[ubuntu-studio-users] Problems installing Ubuntu Studio 13.04 alongside Xubuntu 12.10

[Jean Huber]

Hello !

I also use manual partitioning, although Gparted helps me a lot into it. 
I use Gparted (or any PartedMagic or the likes of them, as conveniently 
works with the computer I work on) as a live-CD and before any 
installation, so I have been able to create 6 or 7 partitions, in order 
to install different OS's : Windows (alas), Ubuntustudio, KXstudio, 
Fedora, Tangostudio etc. (for fun and testing).

When the partition is already there, any install offers the choice. You 
only have to be careful about the numbering of these partitions, as it 
is not always the same on Gparted and on the install USB keys or DVD's.

One easy solution is to create partitions with slightly different sizes, 
so you always know which is which : E.G. 21 GO, 22 GO, 23 GO etc.,  and 
keep one big FAT32 partition (for instance) for data, that any system 
can access easily, if you want to be able to use all of your data on any 
system.

I also use GAG as a specific launcher as it can display a specific 
message on starting, but it seems to be an old solution and surely you 
can find better these days.

Good luck

Jean

Le 16/09/2013 10:47, Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus a écrit :
> I also recommend using manual partitioning. The problem with Ubuntu 
> Studio is that the installation is more like the old Debian 
> installation instead of the more user friendly interface that uses 
> Ubuntu in their other flavors.
>
> I do not know how you installed Xubuntu. The best for me is to create 
> at least 3 partitions:
>
> The system one mounted in / where you will install all the software. 
> (At least 10 GB, but the size depends about how much software do you 
> pretend to install, in my case 20 GB is enough although I use to 
> install a lot of stuff).
>
> Your own data: documents, pictures, videos, and in fact all the 
> information of the users of the PC, its passwords, configurations, 
> everything. This one is mounted in /home and the size should be as big 
> as your HDD lets you. Usually we store a lot of things here.
>
> SWAP is in order to use virtual memory in the case of the installed 
> RAM is not enough. It is useful when working with media files or in 
> the case of laptops to hibernate properly without losing the session.
>
> You are able to create until 4 primary partitions in a HDD. With this 
> scheme you use only 2 (the SWAP won't need to be a primary partition). 
> And you can share the /home and the swap with two or more different 
> distros installed in your HDD. So you need to create at least a 
> partition more for install inside Ubuntu Studio. You can share the 
> /home (be careful of don't format the partition or you could loose 
> your data).
>
> Good luck.
>
>
>

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