Hey all, I've got Windows 7 installed on one of my PC's and I am trying to install XBMCbuntu onto it too. I have a 250gb hard drive, of which I have partitioned 20gb of it for XBMCbuntu (did this within Windows). When I go to install via USB stick I click on Something Else > Continue I am then presented with Code: /dev/sda free space 250059MB Now, that's obviously my entire hard drive. As I said, I created a 20gb partition, so Win7 is 230gb and 20gb for xbmcbuntu. However it is not showing up, can someone assist at all? Note: I did indeed create the partition for Windows as 230gb rather than resizing it. Thanks for reading, hope ya'll can help!!
Yup I can still get into windows as I haven't installed xbmcbuntu yet. Basically I have the local disk, and then the 20gb partition there, but when I go to install via XBMCbuntu it says "no devices found" and displays that above. Just wanting XBMC installed on it without formatting Win 7. Thanks
Do you have any other disks on the system? Did you format the new partition in windows or leave it blank after you created it? Make a regular ubuntu bootable usb. In the same way as you have done for xbmcbuntu. Then when booted up click the try ubuntu option. Then look for a program called gparted. In gparted select your hard drive and see if that can see any partitions. It may be possible to do this using your xbmc usb but I'm not familiar with that distro.
Hey Just the one hard drive. Yes I've tried leaving a free partition and then going via xbmcbuntu to install AND creating a partition for xbmcbuntu (in Windows) and then going to attempt to install it. For some reason, the installer is not detecting my Windows setup. Is it easy to make partitions in gparted? Thanks edit: What filesystem is best for xbmcbuntu?
I've had a mess around and it looks like there is a problem with the partitions. If I make them in Windows, xbmc can't recognise them. If I make them in xbmc (gparted), then Windows wont install as its a GPT partition table? So basically, I can't install both on the same hard drive
When dual booting. You need to shrink your windows partition inside of windows. Don't format the partition inside of windows. Using gparted or the installer partitioner, you can then setup the required partitions for the install. (typically root which is this -> "/" , "swap", "home" and "boot" You should use the EXT4 file format for Linux installs. It is possible to dual boot. Here's a guide I've skimmed through it should be OK to follow: http://www.instructables.com/id/Dual-Boot-Ubuntu-and-Windows-8-UEFI/?ALLSTEPS This assumes your using windows 8. If your using Windows 7 then things are bit simpler as you don't have to disable secure boot.
I'd of just installed Wubi. Then install XBMC manually. Your going to need to tweak drivers anyway to get video to stream play nicely. When done just hit logout and swap the window manage to XBMC. Ta da XBMCUbuntu.
