Kubuntu 7.0.4 and disk partition problem

[Terence Simpson]

Luca wrote:
> Greetings
>
> I'm trying to install Kubuntu 7.0.4 (Desktop CD) on a disk where WinXP 
> is already installed.
> I've no partition ready for host the new linux OS, so I wanna use the 
> partition utility available during install.
>
> My problem is this: I'm not very expert in the manual install and 
> creation of Linux partitions so I tried the "Automatic" option, where, 
> with a slider, I can choose the "New partition size".
>
> If I read a label such "New partition size" I think that I'm going to 
> choose how big (or small) must be the new Kubuntu disk space!
>
> So... why the slider only go from 100% to 43%? I wanna reserve only 
> 15-20GB to Kubuntu, not 38Gb like the 43% minimum I can choose...
>
> There's something I'm missing?
>
> Thanks,
> Luca
The "New partition size" is the size you are going to make the windows 
partition, not the Linux partition(s).