[clue] Requesting more installation help

[Charles Burton]

So you have to move one of the primary portions into an extended, I
recommend the hp tools one. Then create a new primary partition in the un
allocated space to install Linux on.
 On Oct 15, 2012 2:58 PM, "David L. Anselmi" <anselmi at anselmi.us> wrote:

> M Paul Webb wrote:
> > Using Easeus Partition Master, I made a block of space on the hard drive
> unallocated for the
> > Linux partition. However, on trying to install, the unallocated space
> came up designated as
> > unusable. Going then to GParted -- it was noted only four partitions can
> be used, and that I had
> > to make an extended partition to put other partitions inside of.
>  >
> > At any rate, can someone tell me what to do with my friends computer, in
> order to have a
> > Windows/Ubuntu dual boot. Here is how the hard drive looks now.
>  >
> > *: System NTFS 199 MB
> > C:        NTFS 94.39 GB
> > * unallocated
> > D: Recovery NFTS 17.35 GB
> > F: HP_Toos  Fat32 103.34MB
>
> It's a pity the hard drive is so complicated.  I wonder what the 199MB
> NTFS is for?
>
> It would help if you'd use Linux partition tools to show the drive layout.
>  Your list doesn't tell
> us the partition order or where the free blocks are so you may run into
> issues that we can't anticipate.
>
> You can Google for DOS partition table and you'll find an explanation of
> how the extended partition
> works.
>
> Assuming that your 4 partitions are (in order) System, C:, D:, and F:
> you'll want to make D: and F:
> into logical partitions inside an extended partition that also contains
> your unallocated space.
>
> I think gparted can do that.  It ought to be able to move D: and F:
> without copying their data.  But
> I don't have a test handy that I can confirm that.
>
> Dave
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