No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu.

[Simon Moreton]

Binary package hint: nautilus

just installed and getting error message above

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 23 16:25:05 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: nautilus 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we can't fix it because your description didn't include enough information, and this doesn't sound like it's got anything to do with nautilus. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem. We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures.
At a minimum, we need:
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem,
2. the behavior you expected, and
3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
Thanks!

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[pamindic (pam-indicia)]

I've experienced this. At the desktop after loading Lucid live CD, I take the 'Install Ubuntu 10.04' option. I have a single hard disk whose single partition registers as /dev/sda1. It's formatted to ext4, but otherwise blank. After language, timezone and keyboard options, I get a partitioning screen called 'Prepare Partitions', but the content is blank, i.e. it doesn't offer the drive for partitioning. If I choose to go Forward anyway, I get the error message:

"No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu'.

[pamindic (pam-indicia)]

I've found my problem by installing the Alternate CD. The drive was registering as part of a software raid set-up, although it wasn't being used in a raid arrangement and hadn't been for several years. The Alternate CD picked this up and overcame it, but the Live CD didn't trap it. So at least I can say there's an inconsistency between the graphical and text installers!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for nautilus (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Frank Miller (f-franj)]

I was installing software 10.04 and later 11.10 I got to the pick partition so, I pick the partition and install now and I get" No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu. "
So, what can I do now.