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I have a Compaq AMD-64. Booted the AMD-64 Live-CD version of Ubuntu Dapper Drake and wanted to dual boot. Launched install when I got to the partition creation I slected the default which was to resize partition 2 (the first partition is a recovery partition from Compaq) and take 33 gigs of free space. I selected yes and it always returns an error that it cant create enough free space. I tried manually resizing in Gparted and get a similar error that it failes when resizing. I deleted the recovery partition (I hate those anyway) thinking that maybe that was a problem. I even re-formatted the repair partition to ext3 and that worked fine. When I go to resize the NTFS (partition 2) it always fails.

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Didier Bizimungu (diddy1) said : 		#1

Make sure the partition yo uare trying to resize has that much free space. Remember ntfs with windows on it tends to take more space than indicated. also make sure you are entering the right number. Try jsut using the up and down buttons to get to your wanted space instead of just putting in a number.

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Droid (andyschwalb) said : 		#2

I have 60 gbs free and I took the default of 33 gbs

On 6/6/06, Didier Bizimungu <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Support request #1002 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/1002
>
> Comment:
> Make sure the partition yo uare trying to resize has that much free space.
> Remember ntfs with windows on it tends to take more space than indicated.
> also make sure you are entering the right number. Try jsut using the up and
> down buttons to get to your wanted space instead of just putting in a
> number.
>

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Bosnjak (refizd) said : 		#3

I got the same problem. I had about 15 gigs free space, and wanted to assign 8-10 gigs for ubuntu.

During the dual boot, I got the same error. But anyway, it created a partition of 2.4 gigs, and I could use this for the installation. This is of course not what I wanted, since this is too small.

I hope somebody has a solution?
Greetings

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Best Bharat B. Sahni (bharatbsahni-msn) said : 		#4

Does your system uses Compaq Quick Restore CD ?

Contact Help center of Compaq on line

and/or your vendor, Compaq system quick restore CD automatically leaves only app. 02 gb space as partition 'D' which usually is occupied by the system itself.

Bharat

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Droid (andyschwalb) said : 		#5

I solved this by using the KDE install

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Bosnjak (refizd) said : 		#6

Thankt for the answers. But....

Since I am kind a new to this, what is KDE install? Is this in stead of ubuntu installation, or is it something in the ubuntu? What are the steps for the installation, partition?
Thanks

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Droid (andyschwalb) said : 		#7

The install is called kubuntu. I think I may have blown away the
restore partition as well.

On 4/17/07, Bosnjak <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #1002 on gnome-panel in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+question/1002
>
> Bosnjak posted a new comment:
> Thankt for the answers. But....
>
> Since I am kind a new to this, what is KDE install? Is this in stead of
> ubuntu installation, or is it something in the ubuntu? What are the steps
> for the installation, partition?
> Thanks
>

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It's kind of fun to do the impossible
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erickane (ekane4) said : 		#8

thanks but I will keep playing or even read the manual , eric