SiBrMan
December 4th, 2008, 11:23 PM
(newbie question on 8.10 install - trying to install as dual boot with Vista pre-installed on a brand new Dell 1525)
Following all the advice I have read, I used Vista to shrink the C: partition to make space for Ubuntu. This seemed to go without problems and there is now unallocated space.
But the 8.10 Ubuntu Installer ("Prepare Disk Space", screen 4/7) does not recognise the space freed up by shrinking the C: partition in Vista.
The option "Guided - use the largest continuous free space." just selects 100% of the entire disk, so I assume it would overwrite the existing partitions. Seem to be no controls to alter this.
The last option (Manual) doesn't offer me any controls to select anything other than 100% of the entire disk.
The first option (Guided - repartition) allows me to repartition the already shrunk C: partition, and there are controls to allow me to choose the split, but if I wanted to do that, why would I have pre-shrunk it in Vista? - I still can't use the free space left when I shrunk it in Vista.
The only option which seems to do what I would expect is: "Guided - use the entire disk". (which is not what I want)
None of the options presented do what I want, which is to use the space Vista kindly freed up for me.
So why is this? Is it something to do with the two small partitions Dell have put on the disk - one at each end - maybe confusing Ubuntu installer into thinking that the entire disk is empty? (newbie question).
Would 8.04 behave in the same way?
any help much appreciated!
(as you can guess I never progressed beyond screen 4/7 because I didn't want to overwrite Vista).
Following all the advice I have read, I used Vista to shrink the C: partition to make space for Ubuntu. This seemed to go without problems and there is now unallocated space.
But the 8.10 Ubuntu Installer ("Prepare Disk Space", screen 4/7) does not recognise the space freed up by shrinking the C: partition in Vista.
The option "Guided - use the largest continuous free space." just selects 100% of the entire disk, so I assume it would overwrite the existing partitions. Seem to be no controls to alter this.
The last option (Manual) doesn't offer me any controls to select anything other than 100% of the entire disk.
The first option (Guided - repartition) allows me to repartition the already shrunk C: partition, and there are controls to allow me to choose the split, but if I wanted to do that, why would I have pre-shrunk it in Vista? - I still can't use the free space left when I shrunk it in Vista.
The only option which seems to do what I would expect is: "Guided - use the entire disk". (which is not what I want)
None of the options presented do what I want, which is to use the space Vista kindly freed up for me.
So why is this? Is it something to do with the two small partitions Dell have put on the disk - one at each end - maybe confusing Ubuntu installer into thinking that the entire disk is empty? (newbie question).
Would 8.04 behave in the same way?
any help much appreciated!
(as you can guess I never progressed beyond screen 4/7 because I didn't want to overwrite Vista).