Easiest method is to use the LiveCD image of GParted http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php Mike Miller wrote: >On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Pete Daniels wrote: > > > >>1. Don't use the partition editor in the installer. Use gparted first, >>then run install. >> >> > >I was thinking of installing Ubuntu as a second OS on a WinXP x64 machine. >So do I run Ubuntu from the Desktop CD, open a terminal window and type >"gparted" on the command line? Or do I have to download gparted >separately (gparted live CD?). Will it be tricky to understand how to use >that -- I haven't used gparted before. Can anyone recommend a good source >on how to use gparted to create a partition for Linux without messing up >Windows data? > >Does the partition editor not work at all or does it damage things? > > > > >>2. The screensaver on the Live CD must be turned off before installation >>begins. (I bet some poor dev's smacking their forehead over that >>one...) >> >> > >That's an annoying bug -- thanks for figuring that out. > >Mike > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- ============================================== Nate Sanders nate at ima.umn.edu Associate Systems Manager (612) 624 - 4353 http://www.ima.umn.edu/ ============================================== Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 400 Lind Hall, 207 Church St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-0463 ==============================================