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UBUNTU 10.10 installation

Asked by vik

while installing UBUNTU 10.10 on my laptop it doesnot give any option to install it alongside my existing op system ,but give only two options to erase and use all the disk space or to allocate memory for it since i'm not an advanced user i don't know what to do?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

In this step http://www.ubuntu.com/sites/default/files/active/maverick/install_03_medium.jpg
Please don't select "Erase and use entire disk" or your ENTIRE disk and already installed operative system will be erased...

Please select "install alongside other operative system"

To view other install step detail:

Please go to http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download click on

"Show me how" button of point 4 "Install it!"

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vik (vikykiv3) said : 		#2

i know about that but problem is that i dont see that option just the two options at the bottom

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vik (vikykiv3) said : 		#3

i know about that but problem is that i dont see that option just the two options at the bottom

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

A) - Please be sure you are using a good md5sum verified cd

B) - booting from the Ubuntu live install cd please select to try Ubuntu then open a terminal from

Applications→Accessories→Terminal and type

sudo fdisk -l

Please copy the result here

C) please tell the operative system you have already installed on your pc...

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vik (vikykiv3) said : 		#5

so is it -L or -l

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vik (vikykiv3) said : 		#6

and what do i do after typing this command??

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vik (vikykiv3) said : 		#7

how do i perform step c)?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

Boot to live CD and use gparted to resize your NTFS partition (Or if your current OS is Win7, resize it using the app in Win7 to resize there). Make sure your backups are up to date before starting this in case of catastrophe.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#9

sudo fdisk -l
## where l is lower case of L

Highlight the output in terminal with left click mouse (cursor) and paste it here with middle click.
Or ctrl+c and ctrl+v

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vik (vikykiv3) said : 		#10

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.