How to install Ubuntu12.04LTS on a Windows XP Hard Disk

I recently installed Ubuntu12.04LTS on Windows XP. It was the first time that I had to install Ubuntu12.04LTS on Windows XP. It was the last night that it was successfully installed. The most troublesome thing was the partitioning process during installation. My computer was originally divided into five disks: C, D, E, F, and G. I plan to use the last disk to install Ubuntu12.04, then it is the preparation and Installation Process for installing Ubuntu12.04 on the hard disk in XP. Let's take a look at my final partition diagram: I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on Windows XP, because it was the first time I had to install it, the most troublesome part is the partitioning process during installation.

My computer was originally divided into five disks: C, D, E, F, and G. I plan to use the last disk to install Ubuntu 12.04, then the preparation and Installation Process for installing Ubuntu 12.04 on the hard disk in XP are completed. Let's take a look at my final partition chart:

From sda5 to sda10, sda1 and sda11 are not displayed in the figure. This is the interface after my partition is complete, before partitioning, we only have sda1, sda5, sda6, sda7, and sda8, which correspond to C, D, E, F, and G disks respectively. We want to install Ubuntu 12.04 to G disks, the partition process (This is only the partitioning process in my case. Please make flexible adjustments based on your computer's situation. Otherwise, the entire hard disk will be discarded accidentally.~~) :

1. Select sda8 in the list (corresponding to our G disk and confirm that all data is backed up) and click the "delete" button below, in this way, the original size of the GB disk is available.

2. Select "Free Space" in the list, and click the "add" button below. The "create new partition" window is displayed.Type, mount point, and sizeInUsed, mount point, and capacityControl), swap does not have a mount point. After setting the space sizeUsedSelect "swap space". The mount point is automatically grayed out and disabled.

3. Divide the space to the root directory (/), swap, And/home in sequence according to step 2.

Note: If you select "primary partition" and "logical partition", you can select logical partition.

Partitioning principles of Ubuntu

1. Boot partition:/Boot512 M is enough (I gave M here)

2. system partition:/Install systems and software. I have 10 Gb space here.

3. Swap partition:SwapSimilar to windows virtual memory, physical memory is usually allocated twice.

4. Personal File partition:/HomeIf you want to be as big as possible, like windows's "My documents", the rest of the G disk space is given to it.