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So I bought a cool 15euro laptop called magalhaes,
I booted automatically Ubuntu,
Then i went to disk (settings) to format the drivers with the windows installed, but i was unable to do it.
So i installed Gpartition and i saw that there was a drive with 40gb all subdivided into windows or linux partitions, so i didn't collapsed them but I formatted them into(fat32)thinking it would be one big fat driver without knowing what I did.
try to install ubuntu 14.04.3 lts but now it's bugged out and i can't do it
says
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Warning!
Error fsyncing/closing/dev/sdc:input error
I ignore it
then it says in the Where are you?(world menu)
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ERROR!!!
Input/output error during read on /dev/sdc
and then first error and then
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Failed to create a swap space The creation of swap space in partition of SCSI1 (0,0,0)(sdc)failed
So i installed Gpartition and i saw that there was a drive with 40gb all subdivided into windows or linux
Was ubuntu already installed, and your formated the partitions from the installed ubuntu? How did you try to install with a dvd/cd, usb? from a live cd/dvd post the output of fdisk -l
Distribution: K/Ubuntu 18.04-14.04, Scientific Linux 6.3-6.4, Android-x86, Pretty much all distros at one point...
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That machine has specs in line with the first Asus netbooks:
Processor: Intel Celeron Mobile 900MHz, 512 MB RAM, 30GB HD, 800480 screen, 0.3 MP camera, 6-cell battery,... except they are shock hardened and spill resistant.
If you re-partitioned the drive, you've likely wiped everything on the machine. I suggest installing Xubuntu 14.04 LTS from an external DVD-ROM drive or memory stick. Use the entire drive, but partition it with three partitions; a root partition of 10-12GB, a /home partition with 17-19GB, and a swap of 1GB (or less). You'll need a more up-to-date distro in case there were recovery partitions formatted in exFat.
The errors you are reporting are for /dev/sdc which would be the third physical hard drive. What's on the first two drives? 512MB is the absolute minimum recommended for a current Ubuntu so Xubuntu or maybe Lubuntu would be better.
That machine has specs in line with the first Asus netbooks:
Processor: Intel Celeron Mobile 900MHz, 512 MB RAM, 30GB HD, 800480 screen, 0.3 MP camera, 6-cell battery,... except they are shock hardened and spill resistant.
If you re-partitioned the drive, you've likely wiped everything on the machine. I suggest installing Xubuntu 14.04 LTS from an external DVD-ROM drive or memory stick. Use the entire drive, but partition it with three partitions; a root partition of 10-12GB, a /home partition with 17-19GB, and a swap of 1GB (or less). You'll need a more up-to-date distro in case there were recovery partitions formatted in exFat.
how do you use the entire drive and then partition in 3?
"Use the entire drive, but partition it with three partitions; a root partition of 10-12GB, a /home partition with 17-19GB, and a swap of 1GB (or less). You'll need a more up-to-date distro in case there were recovery partitions formatted in exFat."
download install image, burn into a dvd and install it from that dvd. http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
But obviously you can try another distro too. You can also try to use pendrive if you can prepare to boot image from that.
The advices thus far are valid. The advices I'm referring too are those from JaseP and pan64 giving you recommendations to download a full install image and following the guided install process which the install image provides for you.
I do wonder about the title in that this is a PC for a child, presumably your child. You're barely understanding how to install a Linux distribution and you're creating a PC for a child to use. I'd suggest rather than be too concerned about some Tuesday deadline, you instead concentrate on properly learning the ins and outs of configuring a Linux system, yourself first. And then proceed to determine what's the best distribution and configuration which would be suitable for the target user.
Doesn't actually matter if it's a child or some other family member, or friend. If they're asking you to set up a PC for them, then they are less knowledgeable about the topic than you are. It's likely a good thing that you improve your knowledge base sufficiently to help that person once they have follow-on questions.
The advices thus far are valid. The advices I'm referring too are those from JaseP and pan64 giving you recommendations to download a full install image and following the guided install process which the install image provides for you.
I do wonder about the title in that this is a PC for a child, presumably your child. You're barely understanding how to install a Linux distribution and you're creating a PC for a child to use. I'd suggest rather than be too concerned about some Tuesday deadline, you instead concentrate on properly learning the ins and outs of configuring a Linux system, yourself first. And then proceed to determine what's the best distribution and configuration which would be suitable for the target user.
Doesn't actually matter if it's a child or some other family member, or friend. If they're asking you to set up a PC for them, then they are less knowledgeable about the topic than you are. It's likely a good thing that you improve your knowledge base sufficiently to help that person once they have follow-on questions.
haha it's for me. I'm a traveller and a tiny 15 euro pc resistant to shock and water with an extra battery included it's what I want.I'm goofy but not that much, I was able to format it but then I entusiasmed myself following these http://www.howtogeek.com/115797/6-wa...eed-up-ubuntu/ and http://www.binarytides.com/better-xubuntu-14-04/ without rebooting first with the updates installed, and that's what's screwed up, I'm installing it again and these time I'll reboot when it updates.
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