[ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

[Colin Law]

On 8 April 2012 12:55, Norman Silverstone <norman at littletank.org> wrote:
>
>> >
>> >> >  snip >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You are right, I am seeing that too.  The side by side option seems
>> >> >> not to be there.
>> >> >> Do Something Else takes one to the manual setup page.
>> >> >
>> >> > I would be quite happy to do a manual set up if I could be sure not to
>> >> > ruin everything else on the HD.
>> >>
>> >> Open a terminal (in your normal booted system) and type
>> >> df
>> >> Copy and paste the results here.  In a terminal Ctrl+Shift+C copies to
>> >> the paste buffer.
>> >>
>> >> none                   1024860         0   1024860   0% /lib/init/rw
>>
>> Well at least that is nice and simple.  If you boot into the installer
>> and go into Something Else then you should see
>> /dev/sda
>>     /dev/sda1
>>     /dev/sda2 (it might be a different number)
>> where sda2 has type Swap and sda1 is ext3 or ext4.  It does not matter which.
>> sda1 should show a size of 140GB or thereabouts with 85GB used.  You
>> first need to shrink this to make room for 12.04.
>> First though make sure you have backed up everything important just in case.
>>
>> Click on sda1 and click Change.  It will show the partition size as
>> 140000 (MB) or thereabouts.  Reduce this by about 10000 to allow 10GB
>> for 12.04.  So if it were 140000 change it to 130000.  MOST
>> IMPORTANTLY leave Use As set to do not use, and do NOT select Format.
>> Click OK which will show a warning about writing it to disk and that
>> you will not be able to undo it.  Click Continue.
>>
>> Go and have a cup of coffee while it shrinks the partition.
>>
>> When it is finished you should a new entry marked as Free Space or
>> 10000MB.  Select this one and click Add.
>> Set the Mount Point to /, leave the rest at default and click OK
>>
>> It should now show the new partition as type ext4, mount point / and
>> Format ticked.
>> DOUBLE CHECK that the other partitions have nothing under Mount Point
>> and are NOT ticked for formatting.
>> Offer a quick prayer or sacrifice to any Deity you consider relevant
>> and click Install Now.
>
> Thanks, Colin that looks pretty straight forward. Just one question,
> where you say Set the Mount Point to /, is the ',' necessary or just
> punctuation?

No comma, use the drop down list to select / from the options there.

Colin

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