Unable to partition

[Jim Smith]

Shrikar archak wrote:
> Hi,
> I also faced the same problem. Check if the partition is ntfs.
> In that case it cant partition it.
> Do a "chkdsk -f" in windows twice .
> 1) then either use ntfsrezise to partition the hardisk
>                       Or
> 2) try manually partitioning the hardisk
>
> Once the partition is done everything ll go fine. Atleast went fine for me
> Thanks
> Shrikar
>
>
> On 3/6/07, * H. S. Rai* <hardeep.rai at gmail.com
> <mailto:hardeep.rai at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I tried to Install Ubuntu LTS on HP Compaq dx2280. First I booted from
>     Live CD, booted fine, but hanged when tried to install.
>
>     I also tired Kbubtu alternate and Xubuntu in text mode. Both failed to
>     do partition when selected use free space. Even on trying to do it
>     manually, it failed to do any thing, partition remain same.
>
>     This desktop is having pre-installed MS XP professional.
>
>     Can someone suggest me what to do to make it dual boot?
>
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Download the latest Gparted from sourceforge, burn it to cd, boot with
it and resize your partition graphically. Worked for me on this Sony
laptop. I now have: /dev/sda1 Fat32 Former recovery partition ( I use
bootable recovery DVD.), /dev/sda2 MSWinXPPro, /dev/sda3 Linux Swap,
/dev/sda4 Ubuntu 6.06.1. Entire repartitioning took less than 20 min.
only because I was careful I could have done it in 5.

As always your mileage may vary.

Jim