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   From: bobmct    
   Subject: Re: Help re install please?   
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   Adrian wrote:   
      
   > Hi I was wondering if someone could advise on the following. I have   
   > successfully used both ubuntu and kubuntu with live CD bootup and I now   
   > wish to install one of them to the HD with a dual boot option. I have an   
   > 80gig HD with 20gig spare. I intend to give about 10gig to Linux including   
   > a swap partition of 512m. Now when installing ubuntu I get to the screen   
   > that says how do you want to partition the disk. (I tick the top box   
   > resize ide master 1. ) I then have new partition size and a slider rule.   
   > This was initially set at about 85% automatically. Last time it was 50%. I   
   > am just wondering what I should set this slider to. Is it showing how much   
   > of the existing HD I want to give to linux or how much I want to remain   
   > with windows?. Hope that makes sense....   
   > Best regards  Adrian   
      
   Adrian;   
      
   I believe when you click on the Install icon and proceed to the disk   
   allocation part of the install one of the options reads "use the largest   
   available "free" disk space.  Most likely this is what you would want to   
   select.  That is, of course, unless your windows install is full disk. Then   
   you will have to re-partition and allocation free space.     
   Regarding how much space to allocate?  It depends on how much "free" space   
   you have.  You can start on the smaller side and if you adapt well to   
   ubuntu you can eventually enlarge the partition.   Of, as the revisions   
   come available, you can backup your data from your partitions and do a full   
   reinstall then load your data back on.  That way you can partition what   
   ever way you like.  By that time you should have a much better idea of what   
   your partition sizes should be.   
      
   Good luck.   
      
   bobmct   
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