Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 08 dec 10, 07:58:50, Harry wrote: > I'm guessing that Gparted has divided your disk into one smaller disk which > is what the ubuntu partioner sees. I don't understand this... > First thing I would try is to use cfdisk (available from a slackware or > Zenwalk distro to partion your disk co

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-10 Thread H Scott
advantageous. - Original Message - From: "Freddie Exall" To: "Harry" Cc: ; Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 9:19 PM Subject: Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP > On Wed, 8 Dec 2010, Harry wrote: > > > I'm guessing that Gparted has divided you

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-10 Thread H Scott
ne D made later when setting up the linux system. - Original Message - From: Mark To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 9:30 PM Subject: Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Freddie Exall wrote:

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-09 Thread Mark
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Freddie Exall wrote: > > I have to chip in that I've never had any such problem with gparted or grub > with a winxp partition of >8GB (currently 30GB), with grub on MBR. > Osprober's always done its job and gparted has served me well for as long as > I've needed it.

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-09 Thread Mark
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Freddie Exall wrote: > > I have to chip in that I've never had any such problem with gparted or grub > with a winxp partition of >8GB (currently 30GB), with grub on MBR. > Osprober's always done its job and gparted has served me well for as long as > I've needed it.

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-09 Thread Freddie Exall
On Wed, 8 Dec 2010, Harry wrote: I'm guessing that Gparted has divided your disk into one smaller disk which is what the ubuntu partioner sees. First thing I would try is to use cfdisk (available from a slackware or Zenwalk distro to partion your disk correctly.Windows must be on primary and onl

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-07 Thread Harry
I'm guessing that Gparted has divided your disk into one smaller disk which is what the ubuntu partioner sees. First thing I would try is to use cfdisk (available from a slackware or Zenwalk distro to partion your disk correctly.Windows must be on primary and only up to 8gb if you want to install l

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-07 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 08. 12. 2010 02:06:45 je Bernard napisal(a): A bug in Ubuntu installer? :-? Yes, it most likely was ! After many tests and re-tests, I decided to try the Debian Lenny iso install CD that I had used in my own home desktop computer. It did work perfectly ! So: shame on Ubuntu and ch

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-07 Thread Bernard
Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:05:32 +, Lisi wrote: On Tuesday 07 December 2010 15:00:20 Camaleón wrote: 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 pa

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-07 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:05:32 +, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 07 December 2010 15:00:20 Camaleón wrote: >> 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 "/d

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-07 Thread Lisi
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.

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-07 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-07 Thread Bernard
Klistvud wrote: Dne, 07. 12. 2010 12:46:54 je Bernard napisal(a): Hi to Everyone, 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.

Re: problem installing Debian on dual boot with WinXP

2010-12-07 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 07. 12. 2010 12:46:54 je Bernard napisal(a): Hi to Everyone, 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. Your absolutel