Friday, August 19, 2016

partitioning - Installing Ubuntu with Windows, which is left and right when allocating space?


I'm installing Ubuntu (or Xubuntu/Lubuntu/Kubuntu) alongside Windows 7/XP. I got to the screen that says, "Allocate drive space by dragging the slider below." On the following screen, I'm not sure whether the right side or the left side is for Ubuntu or for Windows. Which side is which?


Screenshot for Ubuntu: (see here for Lubuntu)


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Your existing partition (Windows) is on the left, Ubuntu is on the right. That's the standard order when shrinking one partition to create another for dual-booting.



  • For Ubuntu, it's like this:


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  • For Lubuntu, like this:


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Here is the bug report:


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