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| Thread ID: 81792 | 2007-08-07 10:03:00 | Must I partition the HDD to install Ubuntu when a partition is already available? | Renmoo (66) | Press F1 |
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| 577765 | 2007-08-07 11:22:00 | How do I instruct Ubuntu to install it to D: (it is not recovery partition by the way)? It seems that Ubuntu insists on repartitioning the whole disk at the last page. The page also asks questions like "installing to hdc1" or some similar kind. Anyway, I got scared (yeah, I know you are laughing, you know who you are :p ) and rebooted back to Windows. I found that Linux has indeed created an unallocated partition for me. I think I may have confused myself... Do not forget to save all data before you dual boot. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 577766 | 2007-08-07 15:04:00 | This website (www.pcmech.com) has got a really good tutorial on how to do it, complete with screenshots to help you. Also this one (www.linuxdevcenter.com) has some really kewl stuff about installing and configuring it. Let us know if you are still having trouble :thumbs: |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 577767 | 2007-08-07 21:15:00 | Hey all. I think I shall do it step by step with you guys' guidance. :p Currently, my hard disk has been partitioned into 4 parts: www.imagef1.net.nz As I said, I am having trouble with selecting an option for this page: www.imagef1.net.nz Since my HDD has already been partitioned, I supposed manual is the right thing to do: www.imagef1.net.nz After that, I have been given an option to select one of the HDD partition. The "unallocated partition" shows up as "Free Space" under the heading "Used". I then selected it and instructed it to use "ext3" (what is ext3?). After clicking OK, it then asked me to specify a mount point. www.imagef1.net.nz I am officially lost now... |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 577768 | 2007-08-07 21:25:00 | Clk the down arrow next to the "mount point" box and the HDDs should be shown then clk on the one you want to install on and you are away | kjaada (253) | ||
| 577769 | 2007-08-07 21:29:00 | Clk the down arrow next to the "mount point" box and the HDDs should be shown then clk on the one you want to install on and you are away Which option should I select under Mount Point? Some of the options available are /dev/root (or was it boot?) and /boot. I will take a screenshot of the options later. Cheers :) (I am reading the Ubuntu tutorial now) [Edit] In total, I need two partitions for Ubuntu installation right? One is swap, and the other one is ext3? |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 577770 | 2007-08-07 21:35:00 | /dev/root | kjaada (253) | ||
| 577771 | 2007-08-07 21:38:00 | /dev/root Thanks for the quick reply. So /dev/root would be where Linux install to? What's the purpose of "swap" partition? |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 577772 | 2007-08-07 21:45:00 | The swap is extra memory that linux uses to speed things up instead of usein up RAM. Once you have said dev root/ then the install will take care of everything on to that partition and you just follow along. You may like to visit here either before or at a later stage once you are installed. www.linux.org |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 577773 | 2007-08-07 22:04:00 | The options available for Mount Point are: / /boot /home /tmp /usr /var /srv /opt /usr/local |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 577774 | 2007-08-07 22:13:00 | Just this one is sufficient / / signifies "root" |
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