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Installing Ubuntu on a single partition

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I’m trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 alongside with Windows 7. My HDD supports only 4 partitions. Three of the partitions are taken up by windows. The fourth one is labelled as free space.

Now, how do I make root, swap and home partitions? Should I format my free space as primary with EXT4 first (if so, what should be the mount point?) and then create logical partitions for root/Home/swap? How do I go about this?

Edit: I tried to use the automatic installation option for dual boot. However I got the error ubi partman exit code 141. Probably because it tried to create two separate partitions for root and swap.

$ sudo parted -l

Model: ATA ST1000DM003-1CH1 (scsi)

Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB

Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B

Partition Table: msdos

Disk Flags: 



Number  Start   End    Size   Type     File system  Flags

 1      1049kB  106MB  105MB  primary  ntfs         boot

 2      106MB   277GB  277GB  primary  ntfs

 3      277GB   903GB  627GB  primary  ntfs

16.04 dual-boot partitioning

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edited Nov 5 '17 at 17:14

Heethesh

asked Nov 5 '17 at 16:51

HeetheshHeethesh

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  You want one primary partition as the extended partition and then can have an unlimited number of logical partitions inside the extended. Post this: sudo parted -l Do not create partitions with Windows as it may convert to its proprietary dynamic partitions from standard basic partitions. If you do not have 4 primary, skip the first part: askubuntu.com/questions/149821/…
  
  – oldfred
  Nov 5 '17 at 17:01
  

  
  
  
  


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  first of all, backup all your personal data on external hard drive. Delete one of the partitions (D, E, etc. Not C) after deleting it you can make two primary partitions. Make one of them as Extended, in extended you can make several partitions. One of those several partitions can be your old partition you formatted, swap for Linux, Home for Linux, etc. and your second primary partition can be Root for Linux. good luck!
  
  – Edward Torvalds
  Nov 5 '17 at 17:06
  

  
  
  
  


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  Added output of parted -l. Deleting windows partition is not an option for me. I have a single partition left with around 90 GB free space.
  
  – Heethesh
  Nov 5 '17 at 17:17
  

  
  
  
  


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  @oldfred I'm using a desktop with 16GB RAM. How much of swap size would you recommend? Keeping 20GB for root.
  
  – Heethesh
  Nov 5 '17 at 17:36
  

  
  
  
  


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  Either 2GB for swap or none. I like to have just a little as system seems to want to find it. But if 17.04 or later it uses a swap file, but will use a swap partition if found. If system has 16GB of RAM, sounds like a newer UEFI system, so why the 35 year old BIOS/MBR configuration?
  
  – oldfred
  Nov 5 '17 at 21:08
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

2

I’m trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 alongside with Windows 7. My HDD supports only 4 partitions. Three of the partitions are taken up by windows. The fourth one is labelled as free space.

Now, how do I make root, swap and home partitions? Should I format my free space as primary with EXT4 first (if so, what should be the mount point?) and then create logical partitions for root/Home/swap? How do I go about this?

Edit: I tried to use the automatic installation option for dual boot. However I got the error ubi partman exit code 141. Probably because it tried to create two separate partitions for root and swap.

$ sudo parted -l

Model: ATA ST1000DM003-1CH1 (scsi)

Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB

Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B

Partition Table: msdos

Disk Flags: 



Number  Start   End    Size   Type     File system  Flags

 1      1049kB  106MB  105MB  primary  ntfs         boot

 2      106MB   277GB  277GB  primary  ntfs

 3      277GB   903GB  627GB  primary  ntfs

16.04 dual-boot partitioning

share|improve this question

edited Nov 5 '17 at 17:14

Heethesh

asked Nov 5 '17 at 16:51

HeetheshHeethesh

184

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You want one primary partition as the extended partition and then can have an unlimited number of logical partitions inside the extended. Post this: sudo parted -l Do not create partitions with Windows as it may convert to its proprietary dynamic partitions from standard basic partitions. If you do not have 4 primary, skip the first part: askubuntu.com/questions/149821/…
  
  – oldfred
  Nov 5 '17 at 17:01
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  first of all, backup all your personal data on external hard drive. Delete one of the partitions (D, E, etc. Not C) after deleting it you can make two primary partitions. Make one of them as Extended, in extended you can make several partitions. One of those several partitions can be your old partition you formatted, swap for Linux, Home for Linux, etc. and your second primary partition can be Root for Linux. good luck!
  
  – Edward Torvalds
  Nov 5 '17 at 17:06
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Added output of parted -l. Deleting windows partition is not an option for me. I have a single partition left with around 90 GB free space.
  
  – Heethesh
  Nov 5 '17 at 17:17
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @oldfred I'm using a desktop with 16GB RAM. How much of swap size would you recommend? Keeping 20GB for root.
  
  – Heethesh
  Nov 5 '17 at 17:36
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Either 2GB for swap or none. I like to have just a little as system seems to want to find it. But if 17.04 or later it uses a swap file, but will use a swap partition if found. If system has 16GB of RAM, sounds like a newer UEFI system, so why the 35 year old BIOS/MBR configuration?
  
  – oldfred
  Nov 5 '17 at 21:08
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I’m trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 alongside with Windows 7. My HDD supports only 4 partitions. Three of the partitions are taken up by windows. The fourth one is labelled as free space.

Now, how do I make root, swap and home partitions? Should I format my free space as primary with EXT4 first (if so, what should be the mount point?) and then create logical partitions for root/Home/swap? How do I go about this?

Edit: I tried to use the automatic installation option for dual boot. However I got the error ubi partman exit code 141. Probably because it tried to create two separate partitions for root and swap.

$ sudo parted -l

Model: ATA ST1000DM003-1CH1 (scsi)

Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB

Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B

Partition Table: msdos

Disk Flags: 



Number  Start   End    Size   Type     File system  Flags

 1      1049kB  106MB  105MB  primary  ntfs         boot

 2      106MB   277GB  277GB  primary  ntfs

 3      277GB   903GB  627GB  primary  ntfs

16.04 dual-boot partitioning

share|improve this question

edited Nov 5 '17 at 17:14

Heethesh

asked Nov 5 '17 at 16:51

HeetheshHeethesh

184

$ sudo parted -l

Model: ATA ST1000DM003-1CH1 (scsi)

Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB

Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B

Partition Table: msdos

Disk Flags: 



Number  Start   End    Size   Type     File system  Flags

 1      1049kB  106MB  105MB  primary  ntfs         boot

 2      106MB   277GB  277GB  primary  ntfs

 3      277GB   903GB  627GB  primary  ntfs

share|improve this question

edited Nov 5 '17 at 17:14

Heethesh

asked Nov 5 '17 at 16:51

HeetheshHeethesh

184

share|improve this question

edited Nov 5 '17 at 17:14

Heethesh

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asked Nov 5 '17 at 16:51

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In a new installation of Ubuntu 18.04 there is no need for either home or swap partitions and creating them is a waste of disk space. One ext4 partition for everything is all you need. This answer would also have helped you in Nov. 5, 2017 because starting in new installations of Ubuntu 17.04, the Ubuntu installer creates a swap file instead of a swap partition by default, so a single partition is all you need.

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answered Dec 11 '18 at 17:07

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In addition to the @karel's answer, here is how to setup swap-file on the previous Ubuntu versions, as 16.04:

sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile # Create a 'swap-file'; 16G in this case

sudo chmod 600 /swapfile        # Set the necessary file permissions

ls -lh /swapfile                # Check

sudo mkswap /swapfile           # Mark the file as 'swap'

sudo swapon /swapfile           # Enable the 'swap'

sudo swapon --show              # Check

free -h                         # Another check

Edit /etc/fstab and make the changes permanent:

sed 's/^.*swap.*$//' /etc/fstab -i.bak # Remove the previous swap related entries 

                                       # and create a backup copy of the file

echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab # Add a new entry

Or edit /etc/fstab and add the the following entry manually:

/swapfile none swap sw 0 0

Ideas for additional tweaks (I would prefer to use the default settings for normal swap usage):

• 
  

  Change the frequency of RAM to SWAP data copy:

  
  
  

  sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10    # value 0-100: low value low frequency
  
  cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness     # Check
  
  

  
  


• 
  

  Change the frequency of Cache flush:

  
  
  

  sudo sysctl vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 # 0-100: high value high frequency
  
  cat /proc/sys/vm/vfs_cache_pressure  # Check
  
  

  
  


• 
  

  Make the above changes permanent:

  
  
  

  sudo cp /etc/sysctl.conf{,.bak} # Create a backup copy of the file '/etc/sysctl.conf'
  
  echo -e 'nCustom settings: value 0-100; default 100nvm.swappiness=10nvm.vfs_cache_pressure=50' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
  
  

  
  
  

  Or edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add the the following entries manually:

  
  
  

  # Custom settings: value 0-100; default 100
  
  vm.swappiness=10
  
  vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50
  
  

  
  

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In a new installation of Ubuntu 18.04 there is no need for either home or swap partitions and creating them is a waste of disk space. One ext4 partition for everything is all you need. This answer would also have helped you in Nov. 5, 2017 because starting in new installations of Ubuntu 17.04, the Ubuntu installer creates a swap file instead of a swap partition by default, so a single partition is all you need.

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answered Dec 11 '18 at 17:07

karelkarel

59.9k13129151

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3

In a new installation of Ubuntu 18.04 there is no need for either home or swap partitions and creating them is a waste of disk space. One ext4 partition for everything is all you need. This answer would also have helped you in Nov. 5, 2017 because starting in new installations of Ubuntu 17.04, the Ubuntu installer creates a swap file instead of a swap partition by default, so a single partition is all you need.

share|improve this answer

answered Dec 11 '18 at 17:07

karelkarel

59.9k13129151

add a comment | 

In a new installation of Ubuntu 18.04 there is no need for either home or swap partitions and creating them is a waste of disk space. One ext4 partition for everything is all you need. This answer would also have helped you in Nov. 5, 2017 because starting in new installations of Ubuntu 17.04, the Ubuntu installer creates a swap file instead of a swap partition by default, so a single partition is all you need.

share|improve this answer

answered Dec 11 '18 at 17:07

karelkarel

59.9k13129151

share|improve this answer

answered Dec 11 '18 at 17:07

karelkarel

59.9k13129151

answered Dec 11 '18 at 17:07

karelkarel

59.9k13129151

answered Dec 11 '18 at 17:07

karelkarel

59.9k13129151

0

In addition to the @karel's answer, here is how to setup swap-file on the previous Ubuntu versions, as 16.04:

sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile # Create a 'swap-file'; 16G in this case

sudo chmod 600 /swapfile        # Set the necessary file permissions

ls -lh /swapfile                # Check

sudo mkswap /swapfile           # Mark the file as 'swap'

sudo swapon /swapfile           # Enable the 'swap'

sudo swapon --show              # Check

free -h                         # Another check

Edit /etc/fstab and make the changes permanent:

sed 's/^.*swap.*$//' /etc/fstab -i.bak # Remove the previous swap related entries 

                                       # and create a backup copy of the file

echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab # Add a new entry

Or edit /etc/fstab and add the the following entry manually:

/swapfile none swap sw 0 0

Ideas for additional tweaks (I would prefer to use the default settings for normal swap usage):

• 
  

  Change the frequency of RAM to SWAP data copy:

  
  
  

  sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10    # value 0-100: low value low frequency
  
  cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness     # Check
  
  

  
  


• 
  

  Change the frequency of Cache flush:

  
  
  

  sudo sysctl vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 # 0-100: high value high frequency
  
  cat /proc/sys/vm/vfs_cache_pressure  # Check
  
  

  
  


• 
  

  Make the above changes permanent:

  
  
  

  sudo cp /etc/sysctl.conf{,.bak} # Create a backup copy of the file '/etc/sysctl.conf'
  
  echo -e 'nCustom settings: value 0-100; default 100nvm.swappiness=10nvm.vfs_cache_pressure=50' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
  
  

  
  
  

  Or edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add the the following entries manually:

  
  
  

  # Custom settings: value 0-100; default 100
  
  vm.swappiness=10
  
  vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50
  
  

  
  

share|improve this answer

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answered Dec 11 '18 at 18:19

pa4080pa4080

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0

In addition to the @karel's answer, here is how to setup swap-file on the previous Ubuntu versions, as 16.04:

sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile # Create a 'swap-file'; 16G in this case

sudo chmod 600 /swapfile        # Set the necessary file permissions

ls -lh /swapfile                # Check

sudo mkswap /swapfile           # Mark the file as 'swap'

sudo swapon /swapfile           # Enable the 'swap'

sudo swapon --show              # Check

free -h                         # Another check

Edit /etc/fstab and make the changes permanent:

sed 's/^.*swap.*$//' /etc/fstab -i.bak # Remove the previous swap related entries 

                                       # and create a backup copy of the file

echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab # Add a new entry

Or edit /etc/fstab and add the the following entry manually:

/swapfile none swap sw 0 0

Ideas for additional tweaks (I would prefer to use the default settings for normal swap usage):

• 
  

  Change the frequency of RAM to SWAP data copy:

  
  
  

  sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10    # value 0-100: low value low frequency
  
  cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness     # Check
  
  

  
  


• 
  

  Change the frequency of Cache flush:

  
  
  

  sudo sysctl vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 # 0-100: high value high frequency
  
  cat /proc/sys/vm/vfs_cache_pressure  # Check
  
  

  
  


• 
  

  Make the above changes permanent:

  
  
  

  sudo cp /etc/sysctl.conf{,.bak} # Create a backup copy of the file '/etc/sysctl.conf'
  
  echo -e 'nCustom settings: value 0-100; default 100nvm.swappiness=10nvm.vfs_cache_pressure=50' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
  
  

  
  
  

  Or edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add the the following entries manually:

  
  
  

  # Custom settings: value 0-100; default 100
  
  vm.swappiness=10
  
  vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50
  
  

  
  

share|improve this answer

edited 7 mins ago

answered Dec 11 '18 at 18:19

pa4080pa4080

14.4k52670

add a comment | 

In addition to the @karel's answer, here is how to setup swap-file on the previous Ubuntu versions, as 16.04:

sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile # Create a 'swap-file'; 16G in this case

sudo chmod 600 /swapfile        # Set the necessary file permissions

ls -lh /swapfile                # Check

sudo mkswap /swapfile           # Mark the file as 'swap'

sudo swapon /swapfile           # Enable the 'swap'

sudo swapon --show              # Check

free -h                         # Another check

Edit /etc/fstab and make the changes permanent:

sed 's/^.*swap.*$//' /etc/fstab -i.bak # Remove the previous swap related entries 

                                       # and create a backup copy of the file

echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab # Add a new entry

Or edit /etc/fstab and add the the following entry manually:

/swapfile none swap sw 0 0

Ideas for additional tweaks (I would prefer to use the default settings for normal swap usage):

• 
  

  Change the frequency of RAM to SWAP data copy:

  
  
  

  sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10    # value 0-100: low value low frequency
  
  cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness     # Check
  
  

  
  


• 
  

  Change the frequency of Cache flush:

  
  
  

  sudo sysctl vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 # 0-100: high value high frequency
  
  cat /proc/sys/vm/vfs_cache_pressure  # Check
  
  

  
  


• 
  

  Make the above changes permanent:

  
  
  

  sudo cp /etc/sysctl.conf{,.bak} # Create a backup copy of the file '/etc/sysctl.conf'
  
  echo -e 'nCustom settings: value 0-100; default 100nvm.swappiness=10nvm.vfs_cache_pressure=50' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
  
  

  
  
  

  Or edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add the the following entries manually:

  
  
  

  # Custom settings: value 0-100; default 100
  
  vm.swappiness=10
  
  vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50
  
  

  
  

share|improve this answer

edited 7 mins ago

answered Dec 11 '18 at 18:19

pa4080pa4080

14.4k52670

sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile # Create a 'swap-file'; 16G in this case

sudo chmod 600 /swapfile        # Set the necessary file permissions

ls -lh /swapfile                # Check

sudo mkswap /swapfile           # Mark the file as 'swap'

sudo swapon /swapfile           # Enable the 'swap'

sudo swapon --show              # Check

free -h                         # Another check

sed 's/^.*swap.*$//' /etc/fstab -i.bak # Remove the previous swap related entries 

                                       # and create a backup copy of the file

echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab # Add a new entry

/swapfile none swap sw 0 0

share|improve this answer

edited 7 mins ago

answered Dec 11 '18 at 18:19

pa4080pa4080

14.4k52670

answered Dec 11 '18 at 18:19

pa4080pa4080

14.4k52670

answered Dec 11 '18 at 18:19

pa4080pa4080

14.4k52670