Free space for partition

[BobbyS]

Hello,

I am new here but this forum looks interesting. I have an external hd that I want to install Kubuntu 8.04 on. The drive has no free space as it has a windows partition and logical partitions from a previous distro. I want to use the partition area that has the other distro on it. What is the best way to get rid of these partitions? Should I delete them in xp or use another method?

Thanks a bunch!

BobbyS

[Snowhog]

Re: Free space for partition

Many (here) would probably say to use GParted LiveCD to do your partitioning. It's what I use. You can obtain the LiveCD .iso file here. Just download the file to your HD and use your favorite CD burning software to create the LiveCD.

[Qqmike]

Re: Free space for partition

Yep, agree.

Should you need it:

Burning ISO How TO: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
(do you have Nero or some other iso-CD burning software in XP? -- if not there may be some free ones (in XP) if you post here and ask again, or google search say on "free CD burner" or similar)

Partitioning—how to, Rog131:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3090704.0
(sounds like you already know about Linux partitioning, but here's some tips that most of us here use)