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Old 08-23-2015, 02:32 PM   #1
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Formatting A child's pc Question


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

PHP Code:
Warning!

Error fsyncing/closing/dev/sdc:input error 
I ignore it


then it says in the Where are you?(world menu)

PHP Code:
ERROR!!!

Input/output error during read on /dev/sdc 
and then first error and then
PHP Code:
Failed to create a swap space
The creation of swap space in partition of SCSI1 
(0,0,0)(sdc)failed 
PLEASE I HAVE TO DO THIS BEFORE TUESDAY!

ANY ADVICE?Thanks for reading
 
Old 08-23-2015, 03:03 PM   #2
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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
 
Old 08-23-2015, 03:19 PM   #3
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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.
 
Old 08-23-2015, 04:15 PM   #4
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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.
 
Old 08-24-2015, 05:08 AM   #5
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Welcome aboard.
 
Old 08-24-2015, 06:05 AM   #6
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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.
how do you use the entire drive and then partition in 3?
 
Old 08-24-2015, 07:54 AM   #7
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"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 I do this?
 
Old 08-24-2015, 08:52 AM   #8
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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.
 
Old 08-24-2015, 09:12 AM   #9
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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.
 
Old 08-24-2015, 12:40 PM   #10
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Maybe this will help,
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/deskt...ubuntu-desktop
 
Old 08-24-2015, 02:08 PM   #11
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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.
 
Old 08-24-2015, 02:29 PM   #12
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Haha problem now is I don't have free 6gb to boot.In Gparted there is only one drive with 1.8Gb, half of which are used .Why don't the 40 gb show uP?
 
Old 08-24-2015, 02:37 PM   #13
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Try posting the output of the following commands so we have something to go on:

sudo fdisk -l(Lower Case Letter L)
sudo parted -l(Also Lower Case L)
df -h
 
Old 08-24-2015, 03:43 PM   #14
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News, i erased the operating system and now it's saying missing operating system

WHAT TO DO?
 
Old 08-24-2015, 04:27 PM   #15
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News, i erased the operating system and now it's saying missing operating system

WHAT TO DO?
When you do an install, tell it to use the entire disk for Linux. There should be that option.
 
  


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