PacSci
April 20th, 2010, 12:48 AM
I'm attempting to dual-boot Kubuntu on a friend's brand new HP G62-144DX laptop (he's been using Kubuntu for a while on his desktop and laptop). After dealing with all the stupid vendor-specific stuff on the Win7 side, I am now attempting to install Kubuntu.
Due to graphics issues, I am having to use the beta version of 10.04, since the graphics driver and required kernel version apparently don't come with 9.10. I shrunk the Windows partition from 486 GB to 286 GB (or so), but the installer is reading "unusable". The disk layout is four primary partitions, in this order:
209 MB NTFS boot partition
286 GB NTFS partition (this has the main data on it - used to be 486 GB before I shrunk it)
200 GB free space (installer lists it as "unusable")
13.4 GB NTFS partition (I think this is for system restore)
108 MB FAT32 partition with LBA flag set (not sure what this is - it just has a folder named "Hewlett-Packard", with a subfolder "SystemDiags", with a bunch of weird files inside)
So, my questions (if anyone can answer any of these, that would be great):
What the frack is that 108 MB partition?
Can that partition be nuked?
How are there 4 primary partitions on the same MS-DOS drive?
Why is the free space I made reading "unusable"?
Is using the beta affecting this?
Is using Kubuntu affecting this?
Why doesn't Kubuntu come with a graphical partition manager?
Has anyone else had similar issues with this computer?
Has anyone got a dual-boot to work on this computer?
Any ideas?
Due to graphics issues, I am having to use the beta version of 10.04, since the graphics driver and required kernel version apparently don't come with 9.10. I shrunk the Windows partition from 486 GB to 286 GB (or so), but the installer is reading "unusable". The disk layout is four primary partitions, in this order:
209 MB NTFS boot partition
286 GB NTFS partition (this has the main data on it - used to be 486 GB before I shrunk it)
200 GB free space (installer lists it as "unusable")
13.4 GB NTFS partition (I think this is for system restore)
108 MB FAT32 partition with LBA flag set (not sure what this is - it just has a folder named "Hewlett-Packard", with a subfolder "SystemDiags", with a bunch of weird files inside)
So, my questions (if anyone can answer any of these, that would be great):
What the frack is that 108 MB partition?
Can that partition be nuked?
How are there 4 primary partitions on the same MS-DOS drive?
Why is the free space I made reading "unusable"?
Is using the beta affecting this?
Is using Kubuntu affecting this?
Why doesn't Kubuntu come with a graphical partition manager?
Has anyone else had similar issues with this computer?
Has anyone got a dual-boot to work on this computer?
Any ideas?