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one_iota
February 17th, 2009, 02:33 PM
My second computer has XP SP2 on it, but I'd like to add Ubuntu 7.10 as well. Yesterday I formatted the hard drive and freshly re-installed XP. The pc has 512MB memory and one 80GB hard drive.

I've never had to install Ubuntu as it came pre-installed on my laptop. I've found a walk-through guide (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall#Walk-through%20Installation%20of%20Ubuntu) to installing it, but the only part I am unsure of is when it comes to partitioning.

Will the LiveCD detect that XP is already on the hard drive, and just install Ubuntu alongside it, or will I have to re-partition it somehow?

I know that the walk-through does mention partitions but I don't really understand it well enough to be certain I'll choose the correct option.

Pumalite
February 17th, 2009, 02:39 PM
Shrink XP with Gparted from the Live CD first. Then install; go 'Manual' and pick the allocated space.