having xp and feisty fawn

[etep513]

What installation option do I choose in order to install feisty fawn without deleting xp home edition?

[Pumalite]

This might help:
http://www.howtoforge.com/dual_boot_windows_xp_vista_ubuntu_feisty_p2?

[etep513]

This might help:
http://www.howtoforge.com/dual_boot_windows_xp_vista_ubuntu_feisty_p2?

Those instructions didn't do the trick. It was telling me to create some sort of manual partition, but I couldn't do it since there was only an 8mb segment. I don't know what's going on. I have about 45gb of free space on my hard drive (windows xp partition takes up the other 30gb. What should I do? When I clicked resize the partition, it just said that it was resizing and it stayed at 0%. What should I do? Is the newer version easier to install alongside xp???

[damis648]

It pretty much is. Just download hardy and boot the disc. The installer will guide you through the partitioning process.

[Pumalite]

Get Gparted Live CD: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
And 'shrink' XP. Right click on XP and choose 'resize from the menu. Make 3 'New partitions in the space created:
10 GB for '/'
1 GB for /swap
The rest for /home. Then install Ubuntu, go Manual and choose the partitions already prepared.

[etep513]

It pretty much is. Just download hardy and boot the disc. The installer will guide you through the partitioning process.

I just have one question about the partitioning process. How long does it normally take? When I tried to resize the partition for feisty fawn, I let it sit for about 20 minutes but it was still at 0%. Was there something wrong with what I was trying to do? Or am I being too impatient? If so, how much more time would it need? I'll give hardy a try.

[Pumalite]

With Gparted Live CD, resizing might take 15 to 20 min, depending on the size of your drive and the number of your files. Making the new partitions might take 5 to 10 min. max.

[etep513]

Thanks, I'll try that.

[Pumalite]

Good luck.

[etep513]

Good luck.

I used that tool to make new partitions, but...while I was installing ubuntu, it said that it ran out of space and the installation stopped. When I tried to restart in xp home edition, it said that there was an error starting the operating system. I checked the hard drive and all of the data for the operating system is still there. What do I do to get xp to work again?

[Pumalite]

Super Grub will fix your XP's MBR:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/supergrubdiskpage.html
Burn to disk and boot from it.

[etep513]

Super Grub will fix your XP's MBR:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/supergrubdiskpage.html
Burn to disk and boot from it.

Is there a simpler way to do it? I've never used any of these programs.

[Pumalite]

XP Installation Disk
Hit 'r' for Recovery>FIXMBR>FIXBOOT

[etep513]

Super Grub will fix your XP's MBR:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/supergrubdiskpage.html
Burn to disk and boot from it.

How can I solve the problem without using supergrub. I can't even burn it! Please tell me how to fix the problem through the live cd.