Thread: CMN goes Linux

For Fedora or Windows?

If you are wanting to continue using windows then download

Acronis Disk Director.

That will allow you to keep your windows parition and add the 40GB back in.

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that's worth a green, thank you.

now when I get the ubuntu disc, i assume I don't need to do anything other than run it at start up.

I bet that Reimar chappie over there could help.

Would get your post count up very quickly.

Supermods are very puter savvy

Originally Posted by CharleyFarley

I bet that Reimar chappie over there could help.

you are allowed to say the word Thaivisa over here...

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

all i want to do is to re-integrate the 40 gigs with the rest of the system.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

now when I get the ubuntu disc, i assume I don't need to do anything other than run it at start up.

I'm confused, explain exactly what you are trying to do.

^ He is either

A) Wanting to combine the whole of the 40gb into his windows syste,
B) wanting to combine it all into a new Ubuntu install

One of the two.

Not quite sure what one yet but I've offered him a solution to both.

Pretty sure the Ubuntu install will want to use up his hole HDD if he lets it.

If he is changing over to Ubuntu and he was clever enough to keep his window "Documents" folder on a separate partition then it should be fairly simple.

With Ubuntu you need about 20GB for the root partition, a small amount for swap and the rest can be put into the /home partition. If I remember correctly FF used a couple of more partitions, but I don't think it's necessary.

Originally Posted by NickA

If he is changing over to Ubuntu and he was clever enough to keep his window "Documents" folder on a separate partition then it should be fairly simple.

I think there is more chance of him putting the HDD in the microwave than of him doing that.

Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

I think there is more chance of him putting the HDD in the microwave than of him doing that.

cock.

Originally Posted by NickA

If he is changing over to Ubuntu and he was clever enough to keep his window "Documents" folder on a separate partition then it should be fairly simple.

Needs to be NFTS though, doesn't it?

Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

A) Wanting to combine the whole of the 40gb into his windows syste,

i want to do that and then not have to do anything else at all other than run ubuntu from a disc and then transfer everything from windows into it.

is that not possible?

^I can't remember. I think you can read from both NTFS and Fat32 in linux, it's writing to them that is the problem. But once ubuntu is installed you can copy it all across to the /home partition and then reformat eveything as ext3 or whatever you want.

I used partition magic to do it all, it allows you to move, delete, resize or reformat each partition on the disk.

The easier way to do it is back up all your data first, then do a clean install of ubuntu with totally new partitions.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

i want to do that and then not have to do anything else at all other than run ubuntu from a disc and then transfer everything from windows into it. is that not possible?

Come again.... explain what your end aim is

Originally Posted by NickA

Come again.... explain what your end aim is

i would like to gather in the 40 gigs that are sitting on another partition right now.

then i want to install ubuntu and have all my windows documents transferred over.

^how many gigs of documents do you need to transfer?

I don't know.

not many I shouldn't think.

i'm confuse nick as you might have gathered.

i have downloaded ubuntu.

now if i burn the disk and chuck it in, do i get an option to go into the ubuntu OS or will it be automatic?

^it will run an installer, the first thing the installer will do is ask you how you want to set up your partitions.

If you haven't got much data, just write it all to DVD. The when you install ubuntu you can wipe the whole hard disk and setup the partitions as you want.

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thanks.

do i then need to put the bloody disk in every time i start my computer?

apologies, being very thick here.

once it's installed it's installed right.

i have about 40 gigs of music that i'd like to carry over though.

^well, you could either burn 10 DVD's or you have to download some partitioning software such as partitionmagic, get all the music into a partion at the end of the hard disk and then install ubuntu into what is left. In the end burning the DVD's will probably be easier and it will mean you have all your music backed up if anything goes wrong.

If you want help with the install, go to youtube and search "ubuntu install" you will find plenty of videos that walk you through it step by step.

Why do you need to grow your windows partition?

Why not scrub the Fedora partition using the ubuntu installer and then put ubuntu on that partition. (Please back up any data you want to keep in the Fedora partition) Then you can access your windows file system from Ubuntu. It will read and write to both NTFS and FAT32 file systems.

Then you would have a dual boot Windows and Ubuntu. If you wanted to get rid of windows later you could set that up as a new partition for data or what ever.

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you free next monday mate?

possibly ... am I going to regret this?
PS just spotted problem with my plan. You have a 40 gig partition which won't be big enough to hold both the OS and your 40 gigs of files while you delete your windows partion.

Originally Posted by Jardine

PS just spotted problem with my plan. You have a 40 gig partition which won't be big enough to hold both the OS and your 40 gigs of files while you delete your windows partion.

no worries.

you can sort it out when you get here.