How do you install Debian?

EDDY1 · 08-05-2012, 11:05 PM

You have to increase the size of the extended partition then you can create another logical. Post putput of

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fdisk -l

Ztcoracat · 08-05-2012, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by EDDY1

You have to increase the size of the extended partition then you can create another logical. Post putput of

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[sudo] password for cat: 

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcf58cf58

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1         463     3719016   12  Compaq diagnostics
/dev/sda2   *         464       18273   143052491+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3           18273       60800   341604033    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5           30633       60800   242324428+   e  W95 FAT16 (LBA)
/dev/sda6           18273       30124    95197184   83  Linux
/dev/sda7           30124       30632     4080640   82  Linux swap / Solaris

EDDY1 · 08-05-2012, 11:30 PM

You created a fat partition with the free space?

Ztcoracat · 08-05-2012, 11:54 PM

While using the installer I am not sure if I did but I remember seeing the ext4.

I do remember while I was in the partition mgr I deleted every partition except the Windows stuff. I than made a new partition(20 GB) for the Debian install and included the / for the mount.That worked.
Than when I went to make another new partition for the swap space (1GB) the partition mgr turned that into 999.9 GB when I clicked go back to check what I did.
I than aborted the install and ejected the cd/dvd.

EDDY1 · 08-05-2012, 11:58 PM

Does your windows still boot at present?

Ztcoracat · 08-06-2012, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by EDDY1

Does your windows still boot at present?

Yes, just came from there.

EDDY1 · 08-06-2012, 12:38 AM

Well why don't you explore the fat16 & see if it's necessary?

Ztcoracat · 08-06-2012, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by EDDY1

Well why don't you explore the fat16 & see if it's necessary?

Going to reboot and look at the fat 16. Be back in a few-

Ztcoracat · 08-06-2012, 01:14 AM

I used Easeus to look at the partitions and I did not see fat 16 anywhere.

This is what I found in ntfs and in Windows recovery:

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Free space 79489.16 MB
Total size 139699.69 MB
231.10 GB Unformatted
10.34 MB Unallocated

Easeus would not let me explore the Ubuntu partition or Grub.
The Recovery is

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Recovery 975.36 MB Free Space
Total size 3631.85 MB

I looked a second time and tho the terminal in Ubuntu see's the fat 16 it is not vi sable to me in Windows even with the use of Easeus-
What do you think?

EDDY1 · 08-06-2012, 01:25 AM

When in Ubuntu can you mount & view the files or is it empty.

Ztcoracat · 08-06-2012, 01:32 AM

Yes I can mount in Ubuntu.
I'll reboot and see if I can go into the file system.
Is there something specific I should look for ?

I recently did a backup and all documents, pictures, etc. are gone.

EDDY1 · 08-06-2012, 01:35 AM

You want to know if it's empty

Ztcoracat · 08-06-2012, 01:40 AM

I opened the 146. GB Filesystem and it contains 25 items and has 77.6 GB of free space.

EDDY1 · 08-06-2012, 01:54 AM

What does it contain?

Ztcoracat · 08-06-2012, 02:02 AM

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What does it contain?

Multiple folders :
A folder that says Ati, a folder that says Config. msi; Gravis; Python 26; folder marked Temp; Program files; System Volume info.
Boot error log; Pagefile system; a folder marked Documents and Setting and a few other things that don't look anything like a folder but a small icon of a document.