Do I have to make the FAT32 partition or is it optional? Can I just make the swap partition and the Ubuntu partition only and be fine? Thanks for the help!
@25293Blaze Yes it's just optional. It's just my preference to do it that way. All you have to do is make the Ubuntu partition and a swap partition. Typically the swap partition should be double the amount of RAM that's installed in your machine especially if you have 1GB RAM or less (especially if you plan to use an application that needs lots of memory). But if your machine already has lots of RAM installed you don't have to make such a large swap partition. In that case 1GB would be fine.
Very good Video-Guide !! ... btw, i am planning to dual boot windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10, i heard that one should install windows first and then ubuntu or else ubuntu will get corrupted.. is that true?
@emotive007 Yes it's easier to install Windows first then Linux but if Windows is installed second Linux doesn't get corrupted but Windows will overwrite the bootloader making it impossible to boot the Linux install. The Linux install will still be fine just not visible or bootable. In that case you'll have to restore the GRUB loader which I explain in my video called Reinstall grub2 using Ubuntu live CD.
@Misklahr It shouldn't matter what hard drive you install it on. The Linux installer will number the drives like sda and a second drive sdb etc. so your D drive may be sdb. Or if D is another partition on the first drive (sda) then C might be sda1 and D might be sda2. That's the way Linux numbers the drives and partitions. If D is a second hard drive then you'll have to boot from that drive. If D is a second partition on the first drive that has the C partition then keep booting from that drive.
@UTLR1 Either way, the boot loader that is installed will give you the choice of booting into the Windows C drive or Linux what you boot the computer. Hope this helps. The Ubuntu forums can give you a lot more info.
@belask I used a program called recordmydesktop while the live CD was running so I could record the entire installation process. But for some reason that app isn't available in Synaptic while using the Ubuntu 9.10 live CD, but it is there after Ubuntu is installed, which doesn't help when trying to record the install so I downloaded the recordmydesktop .deb installer onto my thunb drive earlier then installed it in the live CD. You can find recordmydesktop on sourceforge.
I apologize to everyone for my slowness in responding to your comments and questions. From now on I'll check more often and try to answer your questions.
@belask Sorry I don't reply sooner. I don't log in that often. The Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) is pretty much exactly the same as in this video. But in future releases if Ubuntu changes something then I'll post a new video but for now whatever you see in this video applies to Lucid Lynx too.
This is THE VIDEO i have been searching for about 1 month. I am new to linux and i have never installed linux except for only one time on virtual machine. For about a month i have been planning to install ubuntu with dual boot support but only thing that was keeping me from doing this was this manual partitioning thing. And every video on youtube was about wubi or virtual machine dual boot. This is the only video, i could find, that explains manual partitioning in STANDARD dual boot.
@belask Yeah one of the reasons I made this video is because I couldn't find any decent videos on doing a standard dual boot set up either. I did find a couple but the video were such poor quality I couldn't see what was going on or the commentator used foul language. So I figured I would do one myself.
My hard drive has a single partition and I have xp installed in it. If I partition this drive using Ubuntu and install Ubuntu in the new extra partition, isn't my xp going to get corrupted?
@charoze Hi Charoze. I've resized Windows partitions several times, actually a lot of times, and never had trouble with Windows getting corrupted. But it's still a good idea to backup everything in Windows anyway to an external drive or thumb drive. And it's a good idea to defrag it first. After the Linux install when you first boot XP it will do a file system check. If you're not expecting it you might think something went wrong but just let it check and it'll reboot and should be fine.
thanx man
TheVideoman122 1 month ago
goooood info man, thank you and you have a good voice !!
Mr1kings 1 month ago
Thanks for the video!
MusikDroid 2 months ago
Do I have to make the FAT32 partition or is it optional? Can I just make the swap partition and the Ubuntu partition only and be fine? Thanks for the help!
25293Blaze 8 months ago
@25293Blaze Yes it's just optional. It's just my preference to do it that way. All you have to do is make the Ubuntu partition and a swap partition. Typically the swap partition should be double the amount of RAM that's installed in your machine especially if you have 1GB RAM or less (especially if you plan to use an application that needs lots of memory). But if your machine already has lots of RAM installed you don't have to make such a large swap partition. In that case 1GB would be fine.
UTLR1 7 months ago
Fantastic, really helped me out a lot!
tipsyleo 1 year ago
Very good Video-Guide !! ... btw, i am planning to dual boot windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10, i heard that one should install windows first and then ubuntu or else ubuntu will get corrupted.. is that true?
emotive007 1 year ago
@emotive007 Yes it's easier to install Windows first then Linux but if Windows is installed second Linux doesn't get corrupted but Windows will overwrite the bootloader making it impossible to boot the Linux install. The Linux install will still be fine just not visible or bootable. In that case you'll have to restore the GRUB loader which I explain in my video called Reinstall grub2 using Ubuntu live CD.
UTLR1 1 year ago
How do I do if I want to install Ubuntu on the D: harddrive? Not to install it on a partition on the C: drive
Misklahr 1 year ago
@Misklahr It shouldn't matter what hard drive you install it on. The Linux installer will number the drives like sda and a second drive sdb etc. so your D drive may be sdb. Or if D is another partition on the first drive (sda) then C might be sda1 and D might be sda2. That's the way Linux numbers the drives and partitions. If D is a second hard drive then you'll have to boot from that drive. If D is a second partition on the first drive that has the C partition then keep booting from that drive.
UTLR1 1 year ago
@UTLR1 Either way, the boot loader that is installed will give you the choice of booting into the Windows C drive or Linux what you boot the computer. Hope this helps. The Ubuntu forums can give you a lot more info.
UTLR1 1 year ago
Thanks alot, helped me alot!
IBlackyI 1 year ago
one more thhing. what program did you use for screen recording. and how it was able to record screen before the OS installation completes.
belask 1 year ago
@belask I used a program called recordmydesktop while the live CD was running so I could record the entire installation process. But for some reason that app isn't available in Synaptic while using the Ubuntu 9.10 live CD, but it is there after Ubuntu is installed, which doesn't help when trying to record the install so I downloaded the recordmydesktop .deb installer onto my thunb drive earlier then installed it in the live CD. You can find recordmydesktop on sourceforge.
UTLR1 1 year ago
I apologize to everyone for my slowness in responding to your comments and questions. From now on I'll check more often and try to answer your questions.
UTLR1 1 year ago
UTLR1 I hope you upload video explaining manual partitioning in ubuntu lucid lynx.
belask 1 year ago
@belask Sorry I don't reply sooner. I don't log in that often. The Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) is pretty much exactly the same as in this video. But in future releases if Ubuntu changes something then I'll post a new video but for now whatever you see in this video applies to Lucid Lynx too.
UTLR1 1 year ago
@UTLR1 thanks man. i have installed lucid lynx 10.04 LTS. Using linux for the first time in my life.
belask 1 year ago
This is THE VIDEO i have been searching for about 1 month. I am new to linux and i have never installed linux except for only one time on virtual machine. For about a month i have been planning to install ubuntu with dual boot support but only thing that was keeping me from doing this was this manual partitioning thing. And every video on youtube was about wubi or virtual machine dual boot. This is the only video, i could find, that explains manual partitioning in STANDARD dual boot.
belask 1 year ago
@belask Yeah one of the reasons I made this video is because I couldn't find any decent videos on doing a standard dual boot set up either. I did find a couple but the video were such poor quality I couldn't see what was going on or the commentator used foul language. So I figured I would do one myself.
UTLR1 1 year ago
My hard drive has a single partition and I have xp installed in it. If I partition this drive using Ubuntu and install Ubuntu in the new extra partition, isn't my xp going to get corrupted?
Great video by the way.
charoze 1 year ago
@charoze Hi Charoze. I've resized Windows partitions several times, actually a lot of times, and never had trouble with Windows getting corrupted. But it's still a good idea to backup everything in Windows anyway to an external drive or thumb drive. And it's a good idea to defrag it first. After the Linux install when you first boot XP it will do a file system check. If you're not expecting it you might think something went wrong but just let it check and it'll reboot and should be fine.
UTLR1 1 year ago