I'm trying to install Ubuntu 14.04, but I don't know what I'm doing. What mount point should I set, to begin with?

This pretty much answers it all: How to install Ubuntu. If you have specific questions after checking through the link let us know.

I'm not quite sure how to ask, but how do I set up the new partition? What flag do I use- boot, home, what?

If you don't know what you're doing, then why are you trying to do a custom partition layout? Why not just use the defaults?

Because someone suggested that I choose 'something else'.

So what does this "someone" say about the steps you should take from there?

They were apparently steering you away from the default configuration for some reason, which means they must have had something in mind. Without the rest of the steps it's pointless though...might as well just pick the default since you're not going to end up with their desired partition layout anyway without more info.

I'm new to Linux, new to partitioning, and getting tired of getting the runaround.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ls-4175549916/

I don't follow...

There are two options for partitioning: default and custom. Custom lets you set up your own partition layout, if for some reason you don't like the default. If you don't know what you want to do, then what's the point of doing a custom layout? Why would you choose that over the default? If somebody told you to do a custom layout but didn't say what that layout is, then again, what's the point?

In summary, unless this "someone" told you what partition layout you should use, then their "advice" is useless and you should just do the default.

Not trying to be nasty or anything but if "someone-else" suggested to do it a different way then they should of advised you completely in order to get this accomplished.

Otherwise start over and install using the default Ubuntu suggests, probably the entire disk...

The installer is your friend just allow it to install as it wants to unless you have a specific need then you can alter the default.

So do you have a specific need? Where is this "someone" now?


Heres the nitty gritty:

/ -The root partition where all the important stuff is, 20Gbs is usually fine
swap -Should be set to roughly 1.5x the amount of RAM, if you have a lot of RAM then set to a smaller amount
/home -All the user data is stored here. It can be a totally different HDD/SSD but lets start off small and in time come back to this

There are plenty more partitions but thats more than enough to get you going. As suggested earlier just allow the installer to install in the default manner (entire available disk)

LQ is here to help just help us help you by giving [B]detailed[B] explanations and questions...

Good Luck and Welcome!

I didn't see that link earlier, that would have really helped in the first post of the thread. According to that thread, you already installed Ubuntu though, so are you trying to install it again? What are you trying to change?

I'm trying to get it back after deleting it. And I don't want to overwrite Windows while I'm still learning to use Linux.