Should I do the shrink from windows OS or linux? I Have am facing another problem. When I boot from USB start up disk(which I created using USB start up creator), it gives "unknown keyword in the configuration file". please suggest a solution
Pushparaj On Oct 30, 5:27 pm, Sharad Birmiwal <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:20 AM, Pushparaj <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Sharad, > > But 11.10 documentation says that it requires minimum 20GB for root. > > But i have 15GB in my root for 9.10. > >> > Hi, I am using ubuntu 9.10. Want to go for 11.10. How do i install > >> > without > >> > affecting data in home folder? > >> > Following is the output of fdisk. > >> > My root is sda6 and /home is sda6. What back up should I take? > >> > /dev/sda5 9816 35317 204833788 7 HPFS/NTFS > >> > /dev/sda6 35318 37140 14643216 83 Linux > >> > /dev/sda7 37141 59762 181711183+ 83 Linux > >> > /dev/sda8 59763 60801 8345736 82 Linux swap / > >> > Solaris > > Since your data (/home) is of utmost importance, I would suggest you > resize the windows partition (sda5) first to make more space for your > linux partition. The simplest way to achieve this is by following the > steps below during a fresh installation. > > 1. Since sda5 and sda6 are contiguous and are both logical partitions > (sda5 ends at block 35317 and sda6 starts from block 35318), I would > suggest you resize (shrink) sda5 to free up another 5 gigs (or a bit > more?). Obviously, your NTFS partition must have at least 5 gigs to > free up to start with. > 2. Delete sda6, you will now see free space that is 20GB+. > 3. Create a new partiton there and use that as "/". > 4. Proceed with the installation normally now. > > Full disclosure: I still use Ubuntu 10.10 and don't plan to upgrade > any time soon. I have never installed 11.10 but have partitioned > enough number of times to know that above should work. > > Sharad -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
