Installing OpenSuSe 11.1 without killing Ubuntu

Hi,

I have Ubuntu 8.10 set up in my laptop computer. However, I want to install OpenSuSe 11.1 along with it.

I thought I could easily handle the partitioning part of the installer, but I got confused. I get a red message that roughly says:

Format /dev/sda1/ 71.53 Gb (linux native) to ext3

Reading the installation walkthrough I noticed it said that as long as nothing was on red, everything would be fine. I just don’t want to lose Ubuntu, not yet at any rate.

I tried editing the partition set up and I get that I have roughly the following:

/dev/sda/ Fujitsu 80 Gb hard drive
/dev/sda1/ linux native ext3 71 Gb
/dev/sda2/ extended 2.88 Gb
/dev/sda5/ linux swap 2.88 Gb

I’m guessing I should resize the sda1 linux native, but I don’t know what would be appropriate in order have both OS’s running well (with room to spare). Also, I’m not completely sure… Anyone help please!

Andres

This would do it
Ubuntu: sda1 – 20 Gb
Suse root sda5 – 10Gb
Suse /home sda6 – 10 Gb
swap sda 7 – 2 Gb
spare approx 40 Gb – you could make some of this a joint storage mounted in both Ubu and Suse.