> > > >> > snip > > >> >> > >> >> You are right, I am seeing that too. The side by side option seems > >> >> not to be there. > >> >> Do Something Else takes one to the manual setup page. > >> > > >> > I would be quite happy to do a manual set up if I could be sure not to > >> > ruin everything else on the HD. > >> > >> Open a terminal (in your normal booted system) and type > >> df > >> Copy and paste the results here. In a terminal Ctrl+Shift+C copies to > >> the paste buffer. > >> > >> none 1024860 0 1024860 0% /lib/init/rw > > Well at least that is nice and simple. If you boot into the installer > and go into Something Else then you should see > /dev/sda > /dev/sda1 > /dev/sda2 (it might be a different number) > where sda2 has type Swap and sda1 is ext3 or ext4. It does not matter which. > sda1 should show a size of 140GB or thereabouts with 85GB used. You > first need to shrink this to make room for 12.04. > First though make sure you have backed up everything important just in case. > > Click on sda1 and click Change. It will show the partition size as > 140000 (MB) or thereabouts. Reduce this by about 10000 to allow 10GB > for 12.04. So if it were 140000 change it to 130000. MOST > IMPORTANTLY leave Use As set to do not use, and do NOT select Format. > Click OK which will show a warning about writing it to disk and that > you will not be able to undo it. Click Continue. > > Go and have a cup of coffee while it shrinks the partition. > > When it is finished you should a new entry marked as Free Space or > 10000MB. Select this one and click Add. > Set the Mount Point to /, leave the rest at default and click OK > > It should now show the new partition as type ext4, mount point / and > Format ticked. > DOUBLE CHECK that the other partitions have nothing under Mount Point > and are NOT ticked for formatting. > Offer a quick prayer or sacrifice to any Deity you consider relevant > and click Install Now.
Thanks, Colin that looks pretty straight forward. Just one question, where you say Set the Mount Point to /, is the ',' necessary or just punctuation? Norman -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
