install on eee 1000h

[G.]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18 July 2012 16:40, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 3:39 PM, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 18 July 2012 16:06, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> sda1 ntfs  82 gigs used 21, unused 60, boot
>>>>> sda2 ntfs   37 gigs, 3 gig used no flags
>>>>> unallocated 24 gigs (I created this for Lubuntu)
>>>>> sda3 (Labled P3),  4.89 gigs, 3 .28 used, flags- hidden, lba
>>>>> sda4  ! file system unknown 47MiB  no flags
>>>>
>>>> Given the size of it, it's almost certainly a diagnostics or recovery
>>>> volume, as Liam mentioned.
>>>
>>> So is there a way to install on this sort of setup?
>>
>> How about on sda2?
>
> Agreed.
> [1] Move anything on Windows' D: or E: drive to C:
> [2] remove sda2
> [3] create an extended partition in that slot, and put /, home and
> swap in there.
>
> Or, if you like having 2 drives in Windows - e.g. I keep the pagefile
> on a dedicated partition to reduce fragmentation - then do steps 1 &
> 2, then as well as the Linux partitions in the extended partition, put
> a new smaller Windows D drive as well.
>
>
> --

That sounds like a plan!  Not much on SDA 2 anyway so can move to sda1 (c drive)

thanks


garyk