Installing Ubuntu on a Toshiba laptop with Windows 8

[Ric Moore]

On 10/07/2013 03:31 PM, chris wrote:
> On 08/10/13 08:14, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> On 10/07/2013 07:45 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
>>> On 7 October 2013 03:24, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> I know you can only have 4 primary partitions.
>>>
>>> Ah but hang on. You have listed 5 already. This should have clued you
>>> in that something was up, surely?
>>
>> Which is why I came here seeking help.  The partition figures I posted
>> came from the Ubuntu installer screen.  Earlier when I had Ubuntu
>> running from the live dvd I looked at it with gpartd and all the
>> partitions I listed where displayed next to each other across the top
>> of the screen.
>>
>> My goal is to leave Windows 8 on the disk, not setup and unactivated
>> so if I need it in the future I could just set it up. Maybe that is
>> not even possible, I couldn't find any info about that by googling,
>> but then I am a poor googler.
>>
>>> How big is the disk?
>>>
>>
>> 500 GB
>>
>> Regards,  Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Win 8 has three primary partitions, which only leaves one primary,
> available. So you put root on that and then the rest into  extended
> partitions.

Or, you dump Win8 and get your machine back to where you own it. :) Ric



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