I have a laptop that has windows on it (I have to keep it on there) and I want to have a dual boot. I have 62 GB of unformatted space available for the install, but I'm not sure (at the partition screen) what exactly to do. I have the below HD partitions now:
Code:
Hard Drives
/dev/sda
/dev/sda1 ntfs 81909
/dev/sda2 Extended 62667
Free None 62667
/dev/sda3 vfat 8008
/dev/sda4 none 39
As far as I can tell the "/dev/sda2" and "Free" are the same thing. I want to install there.
If I click on the "Free" one and select "edit", it tells me to select a device to edit. So I selected "/dev/sda2" but here's where I'm not sure how to proceed.
1. It asks me what I want to format it as - do i have to choose Ext3?
2. After formatting that partition, do I then choose to edit it and give it mount point "/"?
3. If so, do i also resize it? Do I have to choose a specific format of ext3?
4. How do I then size "/" so that I can later add the other needed parts like "/home" and "/swap"?
5. How do i add those other parts?
Will this all ensure that it's dual booting with windows and not overwriting it?
Thanks!