Thread: No option to install Ubuntu Alongside Windows 7 (installing each OS on separate SSDs)
hi y'all, here system configuration far hard drives go: 1 128gb crucial c300 (~90gb of 120 used windows, applications, etc) 1 128 gb samsung 830 (0gb of 128 used) 3 hdds, 500gb, 1.5tb, 2tb (for media , documents) , here's rest of system: i5-2500k p67 ud4 16gb ddr3 1600 cl9 2x ati 7970 blue ray drive (this how i'm installing ubuntu) got samsung 830 yesterday, , excited put ubuntu on it. plan c300 hold windows , 830 hold ubuntu 11.10 first, tried disconnecting drives except 830 , installing ubuntu itself. worked great, when attached other hard drives again, kept getting "read error" failures. no biggie; googled problem , seems should keep hard drives installed way boot loader can load on c300 (since primary drive according bios). connected , went install ubuntu. @ point, still had "install alongside" option. however, let me choose 1 of hdds install on. there no option @ install ubuntu on 830. unplugged of hdds, hop...