Trying to Dual Boot; odd problem...

[Lista]

...or atleast I'm told so.



Anyways, this is how my partitions are organized, as seen in Windows.

And this is how my partitions are seen in Ubuntu partitioner..

primary 8,4 GB
pri/log 191,6 free space

..or something very similar to this, I don't remember exactly, and I'm not able to capture the screen.

So, do you see my problem? Partitions do not match, so I don't wanna risk making a partition in Ubuntu's partitioner in so called free space, when in Windows, some data might be there. Notice how I have only 15GBs free in my Windows partition, whilst in Ubuntu installer, practically the whole disk is empty. I'm trying to be as clear as possible here, excuse my ignorance.
Any help is appreciated.

Just wanted to add that I have an old motherboard, and it does not support 48bit LBA. Since it's a crappy one, upgrade to BIOS is not available. Could this be the reason to my problem?

[wert91]

...or atleast I'm told so.



Anyways, this is how my partitions are organized, as seen in Windows.

And this is how my partitions are seen in Ubuntu partitioner..

primary 8,4 GB
pri/log 191,6 free space

..or something very similar to this, I don't remember exactly, and I'm not able to capture the screen.

So, do you see my problem? Partitions do not match, so I don't wanna risk making a partition in Ubuntu's partitioner in so called free space, when in Windows, some data might be there. Notice how I have only 15GBs free in my Windows partition, whilst in Ubuntu installer, practically the whole disk is empty. I'm trying to be as clear as possible here, excuse my ignorance.
Any help is appreciated.

Just wanted to add that I have an old motherboard, and it does not support 48bit LBA. Since it's a crappy one, upgrade to BIOS is not available. Could this be the reason to my problem?

Windows won't see the partions that have linux based os on them if it boots up your other operating systems then you should be fine but what what hard drive do you have? I have a western digital with xp pro/xandros and it is partioned in three partions using the western digital cd i would recommend using a partion disk from the manufacter c:\ has windows xp d:\ is just for files and the other is xandros and when i'm in xp the other hard drive don't even show up but it is there just windows can't read the other drive but it boots both os's just fine! When i installed my os i partioned one as 512k the d:\ @ 4k and the other at 512k ntfs then i installed xp then xandros and i thought the same as you did. Where the heck is my e:\
but when i booted up both hard drives i found out that it works great and i even get to view all my files from xp d:\ and xandros

[Lista]

The whole problem here is Ubuntu Partitioner not reading the partition table as Windows do. Ubuntu, because of some reason, sees the majority of disk empty, while in Windows it's full, like in fact it is.
I can't risk losing Windows 'cause I need them. Ubuntu I want to try out of curiosity, but right at the beggining, it seems I've stumbled on a rather big rock

[borromini]

You can safely partition in Windows, using your PM8. Create the swap partition, the root partition (I would make it ext3 - why on earth are you using ext2 for your hd? That's suited for floppy disks. Ext3 is just a journaled version of ext2, but ext3 gives you extra security & performance.

PM8 supports all those file systems, just create them with PM8, and tell Ubuntu to use the existing Linux partitions, you can let it reformat them safely.

[Lista]

Geez.
Well, I'm trying to say that Ubuntu does not recognize those partitions. So, even though they are created in PM8, and everyting is OK in Windows, when I enter Ubuntu installer, it does not see them! Only free, unpartitioned space.

So am I supposed to go with creating partitions in that 'free' space, when in Windows, there already are partitons there. Do you see my point, it's probably gonna mess up my Windows installation.

[ToastedToad]

First i would back up my Windoze partition completely, if you haven't already. Then delete the Linux partitions and start over. Create the partitions with the Ubuntu installer, install grub as it wants to, just make sure that it sees your windows partition first. It will tell you if it has at the top of the page when it asks where to install grub.