Disc partitioning

Matt Galvin matt.t.galvin at gmail.com
Tue Aug 9 02:05:37 UTC 2005


On 8/8/05, Matt Galvin <matt.t.galvin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/8/05, Tim Gepfrey <gdadd at sssnet.com> wrote:
> > Please have patience with me, I'm a newbie.  I'm trying to install ubuntu on
> > an NTFS formatted hard drive next to Windows XP, yah I kwow all the jokes.
> > I followed the instructions i.e. Boot installer, Make your way to
> > partitioner, select manual editing of partition, select the partition ,
> > select the size. Enter a smaller size and hit enter.  The problem is I can't
> > figure out how to enter a smaller size for the partition.  Please help?
> 
> Hi Tim,
> 
> Welcome! It is always nice to see new faces :)
> 
> Have you already resized your NTFS partition to make space for Ubuntu?
> From your description it seems like you may not have done this yet.
> This is the first thing you want to do. There are various ways of
> doing this. You could use a tool like Partition Magic from within
> windows or you can use free tools. The following page describes how to
> resize your HD and dual boot windows and ubuntu.
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WindowsDualBootHowTo
> 
> NOTE: There is lots of great information on the wiki at:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
> 
> Hope this helps get you started. If you have more questions, feel free to ask :)
> 
> Matt
> 

Don't forget to back up your important stuff first!!!!!!!!

Matt




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