WIZARD'S RECOMMENDED READING:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/689...ind-what-partition-numbers-are-already-in-use
First up, let's get those partitions sorted, from #36 on page 2, the one with the video.
You had
There were 6 options:
dev/sba
dev/sba 1 HP
dev/sba 2 C:
dev/sba/ swap
dev/sba ext4
dev/sba 6 System
That should look
something like this: (the b's are d's)
dev/sda
dev/sda1 HP
dev/sda2 C:
dev/sda/ swap ? Should have a number with sda eg /dev/sda3
dev/sda4 ext4 ? Should have a number
dev/sda6 System
Did you back out of the install before or after any message saying eg "Changes will be written to disk"?
During a "normal" (what is normal?) install in your circumstances, using an MS-DOS partition system (limited to 4 Primary partitions, or 3 Primaries, and 1 Extended), the Extended Partition would have been designated as ext4. Even if there were only 2 partitions in use to begin with, and you set up the Extended, and then Logical Partitions under that to house Linux, it would appear something like:
/dev/sda1
/dev/sda2
/dev/sda4 Extended
/dev/sda5 Logical (might be Swap)
/dev/sda6 Logical (perhaps for your Linux Mint)
and then you could still choose to make another Primary that would become
/dev/sda3
So without me looking over your shoulder, it is a little hard to say what is going on.
A Swap partition has to be set up through the Linux installer, or after install by other means (usually GParted). Swap does not care whether it is Primary, or Extended, or Logical (waste of Extended), but it will receive a number.
I'll show you a couple of examples from my own environment.
Figure 1 is a screenshot of a part of my GParted output, for the Toshiba Satellite laptop
Fig.1
You can see that the Swap is near the end of the drive, but has the designation as /dev/sda3. The icons (in this case of a somewhat dated telephone handset) indicate that the partition is currently mounted, and you can see I don't use the Swap, which is 4GB (3.81GiB).
Figure 2 is a screenshot of a part of my GParted output, for the Acer All-in-One, which currently houses the most Linux.
Fig. 2
In this case, you can see once again I have my Swap and my efi system partition near the end of the drive, this time it is 8GB (7.54 GiB) and numbered /dev/sda2.
So on a GParted shot, your Swap should look like one of those.
If you find it difficult to get us a GParted screenshot from the Live environment using GNOME Screenshot referred to earlier, there is another way.
If you have not already read my "Recommended Reading" link, you could do so now. I cannot print it all because of possible copyright implications, but the part I am first referencing is
To show the partition types you could use
sudo parted /dev/sda print
Output could be
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 105GB 105GB primary ntfs boot
2 105GB 205GB 100GB primary ext3
3 205GB 207GB 1999MB primary linux-swap
4 207GB 500GB 293GB extended lba
5 207GB 500GB 293GB logical ntfs
Means sda4 is a primary partition now called extended partition, with one logical partition.
So here, the User had a drive of a good size, such as yours, he has an MS-DOS partitioning scheme, such as you. He has Windows at /dev/sda1, size 105GB. Having the boot flag does not mean he boots from it, simply that it is bootable. He has Linux at /dev/sda2 size 100GB using the older ext3 file system rather than the current ext4. He has 2GB of Swap comprising a Primary partition at /dev/sda3 (not
my choice). He has had the Extended Partition set up for him at /dev/sda4, size 293GB and within that is a Logical partition /dev/sda5 of near enough 293GB using NTFS file system, I am guessing for storage and/or backup of his Windows.
Figure 3. is a screenshot of the output on my Acer, of the command listed above.
Note that I use the gpt partitioning scheme rather than msdos, because it does not restrict my partitioning options (and you have to with a drive
larger than 2TiB, or else break it into smaller chunks).
Similarly note that I have only Primary partitions, and no Windows.
So bottom line here is, whether with a GParted screenshot, or with the output of
Code:
sudo parted /dev/sda print
... we could better determine whether you are set up and ready to go, or whether additional or remedial actions needs be taken.
Cheers
Wizard