kubuntu installation

[iwingoke]

hi everyone, i'm newbie in this forum, also in linux, but i want to try install linux kubuntu in my compy. i have some problems with the partition. i used windows before, here's the partition:
in C : 50 gb
in D : 100 gb
all of my important datas were in D, so i just want to install linux in C(full, not dual-booting).
but i don't know how to do it, i'm afraid all my datas in D would lost if i don't pay any attentions in the partition.

i'm sorry if my english is not so well, it's because i'm from bali.

help me please, thx before.

[yancek]

Do you have the Kubuntu CD?
Is it a LiveCD that you can put in the drive and boot to the Kubuntu Desktop?
If you can, use the tabs at the top or the Menu to find a termina or konsole, open it and run the command to get partition information to post here:

sudo fdisk -l (lower case Letter L in the command)

What do you have on what you refer to as the "D" partition? Is it just data?
By posting the partition information, someone here should be able to explain specifically what you need to do to install Kubuntu.

[iwingoke]

yeah, it's just data in D partition.
i think i will providing partition C into 3 parts, for swap, root and home, is it okay to do?
thx..

[yancek]

i think i will providing partition C into 3 parts, for swap, root and home, is it okay to do?
thx..

I doubt if that will work. What you refer to as "C" is most likely a primary partition if it currently has the windows systems files on it. You can't divide a primary partition into more partitions. You can create an extended partition and then create logical partitions within it for your root, home and swap. You don't need to create a separate home partition but there are good reasons to do so.

Since you did not post the partition information I asked for earlier, I can't give you any more specific advice.

[wolfton]

It sounds like you've downloaded the iso image and you're using Wubi to install alongside Windows. If that's the case, then following the steps in the installer will pretty much do everything for you to set up a dual boot environment, but like Yancek said, it might be better to leave your system partition (C) alone and put your installation in D, provided you have enough space available to split off two or three new partitions.

One word of caution though, my cousin had an issue with his Kubuntu Wubi install last weekend (first time Ubuntu for him, and first try with Linux in almost 12 years for him) and he never could get his system to boot. I did some troubleshooting with him over the phone and long story short, I suspect that his system read his attached USB flash memory device as /dev/sda and his internal SATA as /dev/sdb and he installed his boot loader to the USB device instead of his master boot record.

When you boot live, be aware that your first SATA hard disk may not be /dev/sda.

[Spyderkid]

Do what the installer says when it comes up to a bit where it asks about disk space and partitions choose don't use all of the disk or install alongside or something like that. it should have a nice looking bar showing you how much space is being used up by windows or whatever and Lubuntu

(by the way I'm just using this knowledge from installing Ubuntu, so hopefully there not too different in setup.)

[iwingoke]

thanx to all. now my kubuntu installed successfully, but it couldn't enter the desktop/interface, just looping in "appearing kubuntu and 4 others logos". any help?