[08:53] <bloodearnest> ing
[14:25] <gbaman> hey guys, got a quick question, i have a rather complicated edubuntu install for testing with and need a little help :)
[14:25] <gbaman> anyone around?
[14:38] <gbaman> I am trying to install ubuntu on an external HDD which already has data on it on 2 seperate partitions then i have my 3rd edubuntu partition. I have a 20gb partiton for edubuntu testing allocated and just need to install it now, but what is the best way to do this, taking into account the bootloader as that seems to be causing problems
[14:43] <alkisg> gbaman: what other OSes do you have?
[14:44] <gbaman> no other OSs on the HDD, just data
[14:45] <gbaman> an HFS+ partiton and a fat32 partition
[14:45] <alkisg> So what is complicated about it?
[14:45] <alkisg> HFS? mac os?
[14:45] <gbaman> when i tried to install it it complained grub counldnt be installed
[14:45] <alkisg> Are you booted into the edubuntu live cd?
[14:46] <gbaman> yes
[14:46] <gbaman> well, pendrive
[14:46] <gbaman> but yes
[14:46] <alkisg> What's the output of sudo sfdisk -d ?
[14:46] <alkisg> !pastebinit
[14:46] <alkisg> !pastebin
[14:46] <alkisg> That one ^ :)
[14:46] <alkisg> I.e. don't paste the output here if it's many lines... e.g. above 5
[14:47] <gbaman> that would involve me rebooting into the actual try version, one sec
[14:49] <gbaman> sfdisk -d did nothing
[14:50] <alkisg> There's a sudo there too
[14:50] <gbaman> there we go
[14:50] <gbaman> one sec
[14:53] <gbaman-edubuntu> http://paste.ubuntu.com/1454880/
[14:53] <gbaman> the drive i am trying to install it onto is sdc
[14:54] <gbaman> well, sdc3
[14:54] <alkisg> Ah, it's GPT, not normal MBR
[14:54] <alkisg> Try another tool: sudo fdisk -l
[14:54] <alkisg> (btw how come you're using GPT? for mac?)
[14:55] <gbaman-edubuntu> http://paste.ubuntu.com/1454884/
[14:55] <gbaman> yes
[14:55] <gbaman> my main machine is a mac
[14:55] <gbaman> but also have a windows machine
[14:56] <gbaman> which is why there is a fat32 partition on there
[14:57] <alkisg> gbaman: fdisk doesn't support GPT disks either... so you'd need to install "parted" to check the disk layout
[14:57] <alkisg> I'm guessing that the "embedding area" is too small for grub to be installed
[14:58] <alkisg> Try asking in #grub
[14:58] <gbaman-edubuntu> ..
[14:58] <gbaman-edubuntu> ok
[14:58]  * alkisg has never even seen a disk with a GPT table layout :-/
[14:58] <gbaman> parted installed :)
[14:59] <alkisg> sudo parted -l
[15:00] <alkisg> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#GPT_specific_instructions
[15:00] <alkisg> It sounds a bit complicated, so #grub would be your friend there
[15:00] <alkisg> Or, you could just use an MBR-based disk
[15:00] <gbaman-edubuntu> http://paste.ubuntu.com/1454894/
[15:03] <alkisg> Check the wiki page above, it has instructions on what to do for grub-install to succeed