot loader installation "
I select /dev/sdc
then click " Install Now "
HOWEVER .... MESSAGE APPEARS >
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" No rootfile system
No root file is defined
Please correct this from partioning menu "
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so where do I go to correct this and what further steps do I need to continue the install ?
thanks .... end of story ... so if anyone can make any sense of my little drama I will greatly appreciated .. keep up the good work folks ...
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ZORIN INSTALL PROBLEM
HAVE ZORIN ON DVD ... RUN VIA BIOS CHANGE ON DESKTOP PC
IN THE INSTALL WIZARD >
At "Preparing to install Zorin " page shows >
drive space available ...ok & internet connection ... ok click "continue"
new page " unmount partitions that are in use "
shows > /dev/adc ...( my WD Essentials external hdd to be used for Zorin )
& > /dev/add ... ( my Seagate 2 tb external backup .. not to be removed )
I select " No " .. then " Installation Type " page appears ...
I select " Something Else "
window appears with selection of drives ...
/dev/sda 1 .... ( w7 loader )
/dev/sdb 1 ... ( clone of w7 above )
/dev/sdc ... ( newly formatted for Zorin install ..external )
/dev/sdd1 ... ( 2tb external backup )
at bottom left this page is " Device for boot loader installation "
I select /dev/sdc
then click " Install Now "
HOWEVER .... MESSAGE APPEARS >
--------------------------------------------------------------
" No rootfile system
No root file is defined
Please correct this from partioning menu "
-------------------------------------------------------------
so where do I go to correct this and what further steps do I need to continue the install ?
thanks .... end of story ... so if anyone can make any sense of my little drama I will greatly appreciated .. keep up the good work folks ...