One doubt about a place for an install party

[Marcelo Gutierrez]

2011/1/27 Vu Do Quynh <vu.do.quynh at auf.org>

> Hi,
>
> Le 28/01/2011 06:39, Jan Claeys a écrit :
>
>>
>> The other problem Fabián refers to is that in most cases the restore
>> tool partitions + Windows partitions (2 of each) are all primary
>> partitions, so there is no simple way to add extra partitions on the
>> disk (you can't add extra partitions after resizing the existing ones).
>>
>>
> This is effectively a problem that I met when installing Ubuntu on an Asus
> EeePC 1001HA. All 4 primary partitions were used by the pre-installed
> Windows 7 Starter : one drive C:, one drive D: ; one partition holding
> system tools and one hidden partition that contained the image for restoring
> the system.
>
> Fortunately, the numbering of the primary partitions and of their content
> was such that I could get rid of one to install an extended partition in its
> place. For doing that I used a live CD and partimage to backup the hidden
> partition, then erasing it with Gparted before creating an extended
> partition after resizing the D: drive partition (or deleting it, I don't
> remember exactly).
>
> Now I have a dual boot system on that netbook but it's not as easy as it
> was before and necessitates a lot more of handling that new (Linux) users,
> unless already very comfortable with partitioning schemes under Windows,
> would barely be able to do.
>
> My wife recently purchased an HP netbook in the USA and when she came back
> to Vietnam, I observed the same problem of 4 primary partitions being
> already used. So I postponed the installation of Ubuntu of her netbook as,
> anyway, she is using at home an Ubuntu desktop, and until I have some free
> time to bend over it.
>
> In such cases, at install parties, depending on the existing partitioning
> schemes, using the Wubi installer might be the best solution for Windows
> users willing to get a quick taste of Ubuntu.
>
> Regards
>
> Marveluos explanation, thanks for your time Vo Du

Regards!

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