Kubuntu 7.0.4 and disk partition problem

[Luca]

>
> The "New partition size" is the size you are going to make the windows
> partition, not the Linux partition(s).
>

Are you REALLY sure of this?!? "New partition size" is the new size of my
old window partition???? This is VERY error prone label!!!

This will explain wy the size go from 40% to 100%...

On 5/13/07, Terence Simpson <stdin at stdin.me.uk> wrote:
>
> 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).
>
>
>
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