Dual boot and installing Ubuntu on F drive

Currently I have two hard disks:

1. Local Disk C (where Windows 7 is installed)
2. Linux F ( where I want to install Ubuntu)

I don't know which is my F Drive. I can't find the answer anywhere.

From what I have researched, people are doing Windows partitioning if they are going to use Linux on the same hard drive, so I assume I don't have to do Windows partitioning if I am going to use the whole F Drive for Ubuntu. Please correct me if I am wrong. This is how my Disk Management Looks:

I entered BIOS, boot from the USB and installed Ubuntu. I followed the installation steps, but I came to a halt at the Installation type screen of the Ubuntu installer. I chose the Something else option, then there was a dropdown menu, but I couldn't tell which disk was the F drive.

When I choose /dev/sda I get a No root file system error.

2 Answers

I wouldn't recommend using Windows Partioning to install Linux.

Just remove the volume in Windows and create the partition from free space in the Linux installer.

Your linux installer needs to reformat the partition anyway, because (as far as I know) your Linux won't run on a NTFS file system.

Ok so I found a solution to it

1. I created a partition on my F disk by clicking on shrink disk and allocated around 100GB by going to Disk Management On Windows

2. Then I proceeded by Booting through My USB and went to linux installation.

3. Proceeded with Normal installation of Linux.

4. When it came to installation type, I choose 'Something else'.

5. I choose my 100GB of free space. I allocated some space for swap area, root and home.

6. For installation boot I choose /dev/sda

7. Installation proceeded as Normal.