disc partition windows 7 vs. kubuntu

[Guest]

Hi guys,

Before that i never used linux. I am starting to linux with kubuntu today. I use Windows 7 in my laptop. There are 2 parts in my harddisk, C and D.

C = 100GB (using 65 GB)
D = 197GB
RAM = 4GB

I will install kubuntu, but i don't know how to partition disk. I would like to use maximum available in "D". How much swap space will be? How much home space will be? How much root space will be? I'm waiting your answers to start installing kubuntu 11.04.

My English is not good enough. I'm sorry for mistakes in sentences.
Thanks & Regards.

[oshunluvr]

Re: disc partition windows 7 vs. kubuntu

Quickly: swap=4GB, root=12GB, home=as large as you want.

Is drive D clean of data and that's the space you'll be using for linux?
If so, my advice is to erase the drive D partition. Create an Extended partition with all the space, then create your 3 Logical partitions in the Extended partition.

You can do this easily by booting the Kubuntu Live CD and launching the partition manager. I also suggest after you partition, format all the partitions before running the installer. Then select Manual Partitioning an assign the correct options to each new partition. You won't need to let the installer re-format the partitions again because you just did it.

If your not using all of drive D, you'll want to shrink your windows partitions using the windows7 disk tool before you do the above.

[sutanu]

Re: disc partition windows 7 vs. kubuntu

Try Wubi to install kubuntu from within ur Windows:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer
Its the simplest and perhaps the safest way of installing kubuntu on ur HDD.
If you have already downloaded an iso image file (...desktop-amd64.iso or ...desktop-i386.iso), place the iso file along with the wubi.exe file under the same directory in windows and run Wubi.
Select C or D drive according to ur preference. 8-12GB should suffice since u are a beginner, same as me. Just a few clicks, and the installation should begin
Shortly you will be asked to reboot. when u restart ur system, you'll be asked to select the OS at the boot screen. Select 'Kubuntu' to continue installation.

[vinnywright]

Re: disc partition windows 7 vs. kubuntu

@0u2h4n

could you run the cd live and post the output of

fdisk -l

as run in a terminal please!

the few windows7 installs I'v seen have used 2 partitions at least for win7 the above code will let us see your disks like they really are.

VINNY