Partitioning with Windows 7

[Steven F. Scharff]

I have a new computer with Windows 7 (500 gig HD, 64 bit). WOulod I
have any problems running a partition to fit Linux on it?

Secondly, does Wubi work with Windows 7?

[J.O. Aho]

Steven F. Scharff wrote:
> I have a new computer with Windows 7 (500 gig HD, 64 bit). WOulod I
> have any problems running a partition to fit Linux on it?

You need to shrink down the ntfs partition, that can be done with gparted,
which you can legally download from gparted.sourceforge.net

> Secondly, does Wubi work with Windows 7?

Maybe, maybe not, I don't recommend it (I don't recommend any *ubuntu).

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//Aho

[philo]

I found Ubuntu 9.04 to work very well

but I recommend *against* using Wubi

[Avid Fan]

philo wrote:
> J.O. Aho wrote:
>> Steven F. Scharff wrote:
>>> I have a new computer with Windows 7 (500 gig HD, 64 bit). WOulod I
>>> have any problems running a partition to fit Linux on it?
>>
>> You need to shrink down the ntfs partition, that can be done with
>> gparted,
>> which you can legally download from gparted.sourceforge.net

I think the current recommendation is that you use the shrink tool in
windows 7 (Don't ask me where it is I don't use win 7) apparently it
allows you to shrink the partition more than Gparted and is faster.

Gparted is on the Ubuntu Live CD but strangely does not in install with
Ubuntu. It is in the Synaptic.

>>
>>
>>> Secondly, does Wubi work with Windows 7?
>>
>> Maybe, maybe not, I don't recommend it (I don't recommend any *ubuntu).
>>
>
>
> I found Ubuntu 9.04 to work very well
>
> but I recommend *against* using Wubi

Wubi does not work on Windows 7 - yet. Your options are VMware or dual
boot.

Good luck and have fun.