Roger D
December 14th, 2008, 04:08 PM
Hi
I've got a dual boot PC. My hard disk is 80 GB and, originally I had Windows XP in the first 26.54GB, with Hardy Heron in the rest. My attempt to upgrade Hardy Heron to 8.10 didn't go too well - I can't start X Windows - so I'd like to do a complete re-install on the Linux partition. I was hoping the installer would recognize my Windows and Linux partitions, and offer my the option of simply installing over the existing 8.10 installation. When I try installing, this is what I get:
Prepare disk space
How do you want to partition the disk?
Before: /dev/sda1 34% /dev/sda2 1% /dev/sda3 63% free space 0%
After Ubuntu 8.10 100%
Guided - use entire disk - selected
SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 82.0 GB ATA Maxtor 6Y080L0
Guided - use the largest continuous free space - not selected
Manual - not selected
I'm not sure what to do, and I don't want to lose my XP installation.
All advice much appreciated.
Roger D
I've got a dual boot PC. My hard disk is 80 GB and, originally I had Windows XP in the first 26.54GB, with Hardy Heron in the rest. My attempt to upgrade Hardy Heron to 8.10 didn't go too well - I can't start X Windows - so I'd like to do a complete re-install on the Linux partition. I was hoping the installer would recognize my Windows and Linux partitions, and offer my the option of simply installing over the existing 8.10 installation. When I try installing, this is what I get:
Prepare disk space
How do you want to partition the disk?
Before: /dev/sda1 34% /dev/sda2 1% /dev/sda3 63% free space 0%
After Ubuntu 8.10 100%
Guided - use entire disk - selected
SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 82.0 GB ATA Maxtor 6Y080L0
Guided - use the largest continuous free space - not selected
Manual - not selected
I'm not sure what to do, and I don't want to lose my XP installation.
All advice much appreciated.
Roger D