Installing Ubuntu On 2nd Drive w/o CD or USB

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TinyC2x

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So, I have tried installing Ubuntu (14.04.3) on my 2nd hard drive and when it reboots and I boot into the linux installation it says stuff about partitioning issues and it also says "no root file system defined". The drive in question is unpartitioned and formatted.

I tried Unetbootin and it doesnt show my 2nd drive in the list of drives that I can install in.

What am I doing wrong and/or what can I do?
 
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So I'm going to assume you have a primary drive with windows and are attempting to dual boot Ubuntu on a second drive. What you are doing wrong is trying to install without a cd or usb. Really just download the ISO from ubuntu's site and skip unetbootin. Use a program like winrar or 7zip to open the ISO and copy the files onto the usb. Keep the usb plugged in and on restart use the hockey specific to your PC or motherboard (usually something like f12) and choose to boot from your usb (make sure you have already enabled booting from usb. Boot into try Ubuntu when it asks and install from there and make sure to choose "something else" so you don't wipe windows. Make a partition for the so and all your files to take up most of the disk and...
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So I'm going to assume you have a primary drive with windows and are attempting to dual boot Ubuntu on a second drive. What you are doing wrong is trying to install without a cd or usb. Really just download the ISO from ubuntu's site and skip unetbootin. Use a program like winrar or 7zip to open the ISO and copy the files onto the usb. Keep the usb plugged in and on restart use the hockey specific to your PC or motherboard (usually something like f12) and choose to boot from your usb (make sure you have already enabled booting from usb. Boot into try Ubuntu when it asks and install from there and make sure to choose "something else" so you don't wipe windows. Make a partition for the so and all your files to take up most of the disk and another for swap that should be about the size of your ram. Consult this guide for further steps on dual booting and installing Ubuntu: http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2013/09/install-ubuntu-linux-alongside-windows.html
The guide is for installing on the Sam HDD but it shouldn't be that different just ignore shrinking windows since they will be on separate drives. Ask me any more questions you have.
 
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