[Bug 901902] Re: Installation creates too many partitions

[YannUbuntu]

Hi Kim

I think you had 2 bugs:
- first is that "Windows showed 5 partitions, all primary", because normally a disk can contain only 4 primary partitions.
- second is that GRUB install failed. For other people information, but I add a detail that you told me by email :

> - when I got access to Windows I removed the two partitions that Ubuntu had
> created
> - I then set about reinstalling Ubuntu, however when it came to the
> partitioning choices, I made these manually
> - I asked for a 5Gb swap and a 60Gb / drive
> - the install proceeded to the point where GRUB was installing, then stalled

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Title:
  Installation creates too many partitions

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  - Installing 11.10 dual boot with Win 7
  - Prior to install I already had 3 primary partitions
  - Used live CD and selected 'install alongside'
  - At completion could not boot into either Win 7 or Ubuntu
  - Just booted ito GRUB rescue
  - Received extensive support from #ubuntu
  - Tried Boot Repair, which hung trying to reinstall GRUB
  - When booting from Live CD, could see drives but not navigate them
  - Finally ran bootrec /fixmbr to revive windows
  - Windows showed 5 partitions, all primary

  - Tried reinstalling Ubuntu, this time manually setting the partitions

  - Found the only way to successfully do this was specify the swap FIRST, as a logical partition (that way, it can not be automatically made a primary)
  - Then allocated remainder to / (which seems to automatically be made primary)

  - Now all boots fine

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