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  1. Bug #259540
  2. Comment #20

Comment 20 for bug 259540

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jahrra (jahrra) wrote :

Same problem here.

OS: Windows 7 64-Bit
Partitions: 1 System-reserved, 1 C:\, 1 D:\
Tested with: ubuntu-10.10-desktop-amd64.iso

After running the Wubi-Installer and rebooting, the setup-dialog stops at 271% and the error message pops up:
"No root file system is defined.
Please correct this from the partitioning menu"

So I booted the LiveCD and tried to run the installer from there. In the Live-Environment I can easily access the Windows-Partitions and GParted shows all the partitions, but when I start the installer, no hard drive appears in the "Allocate drive space"-dialog. Nevertheless I can choose "/dev/sda" to install the bootloader on. However when I click on "Install Now", the error message mentioned above occurs again (No root file system is defined ....).

fdisk provides additional information: It says that the "System-reserved"-Partition "does not end on cylinder boundary". (Screenshot attached)

I tried to access the Wubi-VirtualDisks from Windows to provide the requested logs using some ext2/ext3-drivers/explorers but without success. I can attach the logs from the LiveCD, if that helps.

Towards the end of the year I will reinstall Windows 7 and try to install without the "System-reserved"-Partition and see if that helps.

@thefons: afair Wubi does not support RAID