Gusty-Feisty-windows

[Derek Broughton]

Twist O'Connor wrote:

> just wondering though, why would ytou want more then 1 linux/ubuntu.... i
> could understand if you wanted 1 thats ubuntu and one thats like linux
> straight but 2 ubuntus is kinda wierd...... 

Not at all.  If you have to support an LTS server, and users running the
latest Ubuntu, it probably pays to have both on your system.

> anyways you can... if you 
> have windows... setting up a partition is super easy!
> right click computer in start menu... click on manage
> disk usage... click on it
> right click on your main partition.... prob windows'
> click shrink volume and pick the size you want the extra OS to be

LOL.  If it was that easy I'd have had my new HP dual-booting two days ago. 
120GB disk - 8GB for HP's recovery partition, 101GB (that's all that's
actually available on a 120G drive) for Windows Vista.  It's using 20 of
that.  Shrink partition: it'll let me have 30!  OK, uninstall all the
really big junk (almost 1GB for HP pay-to-play Games!) and turn off Virtual
Memory.  Shrink partition:  Wow, now I can get 40G for real work.  

Mess around with that for an hour or so, no way I can get more than 40GB.

OK, then, boot into Feisty install disk, shrink partition - with intention
of reinstalling Windows on a 20G partition (still more than I really need).

Reboot, reinstall, system hangs - apparently because it insists it can
actually use the old Windows NTFS partition.

Reboot to feisty disk, delete Windows partition.  Reboot, reinstall, system
hangs - apparently because it insists it can actually use the old Windows
NTFS partition.

Reboot to feisty disk, make 20G Windows FAT32 partition.  Reboot, reinstall,
system spends forever verifying that it's a valid (but empty) FAT32
partition - then reformats it as NTFS and reinstalls.

Somehow it sounds so much easier now than it did last night...  And I'll
almost certainly end up never using that partition...

> then when you install click "guided partition... use all availible space"
> there you go... piece of cake

Well, that was a whole _other_ pile of frustration.  I can't say I'm
terribly impressed with Vista or Feisty right now...

I think my biggest Feisty problem is probably that they're pushing the
limits on the CD.  I couldn't get a valid image on the CDs, and since it's
always the same files that show as corrupt, I think my CDs probably just
can't handle 694+ MB.  I finally got smart and burned it to a DVD and it
worked flawlessly.
-- 
derek