BNZ

Thank you for your assistance.
 Please note the "No Root File" popped up during a 'Clean' erase it all install ..I don't know why. It is now resolved and boots up fine except I can't see the Windows HD anywhere but it doesn't matter and I will leave it for another day, if need be.

Thanks again 

2 hours ago, freeworld said:

 

How to Fix “No Root File System is Defined” Error

https://www.itechguides.com/no-root-file-system-is-defined/

 

 

Or you can try follow this step by step installation guide from ubuntu handbook?

 

https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2022/04/install-ubuntu-2204-step-by-step/amp/

 

https://www.qirolab.com/posts/ubuntu-installation-step-by-step-guide-with-disk-partitioning

 

 

You tube video:

 

This gave me a lot of info clearly  ..& visually which I will now be able to check and adjust accordingly - if need be. I will re-install tomorrow following this info and BigStar's info and let you know.

Thanks.

4 hours ago, BigStar said:

 

You don't need any partitioning skills.

 

When you install Ubuntu, when you come to the partitioning dialogue, you simply choose erase disk and install Ubuntu. Period.

 

 

Your BIOS is complaining about the lack of a bootable disk.

 

 .. But looks like you may have a huge FAT32 partition and an NTFS partition on one disk. 

 

 But they're usually both NTFS. 

4 hours ago, BigStar said:

That suggests your Ubuntu "installation," if any, is totally unbootable, lacking any small EFI system partition, which Ubuntu correctly sizes and configures, with the boot, esp flags set. And you lack the other partition, EXT4 by default, containing /, /home, /var, /swap and everything else you need.

 

 

4 hours ago, BigStar said:

 

Boot the Ubuntu installation medium and run the included Gparted program.  

 

 

 

1. I've always used that 'Erase Disk and Install Ubuntu' method.

2.  Yes you're correct a FAT32 / NTFS ... "usually both NTFS." Thanks that's what I need to know.

3.  The Ubuntu installation runs fine but it's a roundabout way to boot it and I know the partitioning etc is not as it should be "usually both NTFS.".

4. " ..Boot the Ubuntu installation medium and run the included Gparted program"

I'm familiar with and used GParted on Ubuntu but not aware of it being 'included' in the installation medium, please explain.

I've just watched the 'Install & Partition video posted by 'freeworld' which explains 'swap' and partitioning 

more clearly - and visually - so with your valuable info and the video I will attack it and reinstall tomorrow.

Thank you very much for your time.

12 hours ago, BigStar said:

Modern Ubuntu normally has no problems booting under EFI. Did you reformat the disk beforehand and then just accept the default Ubuntu partitioning scheme? Sounds like you were doing some manual partitioning that didn't quite work.

Thanks for your response. You're correct (see pics) but I don't have the 'Root' or Partitioning skills to get out of this. Also there is a small 124Gb SSD with Windows which was the main / only HD (now unseen), a new 1Tb HD was installed when I bought it - and it everything was running ok. When I went to install Ubuntu I got stuck with the Partition conundrum and F'd it up. When I Boot up it takes me to ...(see pic 4) and with F1 it will load up and operate normally. I also tried swapping the cables from the original Windows 124Gb SSD to the 1Tb HD but got nothing as I could happily dispense with the SSD.

12 hours ago, freeworld said:

Did you delete all partitions and clean completely format the harddrive before reinstall?

 

Can you boot to bios and do a bios reset to defaults? don't need OS to do this.

 

In BIOS is the secure boot function enabled or disabled?

 

How are you reinstalling the OS, from a usb/cd/dvd?

 

Maybe need to create a new installation media since there may be a problem with the existing one.

 

Can you boot linux off a usb?

1. Yes

2. Done this several times

3. Disabled

4. USB

5. The problem is my attempt at partitioning

6. Yes

I've been installing Linux since 2008 or before with no difficulties but this time I screwed it up. 

Certainly 'not easy to solve' which is why I'm seeking qualified assistance.

Reinstalling the Linux OS does not solve the booting problem.

I recently screwed up an installation as partition / root problem appeared.

I've been getting help from the Ubuntu Forum but it's getting beyond my skills.

Can any members here recommend anyone in BKK who can fix it ?

Erm, rethink and start a history of The Blues....with John Mayall and Eric Clapton.... are you for real?

Were I looking at a history of The (electric) Blues I'd start with the American greats like Walker, King and Hooker.

The likes of Mayall and Clapton were only continuing and slightly progressing a well established genre even in the 60s.

Hendrix at least pushed the boundaries back, if not smashed them at times and deserves credit for that.

So sorry Oh Fragrant One you misread my post # 4

I clearly never stated a history of 'The Blues'

It's about guitarists and Clapton is easily dismissable for his "Wonderful Tonight" etc drivel, however as you misread my post you probably also missed the aforementioned noted album.

In 1966 for good reason it certainly got the attention of Page, Richards and Beck and every other guitar player at the time including Hendrix !

I do agree that Hendrix should be at the top of the list as he was an extraordinary triple threat ie; writer, performer, player

All mentioned were certainly groundbreaking (bar Clapton) ...but "The Best"?

Not a chance.

What was their criteria? Seems like nostalgia always rules reality and actual ability in these "Best Ever" polls.

Whither BB King, Albert Lee, Satriani, Mustaine, Gilmour... to name but a few?

You really should rethink your history starting here...

I should have been more specific ..'portable electronic keyboards, Roland, Yamaha, Korg etc, etc

Many thanks for your reply 'RakJungTorlae', however lugging an upright piano to a gig in a taxi would have it's challenges

Anyone know of a website for used keyboards ?

eg; There's SiamBass for basses, EasyDrums for drums and GuitarThai and DrummerThai there must be a keyboard site

Anyone ?

...because the objective is to manufacture a 'get out of jail free' card for Thaksin. Any argument will do. Why? because if for the Stalinist, sorry, erstwhile Social Democrats, support for Thaksin is the means to their illusary liberation objectives, then unconditional support is in order as it has been all the way down the line whatever the protestations of independence. For those with an appreciation of arcane left-wing disputes of the past, our forum red cheerleaders are guilty of the lovely term 'liquidationism' ie complete organisational and political subordination to the supposedly allied force namely Thaksin org . The reds were prattling on last year about 'class war' but none of them knew anything what this meant in practice. Maybe in this game one of them will 'ask a friend'. But don't hold your breath for the answer. All pieces on their chess board are moved to defend Thaksin from checkmate. Know that and you know everything about the forum cheerleaders. Its a very loud quack.

Haw haw excellent post as usual yoshiwara.

Thank you.

....

There were, however, no shortage of 5L cases of Mont Clair red and white...

The Mont Clair is a little rough but in these difficult times it's something to wash down the barbecued drowned soi dog ..or cat at the campfire on the roof..

Bon Apetit !

...Don't know what Cage was thinking of getting involved in this disaster.

Ahhhh ...how about a FAT paycheck !

....I hope they give the commuters something in return. Like televisions that work, and aren't out 30% of the time....

I prefer travelling in carriages whose televisions don't work - and I suspect that I'm not the only person who does.

Yes you're right about that, who needs those asinine ads trumpeting tripe.

Cannonball Blues Band ...Where Are They Playing ?

Anyone know

Please post your 'proof' here so that the world media and especially the Thai Govt and the Red Shirts can 

access it as it will be necessary for their investigations.

As you requested,  for clarity.

  

Sorry I wrongly presumed you were serious and posed a serious question.

I did obviously pose a serious question several times which you have failed to post proof of and failed to  "..readily admit.. " (see your quote below ) when you are wrong ..if you are wrong in this statement.

Is this the clarity you seek ?

Posting a simple minded asinine reply in an attempt to avoid responsibility displays your

shallowness and lack of credibilty and casts a pall on the genuine Red Shirts of Issan etc, sympathisers, readers and posters on this forum.

Is this the clarity you seek ?

So please let us see the proof of  your "80 unarmed dead civilians" without any further evasion.

Is this the clarity you seek ?

  

Quote; jayboy

"Not true I'm afraid.I am often wrong and will readily admit it.

On a forum like this many people pretend to be what they're not. However over time it becomess almost impossible to disguise nationality, social class, level of education, intelligence and general perception."

I'm sorry but I don't regard your question as a serious one, given your attitude:

"Please post your 'proof' here so that the world media and especially the Thai Govt and the Red Shirts can

access it as it will be necessary for their investigations."

Furthermore if you are disputing a large number (80 seems to be the best estimate) of unarmed civilians were shot dead by the military, I suggest you rewrite history with someone else.

I assure you my question is indeed serious

You have flippantly re-posted the same statement and continual previous evasion of posting the proof is also serious as it is in violation of ThaiVisa rules, to-wit "...post any material which is knowingly or can be reasonably construed as false, inaccurate.."

The onus is upon you to supply  proof.

What I am saying however that the really impressive Westerners, the ones with long experience of the Kingdom achieved at a high level will tell one, albeit discretely, that there is much in the red cause with which they sympathise.

A rather dubious presumption, I'd say. I've been here over 30 years and most of the longterm international residents I know have no sy,pathy whatosver for the UDD, seeing it for what it is, the tool of one self-exiled megalomaniac.

I agree with Shawn Crispin, who wrote back in March:

What strikes many long-time observers of the country's politics is the UDD's apparent collective amnesia of Thaksin's own anti-democratic record, marked by his efforts to bypass parliamentary processes, undermine checking and balancing institutions and pressure the free press, and the benefits he reaped through close relations with the bureaucratic elite, including the privileged state-granted telecom concessions he leveraged into a multi-billion dollar personal fortune.

While the UDD clamors for Abhisit to dissolve parliament and hold new elections it has failed to give voice to the fact that a controversial Peua Thai politician, Chalerm Yoobamrung, would most likely run as the party's prime ministerial candidate. His son, Duangchalerm, was accused of murdering an off-duty police officer in 2001 and many say Chalerm epitomizes the double standards that favor the powerful over the poor. Duangchalerm was acquitted due to insufficient evidence in 2004 and is now a father-propelled, rising political star.

I was talking about high achieving Westerners,well off, perceptive and highly intelligent - typically Ivy League or Oxbridge graduates with detailed knowledge of Thai culture and history.There are plenty of long term westerners who to put it kindly don't meet these criteria.

Anyway let's hypothetically assume we are talking about the same people.I think most would certainly agree with your assessment of Thaksin's record.I think however while not denying his continuing influence his greater significance would be seen more as a catalyst.There would also be agreement with your view of UDD leadership, shoddy and rather frightening.

And yet...(this is the common theme I have noticed) this group would have a sneaking (discrete, because their Thai friends would think differently) sympathy with red aspirations.They know the nature of amart society, its selfishness, corruption and greed.They deal with it every day unlike the retired wastrels and sexpats who think of themselves as long term residents.They know the denouement is not too far away.They would love the Thai elite, with whom they have much in common by virtue of social class and education, to reform itself.But they fear the worst and despite the poison of Thaksin and the mediocre UDD leadership, they know the Red Cause holds the moral high ground.

"..the Red Cause holds the moral high ground."

Here is a photographic proof of Red Shirt moral high ground.

On a forum like this many people pretend to be what they're not. However over time it becomess almost impossible to disguise nationality, social class, level of education, intelligence and general perception."

I've noticed this too. It's most prevalent on the politically oriented topics but the number of pretenders posting throughout the forums seems to be increasing.

CORRECTION:

Groongthep. I 'quoted' that from another poster at the bottom of my post #160.

Please post your 'proof' here so that the world media and especially the Thai Govt and the Red Shirts can 

access it as it will be necessary for their investigations.

As you requested,  for clarity.

  

Sorry I wrongly presumed you were serious and posed a serious question.

I did obviously pose a serious question several times which you have failed to post proof of and failed to  "..readily admit.. " (see your quote below ) when you are wrong ..if you are wrong in this statement.

Is this the clarity you seek ?

Posting a simple minded asinine reply in an attempt to avoid responsibility displays your

shallowness and lack of credibilty and casts a pall on the genuine Red Shirts of Issan etc, sympathisers, readers and posters on this forum.

Is this the clarity you seek ?

So please let us see the proof of  your "80 unarmed dead civilians" without any further evasion.

Is this the clarity you seek ?

Quote; jayboy

"Not true I'm afraid.I am often wrong and will readily admit it.

On a forum like this many people pretend to be what they're not. However over time it becomess almost impossible to disguise nationality, social class, level of education, intelligence and general perception."

I was on a visa run for most of the time the crackdown started.  It was hard to get any factual news since the Thai Government had shut down any websites that were deemed to be supporting the "terrorists" -- like Prachatai.  Has anyone read the news that the head of the Prachatai website, a woman, is facing eight years in prison!!

The Nation and the Post were obviously engaged in self-censorship for self-preservation.  I was watching BBC, CNN, and Channel News Asia to get my news.  Of the three, I found CNA's reporting to be very good because their coverage included interview with Thai acadmics in Singapore and the UK to provide political analysis on the conflict.  It is very sad that Singapore, a country where the press is tightly controlled, could provide better news coverage than any English media outlet in Thailand!

The state of emergency has created such an atmosphere of hysteria and unrestricted government censorship, that it is nearly impossible to get any balanced news coverage in Thailand.  Thailand is slipping in the index of press freedom and deservedly so.

Whether one thinks reconciliation is possible or not, a free society in Thailand cannot be built on a foundation of government censorship that is clearly unwarranted.

I don't see ".an atmosphere of hysteria and unrestricted government censorship "  anywhere in Thailand in fact it's quite the opposite, all calm and peaceful now and you and others are free to write what you like everyday as proven on this forum. The Government is not censoring you, just don't incite insurrection or violence what's wrong with that ?

The only "hysteria" is in your post..

..it's hysterical !  

 

I daresay there were those back in Derry in 1972 who were ranting in the same vicious or ignorant way about the Bogside marchers.

Whether Abhisit has the courage and decency of Cameron one somehow doubts to own up.

Nearly 80 unarmed civilians are dead.

Broadly speaking the BBC got it right.The ignorant and prejudiced hate the truth.

" Nearly 80 unarmed civilians are dead."

80 Unarmed civilians ?

Please post your 'proof' here so that the world media and especially the Thai Govt and the Red Shirts can 

access it as it will be necessary for their investigations.

As you requested,  for clarity.

On a sidenote Jayboy ... I see you wish to call everyone who doesnt agree with you uneducated .. (most in the west have gone to school until at least 16, does this not count? must one have a degree in some social science which most universities specialise in these days )

Now just so i know how intelligent you really are can you tell me to what outstanding level you are educated too, and also what exceptionally profitable company you run or which unreachable by the masses level of employment you are currently working in?

Not true I'm afraid.I am often wrong and will readily admit it.

On a forum like this many people pretend to be what they're not.However over time it becomess almost impossible to disguise nationality, social class, level of education, intelligence and general perception.

" jayboy, on 2010-06-17 08:39, said:

I daresay there were those back in Derry in 1972 who were ranting in the same vicious or ignorant way about the Bogside marchers.

Whether Abhisit has the courage and decency of Cameron one somehow doubts to own up.

Nearly 80 unarmed civilians are dead. "

___________________________________

I am disappointed that the proof for this statement has not been forthcoming ..and as stated above..  

"...I am often wrong and will readily admit it."

..the poster will be only too eager to "admit " publishing an untruth to display some ethics on these forums.

Most Sincerely

BNZ 

 

I daresay there were those back in Derry in 1972 who were ranting in the same vicious or ignorant way about the Bogside marchers.

Whether Abhisit has the courage and decency of Cameron one somehow doubts to own up.

Nearly 80 unarmed civilians are dead.

Broadly speaking the BBC got it right.The ignorant and prejudiced hate the truth.

" Nearly 80 unarmed civilians are dead."

80 Unarmed civilians ?

Please post your 'proof' here so that the world media and especially the Thai Govt and the Red Shirts can 

access it as it will be necessary for their investigations.

Fatuous statements such as this have probably gained traction amongst your duped or 'paid' ilk but detract from the armed Red Shirts who naively believed they were fighting for a just cause..

 ..ie; in death you have shamefully diminished even them !

But I'll leave you with a quote ....

"The ignorant and prejudiced hate the truth." 'jayboy'

 

Amazing.

Am I correct, you believe that the over 80 dead were in fact all armed, with guns I presume ???

Is this what you are suggesting ??

What about the injured civilians, they were also all armed with guns ???

ph

As I and most of us have seen video to the contrary I am certainly not suggesting this but I would like to see the poster present 'proof' of this reckless statement.

As it ensures credibility to the poster and the forum I'm sure you would have no problem with that  ..

Would you ? 

 

I daresay there were those back in Derry in 1972 who were ranting in the same vicious or ignorant way about the Bogside marchers.

Whether Abhisit has the courage and decency of Cameron one somehow doubts to own up.

Nearly 80 unarmed civilians are dead.

Broadly speaking the BBC got it right.The ignorant and prejudiced hate the truth.

" Nearly 80 unarmed civilians are dead."

80 Unarmed civilians ?

Please post your 'proof' here so that the world media and especially the Thai Govt and the Red Shirts can 

access it as it will be necessary for their investigations.

Fatuous statements such as this have probably gained traction amongst your duped or 'paid' ilk but detract from the armed Red Shirts who naively believed they were fighting for a just cause..

 ..ie; in death you have shamefully diminished even them !

But I'll leave you with a quote ....

"The ignorant and prejudiced hate the truth." 'jayboy'