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Ranek
February 11th, 2009, 03:02 PM
Hey


I have 2 Hard Disks a 320gb Samsung with Windows XP home installed and a 160gb WD with 2 partitions, 1 of which is currently running Windows 7 and the other is empty.

This is my first time installing Ubuntu and i'm getting a problem. When starting the installation and choosing where i want to install i can either create a new partition on the Hard Disk running Windows XP. Or i can take over the whole of the 160gb WD HD.

But ideally i would like to be able to install Ubuntu on the 2nd Parition of my 2nd HD and dual boot it.

I'm sure this is probably a mistake i am making, could anyone enlighten me with a solution.

Thanks

Chris
73ckn797
February 11th, 2009, 03:47 PM
When you get to the partitioning part of the installation, have you selected manual and designated where you want it installed?
Ranek
February 11th, 2009, 05:18 PM
I didn't select Manual because i was worried that it might just start formatting something that i didn't wanted to.

If i choose Manual will it allow me to select an already designated partition on my hard disk?
oldos2er
February 11th, 2009, 08:10 PM
I didn't select Manual because i was worried that it might just start formatting something that i didn't wanted to.

If i choose Manual will it allow me to select an already designated partition on my hard disk?

Yes, you need to use 'manual' if you want to point Ubuntu to a specific partition.
73ckn797
February 11th, 2009, 08:25 PM
I didn't select Manual because i was worried that it might just start formatting something that i didn't wanted to.

If i choose Manual will it allow me to select an already designated partition on my hard disk?


Yes.

Possible that you will see the 2nd drive with the 2 partitions listed as "sdb1 & sdb2". If Windows 7 is on sdb1 then you want to select sdb2 as the partition for Ubuntu. The program will take care of the rest from there.
Ranek
February 12th, 2009, 10:48 PM
I went to manual put i still can't really select the partition to install to. I can resize partitions etc. But i'm not sure how to actually select the one i want to install on.

I'm sure i'm probably just missing something small :(
73ckn797
February 13th, 2009, 01:06 AM
Time to do some home work:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installation-guide/i386/index.html

Look around there.