Zerstorer
June 17th, 2010, 08:58 PM
Hi all,
I'm an old user of Ubuntu/Linux but have stumbled across my first major problem in years. I just can't get my head around it.
I own a Asus Eee Pc 1005HA it has roughly 160gb and is currently running WinXP. I'm trying to install the latest Netbook remix 10.04 onto the machine as a dual boot option.
I've loaded the iso onto a usb drive and everything works perfectly. The problem is during installation. I can't work out how to set up the partitions for a dual boot option. Below is the current configuration on the system.
/DEV/SDA
/DEV/SDA1/NTFS 77375MB Windows XP Partition
/DEV/SDA2/NTFS 77366MB Free space
/DEV/SDA3/FAT32 5247MB Recovery Partition (I believe)
/DEV/SDA4/ 49MB Some sort of swap partition for Windows XP?
I would like to use the free space as my Ubuntu installation. Can anyone advise me on the best way to install this without affecting my WinXP system.
Any help much appreciated.
I'm an old user of Ubuntu/Linux but have stumbled across my first major problem in years. I just can't get my head around it.
I own a Asus Eee Pc 1005HA it has roughly 160gb and is currently running WinXP. I'm trying to install the latest Netbook remix 10.04 onto the machine as a dual boot option.
I've loaded the iso onto a usb drive and everything works perfectly. The problem is during installation. I can't work out how to set up the partitions for a dual boot option. Below is the current configuration on the system.
/DEV/SDA
/DEV/SDA1/NTFS 77375MB Windows XP Partition
/DEV/SDA2/NTFS 77366MB Free space
/DEV/SDA3/FAT32 5247MB Recovery Partition (I believe)
/DEV/SDA4/ 49MB Some sort of swap partition for Windows XP?
I would like to use the free space as my Ubuntu installation. Can anyone advise me on the best way to install this without affecting my WinXP system.
Any help much appreciated.