Reinstalling 10.04

[Liam Proven]

On 31 January 2014 22:56, drew einhorn <drew.einhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I know it's way out of date, but I need an application that doesn't run on
> 12.04.  They are supposed to be back on track by 14.04.
>
> It was installed as a dual boot w/ Windows XP with Ubuntu inside the Windows
> ntfs partition.  But, I can't find my way to this option in the 10.04
> installer.  I know I have stumbled into it in the past and used it.  But now
> the closest I can get (sometimes) is to install them side by side, but this
> wants to resize the existing ntfs partition, but fails.  Fortunately it
> doesn't trash the existing ntfs partition.  I can still reboot to Windows or
> Ubuntu from hard disk, or boot the Live CD, but I can't get to the install
> option I need.


Use a current or LTS release to resize the Windows partition & create
the Ubuntu partitions you need. Then, reboot from the 10.04 CD and use
it to install into the partitions you just created.

Hint:

Before resizing:

[1] Empty all users' Application Data\Temp directories and
\Windows\Temp. Then empty Windows' trashcans for all users.

[2] Reboot from your live CD. Go into the desktop.

[3] Remove PAGEFILE.SYS and HIBERFIL.SYS from the root of the Windows
drive. (Windows will recreate these the next time you boot it; no data
will be lost.)

Then you have a /lot/ less data - many gigs less - to move around when
repartitioning the drive.


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