Ubuntu 13.10 does not detect my Win7 partition

[sebastian-s]

I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 with a working Windows 7 installation.

I have a large continuous space available on my local disk but Ubuntu 13.10 installer does not recognise it and thus I don't have the option to install alongside my windows 7.

I would continue with the manual partitioning but as there is no help or clue how to use encryption of home I am unsure what to do.

Version: ubiquity 2.15.26

[sebastian-s (sebastian-s)]

Output of fdisk:
$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x12d90b3c

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 411647 204800 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 * 411648 156674047 78131200 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 1373403135 1465147391 45872128+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 3 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5 1373403136 1434222591 30409728 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6 1434224640 1465147391 15461376 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Is the start of /dev/sda1 a problem? Isnt this usually at a lower number?

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

On 28 December 2013 11:52, sebastian-s <email address hidden> wrote:
> ** Description changed:
>
> I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 with a working Windows 7 installation.
>
> I have a large continuous space available on my local disk but Ubuntu
> 13.10 installer does not recognise it and thus I don't have the option
> to install alongside my windows 7.
>
> + I would continue with the manual partitioning but as there is no help or clue how to use encryption of home I am unsure what to do.
> + Unfortunately
> +
> Version: ubiquity 2.15.26
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 with a working Windows 7 installation.
>
> I have a large continuous space available on my local disk but Ubuntu
> 13.10 installer does not recognise it and thus I don't have the option
> to install alongside my windows 7.
>
> - I would continue with the manual partitioning but as there is no help or clue how to use encryption of home I am unsure what to do.
> - Unfortunately
> + I would continue with the manual partitioning but as there is no help or
> + clue how to use encryption of home I am unsure what to do.

Encrypted home, is a checkbox at user account creation step, much
later in the installation process.

--
Regards,

Dimitri.

[sebastian-s (sebastian-s)]

Dimitri, this is good to know, thanks.

What about the options to 'encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for security' (which I thought is encrypted home) and 'use LVM with...'

when I have to do all manual I have no Idea how to do it right e.g. encrypted SWAP.

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

On 28 December 2013 13:45, sebastian-s <email address hidden> wrote:
> Dimitri, this is good to know, thanks.
>
> What about the options to 'encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for
> security' (which I thought is encrypted home) and 'use LVM with...'
>

That is Full Disk encryption, which is only supported in "wipe &
install mode", not in dual-boot modes.

> when I have to do all manual I have no Idea how to do it right e.g.
> encrypted SWAP.
>

encrypted SWAP will be correctly setup, in either cases, Full Disk
encryption or the Home-only encryption.

Regards,

Dimitri.

[sebastian-s (sebastian-s)]

Dimitri, thanks again for clarifying. This helps me to proceed with my installation and I feel asured that I will have encrypted home and SWAP at the end.
The original issue/bug remains unsolved afaik.

Thanks, Sebatian

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

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