Pad Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I´m going to create some partitions on my pc so I can install Ubuntu. Does anyone know any good free programs to do this? * Goes back in lurker mode * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerhs Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 well, partitioning isn't something i do too often. after searching around download.com, i found this. no guarentees on how it'll work since i haven't used it. its also a new release (as in less than a couple weeks old). so, as with most freeware, use at your own risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I haven't used any for Windows, but for Ubuntu I have QTParted and GParted, both are very easy to use. It's possible they are made for windows also, but I'm not sure. Glad you're going for Ubuntu, it really is a great OS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoffe Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I´m going to create some partitions on my pc so I can install Ubuntu. Does anyone know any good free programs to do this? If you are using Windows XP you should be able to create partitions from the Management Console, in the Disk Management category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pad Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 I haven't used any for Windows, but for Ubuntu I have QTParted and GParted, both are very easy to use. It's possible they are made for windows also, but I'm not sure. Glad you're going for Ubuntu, it really is a great OS You almost make it sound like you didn´t create partitions or perhaps you had them created when you booted your system. But ubuntu needs a different partition right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 If you're planning on dual-booting you'll have to create a partition, yes, because you can't have two operating systems on the same partition, they initiate a duel and try to kill each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pad Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 Of most things I know something or a lot. On this matter on the other hand I know ****. Btw, different partitions also means things used on one os arent always available to the other one and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I suppose it would be good to know what OS you're currently running, how big your Harddrive is, and how big you want your ubuntu partition to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 You almost make it sound like you didn´t create partitions or perhaps you had them created when you booted your system. But ubuntu needs a different partition right? Well, yes, Ubuntu needs a different partition, but I had my old windows 98 hard drive with nothing relevant on it, and I had XP on the other hard drive, so I just wiped the old hard drive and installed on it. I later got a 186gb drive and partitioned it half and half to windows and linux. When you do make partitions, make sure you do fat32 if you want to be able to write from both windows and linux. If you want windows only its ntfs, and linux only is ext3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Use reiserfs. I do, and I'm cutting edge You should try starting a UNIX console and using fdisk, it's the easiest way to do it. You can usually do this when you install a Linux OS that needs it's kernel manually compiled, like Gentoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I used Partition Magic. I trendy and easy, give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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