Setting partitions

[poofyhairguy]

pau Wrote: 
> Hi everyone!
> 
> I have decided to install ubuntu on my laptop. Currently I have a
> windows installation in a 60GB partition and I don't have any free
> space. I installed Partition Magic but I keep getting an error every
> time I launch the program. I'm not able to resize the partition in
> order to create a new ext3 and swap partitions to install ubuntu.
> 
> I was wondering if there is any way to manage partitions from ubuntu's
> installer. I tryed to install it and when it comes the moment to use
> the partitions I try to resize it without succes. Is there a way to
> create a partition without erasing my windows files on NTFS?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Pau
> 

Hmmm...Mandrake's installer does that well...so do Debian's
experiamental one (I've heard). 

What I would do is use the Mandrake installer to split your partition
(be sure to defrag the windows space really well or it won't work),
then when it done turn off your machine and pop in the Ubuntu disk
before Mandrake installs itself.


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poofyhairguy