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malnitz
October 17th, 2010, 03:58 PM
Hi.

I have a IBM T30 with 40 GB HDD and an Win XP system installed. I have just deleted the partion with Ubuntu 8.04, which was installed alongside Win XP as dual boot.

I can see on the internet (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Ubuntu-10-10-160966.shtml) that I should be offered the option:

- Install alongside other operating system

However I am only offered:

- Erase and use entire disc
- Specify partitions manually (advanced)

What is wrong?

Malnitz

oldfred
October 17th, 2010, 06:00 PM
If it is just free space it may not be working as that seems to be missing now.

Maverick partition by hand to use free space:
http://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/partitioning

I prefer manual partitioning as then I have more control over sizes and can add extra partitions like /home or a shared NTFS data partition.

GParted partitioning software - Full tutorial
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gparted.html
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-resizing-partitions-1/index.html
With add'l info on manually partitioning
http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-partition-planning/