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Installing from minimal CD

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I'm a windows xp user and I'm new to Linux
I decided to install Xubuntu on my machine since it's quite old (512 MB ram and 2.66 GHZ P4 processor)
My machine doesn't support booting from USB so the only choise for me was installing xubuntu from minimal CD
The problem is that I'm new to Linux ,the only OS I've ever used was windows
So in the setup process every thing went fine until the partionning process
I want to install xubuntu next to my XP and I got only tow partitions on my 160 GB HD
So anyone who know how to partition my HD in a way that keeps my xp and my other files ?
Thanx in advance :-)

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answered 2 Years ago teromato · Accepted Answer

Although installing from minimal will work, if you are new to linux it might be lots of touble for you. Instead, you might want to look into something called Plop Boot. Essentially, you burn a CD, then create a ubuntu usb key. You put them both in the computer, boot from CD and it will then allow you to continue booting from USB. Used it myself awhile back and works like a charm. Plop Boot Page
After booting, you can use Gparted to resize your partitions, then run the install.