On Tuesday 07 December 2010 15:00:20 Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:46:54 +0100, Bernard wrote: > > I wish to install Linux on a computer where MSWIN XP is already running. > > I thought I would first resize (shrink) the windows partition so as to > > create free space for Linux install. I did that, using GParted. Problem > > is : at next step, when trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 with an iso CD, > > the install system does not see any useful partition. It only sees > > /dev/sda, while it should show /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2. Using > > "SystemRescueCD', I am able to mount both partitions and display their > > size using 'df', but the Ubuntu install system does not see them. > > Whether I format /dev/sda2 to ext2 or ntfs, or if I just leave the space > > without formating, the Ubuntu install CD does not see any suitable space > > for that purpose. > > (...) > > Stop here. > > I don't know how Ubuntu's installer looks like, but if you have > unallocated space in the disk it should be detected. > > "/dev/sda" is the whole disk (not a Windows partition), while "/dev/ > sda1", "/dev/sda2", "/dev/sda3" and so on... name the partitions in the > disk. Maybe you have to manually select the partitions or tell the > installer to look in another place (under some kind of "advanced > settings"?).
I have installed XP and Debian without a problem. But the other day I needed to do exactly this, install Ubuntu 10.10 on a dual boot with Windows. It refused to see the empty space, although I tried every method I could think of. Because the 10.10 installation was urgent, I wiped the XP off the disk and let 10.10 start from scratch. Annoying, as XP had taken me a day on and off to install, was a right pain, and I had hoped to leave it alone. I also had 10.10 refuse to quadrupal boot on another machine with Debian and 2 other versions of Ubuntu. I keep hoping that Ubuntu and I will make peace. Then something like this happens and I flee back as soon as I can to Debian. But 10.10 is great for getting a desktop rapidly to the point of using multimedia to the satisfaction of my granddaughter. For everything else I find it a pain. :-( Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201012071605.32606.lisi.re...@gmail.com
