On 14 May 2012 18:13, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com> wrote: > On 14/05/12 13:41, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> That is true and correct, AFAICS, but to be honest, it would probably be >> easier just to reinstall. Norman: at a minimum, you need 2 partitions. I >> suggest you shrink the Windows partition by about half and use the rest of >> the space for an Extended partition. In there, you put the Linux logical >> drives. > > > Liam, go back to the beginning of this problem. The Ubuntu installer > insists (probably quite reasonably) on wanting to have Windows on one drive, > and Ubuntu on the other. Norman wants both OS's dual booting on /dev/sda > There are only two ways to achieve this. One is to disconnect /dev/sdb > temporarily while installing Ubuntu, and the other is to partition manually. > This is what Norman has been attempting; it's just that he installed grub > to the partition instead of installing it onto /dev/sda > > What you suggest above is actually what Norman has done already.
I know. I was trying to fill in a little more detail about what to do, how to do it, and when. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
