ubuntu installation on free continuous space....

[Leonard Bussey]

On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 10:48 +0200, MARCO wrote:
> Hi all and thanks for your help.
> I' ve tested ubuntu on my notebook for a few from live cd and now i
> want to install it.
> i've burned the cd with iso image.
> on the notebook there are two hided partition (config EISA), a windows
> vista partition c:\, and a d:\ partition.
> i've reduced th c:\ partition in order to create space for ubuntu
> (about 59 GB of not allocated space...too small??) but when i try to
> install ubuntu in the page where select the positon on HDD to install,
> i have only two choices:
>  
> -use entire disk
> -manual
>  
> there isn't the the possibility to select 
> "use the most continuous fre space..." or something like this...
>  
> if i'm not wrong this let to install ubuntu on a not allocated disk
> space.
> anyone can help me?
> i've download the iso image from ubuntu.com...have i download the
> wrong image?
>  
> thanks for help
> regards
>  
> Marco

Try checking out this link.  It might help.
http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_first.htm
HTH

Len Bussey