Hi, I just managed to install Ubuntu on a machine with a dual boot with WinXP. When it got to the partitions part there was already a very small partition which I assumed was maybe the bios code or something, which left me 3 others which I designated one for WindowsNT, one for Ubuntu and one shared Fat32. There is plenty of room on each of them (roughly 23gb each). It wouldn't let me create a 5th partition for swap so I figured since I have 512 RAM I'd be ok.

I'm wondering if there is a way now to create an extended partition or something in one of my partitions and designate that to Swap. I'd love to have a 2 gb swap because it seems now programs are just disappearing on me when I get too many going.

I would very much appreciate any help as I am new to Ubuntu and Linux. (4 days total now)

Thanks,

Mark

You could add a swap file.

That is exactly the type of solution I was looking for!!

One problem, where is the dd command?

I typed the first command in to terminal and got a response:

"dd: opening `/swapfile1': Permission denied"

I am logged in. Why is it saying I don't have permission?

Thanks,

Mark

You'll need to use sudo to run those commands as root. Here is some more information on the use of sudo in Ubuntu.

/swapfile1 is in the "/" directory, and a regular user won't have permission to create a file there. You will need to run "sudo dd ..." instead. Be very careful that you have the if=... and of=... correctly. "dd" doesn't care what you type, and it will happily make a mess of everything if you tell it to.

It worked!!

I also did the reboot part and rebooted and checked and my swap file is there!!!

Thanks!!!

You guys are rock stars!!!

Good job!