hello,

i have 80g hard drive with 2 partitions cwindows) and entfs,empty), i thought of installing ubuntu linux on e: how can i do it? i did tried installing ubuntu linux and followed the guided advice but ended up resizing my xp partition,is there a way i could just install ubuntu linux on e:, i know there's a manual method to do it ,but i just dont know how..any suggestions would be much appreciated..thanks..

You could give Wubi a try, it installs Ubuntu without the need for resizing and partitioning:

http://wubi-installer.org/

Delete partition E while you are using Windows. Ubuntu doesn't normally install on a windows partition so it isn't useful anyway. Just leave the space open and the installer will use just that (unless you tell it to use all of your disk ).

I installed ubuntu on wubi on an old laptop with only a 10 gig drive and wouldn't recommend it - lots of weird hd errors, especially on bootup, When I uninstalled wubi and reinstalled ubuntu the normal way on the whole drive with multiple partitions it ran like a champ. Trying to squeeze Windows and Linux onto the same partition just didn't work for me - they really don't like each other.

IMHO, hard drive space is so darn cheap that you can get a 200gb drive for arouind $150, so i'd suggest that you by as big a hard drive as posible and partition it as follows.

120Gb NTFSm


50GB xt3

8GB linux Swap (83)

70GB /home partition


I'd also highly recomend installing the E2fs drive in windows once you have reinnstalled windows!

thank you for the input,however as much as i would want to get a hold of a new and bigger hard drive it isnt quite that easy,and it cost a lot,im live here in the philippines,and $150 would be equal to 6,000 phil.pesos 10% plus on retailers..but i would still take your suggestion, 20gb free space in ntfs format(should i format it to ext3,i have partition commander) is all i have,so if you could give me a new calculation on how i should go about it,ill very much appreciate it..i would like to do it manually..

thank you..and if ever you happen to have an extra/even used hard drive if youre feeling generous,even if you consider it to be junk..ill take it..

more power and again thanks!!

thanks..i already did try wubi,its just that i want to a full linux experience,using it feels like just a program within windows..anyway thank you!

Like jay73 said, delete your e:\ partition using Window's Disk Management, and leave the free space unformatted. Any Linux install CD will take care of formatting partitions to ext3 during the installation.

If you already have windows installed and have a broadband internet connection, you can install many different linux distributions (including ubutun) using unetbootin:

http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.html

It is not like wubi, in that it installs linux to its own partition, and not within the windows partition.

Hi,
Where are you buying the 200GB HDD for $150? I just purchased a SATA 500GB 3GB TRX for $99 at Best Buy (USA). I'll sell you one for $200 Plus shipping? Just kidding since it is against LQ rules and certain Mods are really sensitive.

I just bought 3 EIDE 160GB HDD for <$60/ea. You can find some real deals for HDD be it SATA, EIDE or SCSI. I would like to see the 10K RPM drive prices to fall, maybe in the near future.