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I'm running 11.10 and installing 12.04 LTS Beta 1 off a DVD. Using the installation wizard, I picked "Install 12.04 LTS alongside 11.10".

I am presented with a slider with approx 240GB on the left side and 60GB on the right. No other labels are present. I don't want to use the advanced partitioning tool. Which side is which Ubuntu?

Allocate drive space by dragging the divider below BUT WHICH IS WHICH?

If it's relevant: I am installing only for testing purposes (I've been caught by kernel regressions before), so I want to give 12.04 the minimal amount of space required. Once the final release is made, and I've tested that too, my plan is to remove the second partition and upgrade 11.10 to 12.04.

lofidevops
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When logged in on 11.10, open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and type the following:

cat /etc/mtab

There you will find which partitions are currently mounted. The first is the location of the partition (for instance: /dev/sda2), the second parameter gives you where it is mounted. Look for / or /home/.

Write down the partitions (/dev/...).

Reboot from the DVD. The partitions you wrote down were used for 11.10, so you don't want to touch that. The /dev/... you didnt saw before is the new partition made for 12.04.

xatr0z
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