[plug] Ubuntu Installation

[Shayne O'Neill]

You need 2 partitions. One swap (about twice the size of your onboard
memory.)  and one general use. There are more complicated schemes, but the
Keep it simple rule works well.

The General use one Has to be ext3 or reiser (ext2 will work, but its a
pain in the ass), mounted at / and set to bootable. Ignore the other
settings

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On Sun, 3 Jul 2005, Chris Watt wrote:

> OK, stuck!
>
> Use As : Ext3
> Mount Pont ????
/
> Mount Options ????
whatever it suggests
> Label ????
> Reserved Blocks ????
> Typical Useage ????
> Bootable Flag ????
>
> What do I set for each of those ????   or so I need to make a /boot
> section,  etc. etc. and if I need to do each of those, what size do i
> use for each?
>
> cheers
>
>
>
>
> On 7/3/05, Chris Watt <something.rotten at gmail.com> wrote:
> > That's the one I was stuck on, just wanted to know what filesystem I
> > need to format my unformatted partition for.
> >
> > If it doesn't work I'll be back ^_^
> >
> > Cheers
> > ~Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/3/05, Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> > > I installed Ubuntu the other week on my laptop, manual partition
> > > configuration worked fine with ext3 and it was dual booting with XP with
> > > no problems...
> > >
> > > That was my first Ubuntu installation and I can't remember the exact
> > > steps but which one are you lost on ?
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
> > >
> > > Chris Watt wrote:
> > > > Hey guys,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to install Ubuntu so that it Dual Boots with WinXP.
> > > >
> > > > When I run the installer for Ubuntu it wants to reformat the entire
> > > > drive.  I want it to install on the 15GB partition on that drive, what
> > > > type of filesystem does it need and how o I ensure it doesn't kill the
> > > > winxp partition?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > ~Chris
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