another partitoin questoin

[bigvoo]

ok, this is what gparted shows as partitions on my computer
/dev/sda1 fat 16 ........31.35 mib
/dev/sda2 sdfs.............34.46 gib
unallocated................7.84 mib
/dev/sda3 fat32................2.75 gib
unallocated..............7.84 mib
I'm farily new to all this, but i thougt fat 16 was not used any more, this computer is only 3 years old ? does the fat 16 partition need to be changed ? what is the best way to go, and is there even enough room for ubuntu to run on this hard drive ? thanks.

[oz]

Some people still use FAT16 but most have moved to other filesystems. Whether or not you change them would be up to you and that might depend on what you want to put on those partitions.

20 to 30 GB should be more than enough for Linux. If you go lightweight, you might get by with only 2 to 6 GB.

Are there any other partitions that you aren't showing?

What all do you plan on having on the drive when you are done?

[bigvoo]

thanks oz. weird thing is, when i look at the partitions in xp, it only shows 3. gparted shows 5, so i don't get that unless, it was when i ran the xubuntu install a while back, but canceled it, when it showed not enough space as it was...maybe the xubuntu disk had gone ahead and created those partitions. but any how, all I want on this computer is ubunutu 7.10, and xp. the xp will have almost nothing on it, just an email client and zonealarm...Im kind of running this drive into the ground, as it it bugging out. I have some ram ordered and, and plan on this being ubuntu only at the end of this month. I just kind of want to learn a little about partitioning, so this comp is the Frankenstein I'm going to learn on.

[oz]

If you are going to reinstall XP, you should remember to do that before you install Linux because it will make things a bit easier.

You should decide how much space you really need/want for XP, then use the PartedMagic LiveCD to wipe the drive, then install WinXP, creating only the predetermined partition that you've decided on, leaving the rest as unallocated space. Then you can use PartedMagic once again to create your new Linux partitions, and when you go to install Linux, you tell the installer to use the already created Linux partitions.

Of course, that's only one of many ways to get the job done. It's really all up to you.

Have fun with your project!

[bucky]

maby this helps..cheers

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...emRequirements

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/partitioning

[devils casper]

Your partitions structure is little messed. Could you post exact output of fdisk -l command here. Execute fdisk -l command in GParted or Ubuntu LiveCD Terminal.