Complex hard drive partitioning

[Ian Kabeary]

Hi there,
I would like to install Ubuntu on my laptop (Satellite A70), (as the only
other computer I have is an iMac and OS X is fine with me). The only thing
is that I'll need to go into extended partitioning as this is what my scheme
looks like now:

==100GB Hard drive==
/dev/hda1 == WinXP == 20GB
/dev/hda2 == boot // reiserfs == 2GB
/dev/hda3 == swap == 4GB
/dev/hda4 == reiserfs // gentoo linux == 72GB
(Im at work so its all from memory, its very close though.)

I _dont_ want to get rid of Gentoo because of Portage *Drools*, nor do I
want to scrap Windows (Flash MX + Maple Story).
Another hard drive for this laptop is out of my price range, so Id like to
just put Ubuntu on as well. I dont mind reducing the size of my boot
partition if it really is that huge, nor do I mind reducing my gentoo
partition.

Can someone tell me how to get Ubuntu (6.06) on to this hard drive?
The only other option is to install onto my external 80GB drive, but when I
tried it didn't work properly even after following a guide.
Thanks!!
~Ian
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