What tool did you use to partition your hdd in the first place?
Is your Windows XP running on ntfs?

Well, i'm sure you need a driver for that.
Contact the manufacturer and see if they provide drivers for linux.

Try if the driver is included in Ubuntu, but chances are, slim.

- im using the one when u install ubuntu, it will as 3 option right, i use the one that resize itself..
- yes my XP partition in C:/ is running on ntfs
- im using Nokia PC Suite for connecting, so i guess they dont have it for ubuntu?

Frankly speaking, I have never expected ubuntu to give such problem...

Hmm, have you tried to unhide the NTFS partition?
Just add a line in the grub.conf
So it will look something like this



Note: (hda,b)
a corresponds to the drive and b corresponds to the partition.
(hd1,1) means second hdd, second partition.

By the way, if you want to be more adventurous, you can always get into grub and run the commands line by line and end it with boot

cheers

is it ok if i create my own partition for my ubuntu? and install it manually to that partition? or better use auto setting in ubuntu resize thinggy?

so C:/ for xp will be swap, and the ubuntu will be "/" ??

swap in Linux is always called swap.
You just need to define a swap type partition with a fixed size for it.

It depends what tool are you planning to use to create the partition.
Can't really say which one is better.

Btw, have you tried to unhide the ntfs partition?

about the windowx xp turn blue screen after install unbuntu, i have to format my xp, and throw ubuntu somewhere else eheheh i was so nervous that time. u know lah newbies

so now i was thinking to give it a shoot again. but still dont understand how to install it properly.

when installing xp, delete all partition in the disk, then create a partition for xp and left other space unpartition, then continue ur xp installation.

After that install ubuntu linux, in the partition part, edit manually, then ask it use the existing free space...

done!

This post has been edited by ryurhrt: Nov 9 2006, 03:13 PM

so then it will ask which for swap, which for "/" right?

swap is not "/" , swap is swap, "/" is the Root partition, an linux system must at least got two partition one is the swap, another is the "/", swap is like RAM, for linux temporary store file.

i need some help here....im trying the 6.10 now.... i burn the ISO file onto a CD and everything seems find... becoz i load it on windows, all the intro screen on ubuntu, all the applications they offer can be install....but when i reboot my system to boot from the CD... it says, no bootable disc were found... i tried it on VMware workstation, also the same thing happen...it happen to me before when im using FC5, but i solve it.....but now seems it cannot run at all...

how u burn ur iso ? last time got one guy burn the .iso file to the cd, it is not the way... and if u r using vmware to install it, dun even need cd, just make the virtual cd rom to mount the ISO file that u download.

so which one should be swap, and which one is root (/)

should partition C (XP) be swap?

i try to make a bootable cd... for my pc.... so i try on my notebook 1st...

i think i know wats the prob.... the hash did not match

1st of all, i recommand u go and take some tutorial about partition and file system.

if u really want to try linux, u must 1st throw away most of the thing u know in window. if u don't have any importance data in ur pc, and if u only had one hard disk, then i recommand u delete all partition in ur drive, as i know u just recently formatted ur XP right? ok, when u install XP, create one partition which u think suitable for ur XP, normally 20GB to 40GB is big enough, then after that, try to install Ubuntu with its live cd.

in the partitioning part, choose manually edit.

then, i recommand u create 3 partition.

1.)Root (/) with Ext3 Filesystem
2.)Home (/Home) with Ext3 Filesystem
3.)Swap (swap) with linux-swap

for the swap make it as a logical partition,primary is also ok.

Root(/) and Home (/home), can be large partition, home partition is to store ur file, root is then store the system file and program.

for the swap, if ur RAM is big enough like 1GB, then make it as 400Mb to 1Gb is enough.

then start ur installation, after that, ur system will be dual boot Linux and XP, if no error occur.

yeah, maybe the download file corrupted. , re-download again ba... haha

After all, are you trying to install two O/S into a single HDD?
Making dual-boot?

Windows XP partition can never be swap.
Swap itself is a partition and it cannot be shared between Windows and Linux.

Are you confused or something?

i redownload the file..from a diff mirror....same thing happen... the hash did not match...

yes i am trying to make dual-boot

Wat is ur HDD capacity? maybe i can recommand how to scale ur partition....

ok my hdd is 80GB now.

got 3 partition oledi.

1) 20GB on C: --> here is the XP files
2) 30GB on D: --> for my mp3s and videoclip almost full oledi
3) 30GB on E: --> only documents

then?