Correct Installation Method?

[Androzani1]

Is this what I need to do to manually install Lubuntu?
My current set up is:

~20GB "C" Drive
~80GB "D" Drive
512MB RAM

I plan to:


Backup all of my data
Boot the live cd
Launch G Parted and shrink/delete my "D" drive
Reboot Windows (once or twice)
Boot live cd and begin install using the "something else" option
Create a / partion (ext4, 20GB)
Create a /boot partition (ext2, 100MB)
Create a swap partion (linux swap, 710MB)
Create a /home partition (ext4, rest of disk)
Make sure everything works
Enjoy


Correct?

[oldfred]

If Windows is XP you can use gparted to shrink, otherwise use Windows MMC.

You probably do not need /boot. Or 100MB may be a bit small. And with 512 of RAM your swap should be twice or 1MB.

How full are NTFS partitions? NTFS really like 30% free, so do not shrink too much.

Partition plan is fine, otherwise. Others may have different suggestions.

Herman on advantages/disadvantages of separate system partitions post#3
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1410392

[Androzani1]

Thanks oldfred. It is XP. 1GB Swap, no Boot.

The D Drive is 99% free, so I think I might just remove it by transferring everything to the C drive and deleting D altogether.

[oldfred]

Depending on how much you may be using Windows, I like having a shared NTFS data partition and never from Ubuntu write into the Windows system partition, only read from it. Then use shared NTFS for read/write.

But if not using Windows much it does not really matter.

[Androzani1]

Cheers ;)

[Androzani1]

Sorry to bump this so late on, but where would I install GRUB?

[oldfred]

If multiple physical drives, install grub2's boot loader to the MBR of same drive as your install. Do not install to PBR - partition boot sector unless you have another boot loader that boots multiple systems.

While Vista, pictures show how BIOS/MBR systems work.
Multibooters, Pictures here worth 1000+ words
http://www.multibooters.co.uk/multiboot.html

[Androzani1]

Ta :)