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ghamman Joined: Apr 11, 2008 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted Apr 12, 2008 at 5:29:07 AM Subject: ubuntu installation I'm trying to install Kubuntu on my laptop but I keep running into trouble with the partitions. My machine has 4 partitions on it (a FAT, FAT32, and two NTFS) and Disk Mangement isn't letting me make any more. The problem is that the Kubuntu installer says it's better to have a swap partition in order to get best performance. Is there any way I can change/remove one of the FAT drives and not destroy my Windows or is there any way to make 5 partitions on one hard drive?
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GoinEasy9 Joined Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 23 Other Topics	Posted: Apr 12, 2008 10:25:35 PM Subject: ubuntu installation I think 4 primary partitions max. One would need more info about why you have so many m$ partitions on your laptop in the first place. Before I got rid of my windows partition on my thinkpad, one partition was just for restore, IBM had, at one point liked to put restore on a closed partition of the HD, instead of sending a copy of windows with the computer.
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ghamman Joined Apr 11, 2008 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted: Apr 13, 2008 5:54:51 AM Subject: ubuntu installation I ended up figuring it out on my own, but thanks for the advice. Turns out the FAT32 partition was expendable so I sacrificed it and made an extended drive in its place. Dell apparently likes to fill up a hard drive with partitions.
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