Formerly, I installed a version of Ubuntu, today expired. I had not done partition. Some days ago, I tried to install Windows XP, so, afterwards to install the last version the Ubuntu 8.04. But the W did not work. I did not know to do. I got the last version of Ubuntu, the Ubuntu 8.o4.1desktop-i386iso and tried to install with a CD, but the machine was blocked. Both hardwares were mixed. The version of Ubuntu was not recognized, and, with W, only worked the first steps, because was detected other hardware. I think that there is not solution. Only when I start the machine, if I click in ESC, it appears in the screen a menu with three options, the third is Memtest86+v1.60. I think the programme is checking and it appears the characteristic of the machine: Athlon XP (018) 166 Mhz L1 caché 128K 9058 MB/s l2 caché 256K 351 MB/s Memory 256 M 359 MB/s chipset VIA kt266/ kt333 I don't know if the machine is checking and the length of time. Any solution? Thanks. -----Mensaje original----- De: Marvin Stodolsky [mailto:marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx] Enviado el: martes, 30 de septiembre de 2008 17:52 Para: Miguel Perez Asunto: Re: Very Important > Is necessary to do a partition before Ubuntu's installation It is advisable to do a complete defragmentation, and a few times until there is no further improvement. If there is enough space to shorten the Win partition and make room during the Linux partition, this can be done during the Ubuntu install. If your PC is a box rather than a laptop, it is probably simplest to install a second drive for the Ubuntu install. For a cost of some 20-40 EU , this simplifies many potential problems. MarvS On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Miguel Perez <Miguel.Perez@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is necessary to do a partition before Ubuntu's installation if one wants to > have two operating systems? > Thanks. > >
