No disk space

[Muddler]

Obviously I goofed badly. I installed Ubuntu on my 60 GB hard drive using dual installation as Windows XP alaready installed.
WhenI try to login to Ubuntu, I get the error message, "No disk space."

As you see, I'm the ultimate nubie. Any suggestions as to uninstalling? My guess is that I did the partition wrong.

Thanks for you help.

[pbharris]

hello,
i would boot from a system rescue CD, check the partitioning scheme, which is probably the issue as you noted.

[Muddler]

Thanks! I'll give it a try.

[Muddler]

I'm back where I started and ready to install Ubuntu. My problem is knowing how to allocate disk space for dual booting.

I am asked at this poit in the installation process to provide the following
allocations:

/dev/hda1 ntfs
unallocarted
/dev/hda2 ext3
/devb/hda3 extended
/dev/hda5 linux-swap
unallocated

Is there some knowledgeable soul who can provide some guidance by making some recommendations?

Thanks in advance

[Schotty]

For simplicity I would have the following partitioning scheme:

hda1 - windows xp
hda2 - linux
hda3 - linux swap

Keep it simple for now. Advanced partitioning schemes are mostly useful for servers to add security. Home users rarely gain from anything fancy.

[Muddler]

Thanks, Schotty,

I have a Toshiba laptop with 60 GB hard drive and 512 RAM.
I don't know how much space to allot the various partitions.

Being a brand new newbe, I sure want to keep it simple.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

[pbharris]

hello,
i would go with -
/dev/hda1 25 GB - MS Windows XP - NTFS
/dev/hda2 15 GB - Linux mian partition
/dev/hda3 19 GB - Linux Home partition
/dev/hda4 1 GB - swap

(i differ from schotty in liking a home partition)

[Schotty]

PBHarris, although that is a good setup, he may find some issues with that since he hasn't necessarily been accustomed to the Linux way yet. I find that using one big lump is easier. Normally I add a /boot, /var and /usr in, but thats for security issues and logging. I have been nailed good with assaults that have caused /var/log/ to blow up to insane sizes (over 60GB) and /usr can be locked up real tight for workstations. However for normal users and especially noobs, I just leave it to 2 linux paritions + any other OS (MacOS or Windows).


That said, again, it should be a good setup with that.

[Muddler]

I am learning how much I don't know!
I started the installation. When I arrived at the partition screen, there were three choices. Erase the entire disk, Use the largest continuous space, and Manually partitiion.
I chose to use the largest continuous space--wrong choice. Could not login due to lack of disk space.
Now the partitions read as follows: /dev/hda 55.89 GB

/dev/hda1 ntfs 15.55 GB
unallocated 35.14 GB
/dev/hda2 ext3 2.07GB
/devhda3 extended 133.35 MB
/dev/hda5 linux-swap 101.95 MB
unallocated 31.38 MB

I can't figure how to move the unallocated.

Any help greatly appreciated

[explorer]

Muddler,
lets see if the following works for you!
Step1:
/dev/hda1 ntfs 15.55 GB
unallocated 35.14 GB
/dev/hda2 ext3 2.07GB <--- Delete this
/devhda3 extended 133.35 MB <--- Delete this
/dev/hda5 linux-swap 101.95 MB <--- Delete this
unallocated 31.38 MB

Step2:
After you are done with the above steps, most probably you`ll have the following partition table:

/dev/hda1 ntfs 15.55 GB
unallocated 37MB(approx)

Now you are ready to create partitions as follows:
/swap 512MB(to 1GB as per your wish)
/ext3 10 GB
unallocated 26MB(or something: You can convert this space into a windows partition later on by using any software like Partition Magic.)

Your partition table should look like this:
/dev/hda1 ntfs 15.55 GB
/swap 512MB(to 1GB as per your wish)
/ext3 10 GB
unallocated 26MB

Step 3:
You are ready to install Ubuntu in /ext3(20GB) partition as your root(/) partition.

Let me know if this works for you