I was trying to help Blake with this install at the klug meet andactually there's a big issue with this install that would make automatic partitioning a bad idea.<br><br>Currently the disk is deviding into two partions that take up the whole disk- a C: and D: (as an extended partion) drive and he wished to use the free space on the C: drive in order to install ubuntu.<br>
<br>So we fired up QTparted, as it's always easier to do fiddly partitioning with a gui. We then shrunk the C: drive giving us some free space.<br>Next up was to create a 1 gig swap partion - no problems<br>We then went to create our / partion and qtparted refused due to the number of extended partions.<br>
To cut a long story short i think the only way we could have done it was to shrink the c: partion, create a swap partition, grow the exteneded partion into the free space, then shrink the D: drive and use the free space for the / partition. <br>
<br>On the basis he hadn't got a backup there was no way i was going to carve his disk up so much as although qtparted is preety damm god there is always a chance things might go wrong.<br><br>the only other option was a wubi instal, but as noone at the meeting had an experience od wubi we decided that was a bad idea as well.<br>