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Old 05-10-2011, 03:14 PM   #1
gchalifoux
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need help, I have multiple installs of ubuntu


Well, I am very green to this so bare with me.
I used the Ubuntu LIVE cd to install along side Windows XP.

During my install things seem to hang. So I power cycled and started over again. I noticed during the install setup portion that there are 2 partitions or installations of the Ubuntu ditro.

So I want to start over again. I am assuming I need to do some partitioning and I am TOTALLY green on that.

So, I looking for some straight forward steps to;
1. removing all current linux os installed.
Once I get a clean disk (with the exception of XP) being on there, I can use the live disk to start over again.

Ultimately, I need to learn how to partition and understand what I am doing.

Maybe someone could advise my on what are the bare naked requirements for partitions, swap etc and I can give it a shot setting up the partitions manually?
 
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Originally Posted by gchalifoux View Post
Well, I am very green to this so bare with me.
I used the Ubuntu LIVE cd to install along side Windows XP.

During my install things seem to hang. So I power cycled and started over again. I noticed during the install setup portion that there are 2 partitions or installations of the Ubuntu ditro.

So I want to start over again. I am assuming I need to do some partitioning and I am TOTALLY green on that.

So, I looking for some straight forward steps to;
1. removing all current linux os installed.
Once I get a clean disk (with the exception of XP) being on there, I can use the live disk to start over again.

Ultimately, I need to learn how to partition and understand what I am doing.

Maybe someone could advise my on what are the bare naked requirements for partitions, swap etc and I can give it a shot setting up the partitions manually?
OK. You actually have a simple problem as far as starting over goes.

Boot to the LiveCD. Go to System>Administration>Gparted (or maybe it is partition editor) and click on it.

When it comes up you will see your HDD and the partitions on it. Just right click on one of the Ubuntu (ext4) partitions and select delete.
Do this for each of them and the swap partition.

On the upper bar there is a check mark icon. Cursor over it and it should say "apply". If so just click on it and sit back an watch the show.

You could do us all a favor, while you have gparted up, by going to Applications>Accessories>ScreenShot and taking one of the gparted screen while it is on full screen so we can see it. You can post that from the Live session. The image will be on the desktop.

The best thing for you to do when the deleting is done is continue on with gparted and create an extended partition that includes all of the free space where Ubuntu has been installing itself, create three logical partitions withing that (one for your / (root) partition (small), one for your swap (size of your ram or a bit more) and one for your /home partition (the rest of the space).

This is easy to do. The screen shot will give all the information needed to give exact directions if you will just give us the size of your ram (or the size of the swap partition the installer was making).

Two partitions are a safer way to install if you should really bugger the system when "improving" it. Take my word for it as I am real good at "improvement".

Installation is also easy using the manual option on the installer, it really is, particularly if you have the partitions pre-made and formatted.

I only have eight Linux installs on my box (4 drives). No MS.
 
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