Partition problems

[NoOne121]

I am new to linux/ubuntu and using 9.04. Dual booting with winxp.
Been ok for a couple of weeks now but ran into problems installing a newer kernel to test out.(2.6.30) The installer (kernel check) said I had ran out of disk space.

Odd I thought as I had definately allowed about 25 gigs for my ubuntu install using the wubi installer and i checked this after install and all was ok.

Using Disk Usage Analyser in ubuntu it says i have a... 166.1 Gb capacity, used 103.4 Gb , available 62.7Gb ....which I most definately do not have as my hd is only 80 gig.

In winxp it looks like my windows partition is about 76Gb...basically all the hard disk?

How can I sort this and is it best to work from winxp or ubuntu to do so. Dont really want to loose my xp install and would prefer if anything to loose ubuntu and start over again if i absolutely must do.

thanks guys....

[NoOne121]

this is my.. df ..output


Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk
16876388 15413304 605792 97% /
tmpfs 767880 0 767880 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 767880 112 767768 1% /var/run
varlock 767880 0 767880 0% /var/lock
udev 767880 152 767728 1% /dev
tmpfs 767880 84 767796 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1 78148160 46231540 31916620 60% /host
lrm 767880 2392 765488 1% /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile


just realised that looks hard to read...sorry

[NoOne121]

this is odd to me....looks like im going to loose something here does anyone understand this gparted screenshot or an idea how to go forward.

thanks

[NoOne121]

can nobody help out here....where is my linux install?

the above screenshot is from within jaunty? i have also run gparted from a live cd and it looks the same!!

under /host in jaunty I can see ALL my windows installation and files?

if jaunty cannot be run under ntfs then why does the screenshot of gparted indicate i am running only an ntfs file system.

baffled

[NoOne121]

another screenshot

[merlinus]

Of course it only shows ntfs. Wubi installs ubuntu as a directory within your windows partition.

If you are liking ubuntu, then do a regular install, partioning your hdd to make room for it, and then get rid of the wubi installation.

[NoOne121]

crikey i had no idea. i thought wubi partitioned the hard disk and installed jaunty properly?

back to the drawing board for me then.
So i boot to windows and partition my hard disk and reinstall properly. what will happen to my grub menu though?

thanks for the advice

[merlinus]

Go into windows and disable its paging file. Should be under system tools. Reboot, delete pagefile.sys, and defrag several times.

Then you can do a side-by-side install from the ubuntu live cd. You will be able to resize windows and specify sizes for linux partitions during the process. There are sliders that will allow you to select how much space to give each.

Grub will be reinstalled, and you wil be able to boot into either os from the menu.