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).


I'm sorry to go back to this again... but I need to be absolutely sure of
this:

Is the "New partition size" the NEW size of my OLD partition?

Any response is very appreciated!!!

On 5/14/07, Luca <lucafbb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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