I am very new to LInux and have no idea how to fix this. Please be patient with me.
Image: https://imgur.com/a/Rlhjlai
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I should add I am installing it from another USB onto the larger 65GB one.
'No root file system is defined.' during installation on USB
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AmbroseJakis
'No root file system is defined.' during installation on USB
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catweazel
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Re: 'No root file system is defined.' during installation on USB
There are several things you might need to do. First, turn off secure boot in BIOS and make sure Windwoes starts. If it does, I think it's in the power options, where you need to turn off fast boot. Finally, you need to shutdown Windwoes completely. You should also check your BIOS for a fast boot option and disable it.AmbroseJakis wrote: ⤴Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:05 am I am very new to LInux and have no idea how to fix this. Please be patient with me.
Image: https://imgur.com/a/Rlhjlai
Image: https://imgur.com/a/RLNioVO
I should add I am installing it from another USB onto the larger 65GB one.
"There is, ultimately, only one truth -- cogito, ergo sum -- everything else is an assumption." - Me, my swansong.
Re: 'No root file system is defined.' during installation on USB
I think it's trying to tell you that you need to define the partition used for "/" (root).AmbroseJakis wrote: ⤴Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:05 am I am very new to LInux and have no idea how to fix this. Please be patient with me.
Image: https://imgur.com/a/Rlhjlai
Image: https://imgur.com/a/RLNioVO
I should add I am installing it from another USB onto the larger 65GB one.
In the pic w/o the error, e.g. select sda7, check "format", hit "Change" button (change what you use it for), and select "/",
Last edited by Flemur on Tue Nov 20, 2018 2:25 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] if/when it is solved!
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
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ajgringo619
Re: 'No root file system is defined.' during installation on USB
Ahh, much better place to get help than Reddit. You'll get fixed up in no time.AmbroseJakis wrote: ⤴Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:05 am I am very new to LInux and have no idea how to fix this. Please be patient with me.
Image: https://imgur.com/a/Rlhjlai
Image: https://imgur.com/a/RLNioVO
I should add I am installing it from another USB onto the larger 65GB one.
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ricardogroetaers
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Re: 'No root file system is defined.' during installation on USB
First:
The first figure has a window in front and both do not show the entire disk drive. Please post readable images.
Note that the figures show a disk drive (sda), at first, to install the system and another (sdb) to install the boot loader.
Is that really what you want to do?
Install the system on a drive and boot loader in another force having the two drives always present.
Second:
Windows has a directory tree for each filesystem (partition). Each file system has your root directory, represented by "\" (backslash) and is represented by a drive letter (c:, d:, ...).
Linux provides a directory tree only and your root directory is represented by "/" (slash). The other file systems (partitions), when they are mounted, are hung in existing folders on "unique tree". There is no "drive letters".
These folders are called "mount points".
The filesystem (partition) that contains the "unique tree" is called a root file system. This is the partition that the system is installed.
It is necessary to set it so that the operating system installation can be performed.
The first figure has a window in front and both do not show the entire disk drive. Please post readable images.
Note that the figures show a disk drive (sda), at first, to install the system and another (sdb) to install the boot loader.
Is that really what you want to do?
Install the system on a drive and boot loader in another force having the two drives always present.
Second:
Windows has a directory tree for each filesystem (partition). Each file system has your root directory, represented by "\" (backslash) and is represented by a drive letter (c:, d:, ...).
Linux provides a directory tree only and your root directory is represented by "/" (slash). The other file systems (partitions), when they are mounted, are hung in existing folders on "unique tree". There is no "drive letters".
These folders are called "mount points".
The filesystem (partition) that contains the "unique tree" is called a root file system. This is the partition that the system is installed.
It is necessary to set it so that the operating system installation can be performed.