Sorry for the confusion TheFu.
The 20.04 desktop ISO I created lets you "Try Ubuntu" or "Install Ubuntu". The stuff I read suggested you Try it first as a way to see if your PC could handle it. Since my PC is a 2008 (or maybe 2006) model that sounded perfect for me. The ubuntu site (and the Install CD) says you can replace your existing OS or run Ubuntu alongside your current operating system. That is what I am attempting to do.
Since I was running Ubuntu alongside Xp, I did not think it would matter if the OS is out of support. Ubuntu should not care about XP except maybe where it resides.
I did not re-partition any of the drives. I have a 320gb and 250gb. The first time I started the Install it came out with this:
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/dev/sda Size Used
/dev/sda5 ntfs 42948mb [42.948gb] 4542mb [4.542]GB
/dev/sda2 ntfs 277120mb [277.12] GB 86711mb [86.71]GB Win XP Professional
/dev/sdb
/dev/sdb1 ntfs 239067mb 146892mb Win XP Professional
/dev/sdb2 fat32 10988mb 57mb ms-dos 5.x/6.x/win3.1
Device for boot loader installation:
/dev/sda ATA Hitachi Hdt72103 (320.1 GB)
/dev/sdb ATA WDC WD2500JS-00N (250.1 GB)
I then cancelled the Install. Then the second time around I got this:
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The partition tables of the following devices are changed:
SCSI4(0,1,0)(sdb)
The following partitions are going to be formatted:
partition #3 of SCSI4(0,1,0)(sdb) as
partition #5 SCSI4(0,1,0)(sdb) as ext4
Note that it did not say what #3 was going to be formatted as. Not sure if it matters, just pointing it out.
Since the install didn't work, I can't install anything and run it. I booted up from the install CD and ran the fdisk -l. Below is not everything because I don't have a way to get the results from that PC to mine. I can't save it to a 95 partition, cause I don't know how. I have to type the results:
Here is /dev/sdb which is where Ubuntu is probably installed:
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Disk /dev/sdb: 232.91 GiB
Disklabel type: dos
Device Boot Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 148.1G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb2 10.2G 49 unknown
/dev/sdb3 513M b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb4 74G 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 74G 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in order
So it looks like sdb4 and 5 have Ubuntu on it?
Oh, the other disk that has my active Win XP on it is broken down to sda1 40G, W95 Ext'd LBA,
sda2 258.1G HPFS/NTFS.exFat and sda5 40G HPFS/NTFS.exFat
If you need anything else, please let me know. As you can tell, I am a newbie to Linux and I really appreciate the help.
Zeek
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