Linux install troubles

[Schecters]

I decided I'd give linux a try, so I downloaded ubuntu 7.10. I get to step 4, or whatever the partitioning step is. Every single thing I try to do on the partition I set up earlier for linux gives me the same response, "No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu". Seeing as how I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing, I just started going down the line and selecting every file system that I could reformat in, and every one gives me the same response. I googled it and the few sites I read through had the same problem, but not really a solution. Any one else have this problem?


P.S.

I set up a 20g primary partition on my 80g drive in the ntfs format, in case that helps.

 

[Schecters]

Anyone?

 

[Trotter]

Try deleting the partition and let Ubuntu make its own in the space.

 

[trekkie00]

There should be a file path on the same display as the partitioning thing that says something like "/home/hda1", or in a similar format.

Click on the partition you want to install Linux on, select "Edit Partition", select the file path, and in the dropdown box, choose "/".

Hope that works.

 

[Schecters]

Thanks trekkie. I usually read into stuff before I dive into it but I guess that wasn't the case with this. I need to spend a few days getting myself used to Linux, because it is quite confusing haha