Hi,
I found a free partitioning tool for those of you who may be interested in dual booting in the future. This tool will partition your drive without you losing data or making you format your drive.
This is a complete Linux based tool, all you need to do is download the .iso image burn it to a blank CD then boot from it.
For more information you can visit the GParted homepage HERE
For future reference, keep this along with what Justin provided:
OrangeCrate, I think you will like the GParted Tool if you haven’t tried it yet, it uses the Gnome interface ;D.
Also nice guide, I will bookmark it, it may come in handy later.
I will. If you’re going to partition yourself, and not have Ubuntu do it, GParted is the way to go. If you have Linux installed, is in the repos. All you have to do is download it while your using a live CD. If you download it before, you can’t access it. And Linux must be unmounted if you’re going to modify the partitions.
I let Ubuntu do it on the original install (flawless), and I would like to go back in to set up a home partition. But, my original live CD is Dapper, and I think (need to find this out for sure) I have to download an Edgy live CD to do it.
With the Ubuntu partitioner it can partition your drive without you needing to format? The one in Kubuntu to my knowledge does not allow this, it formats the information on the drive, which is why I used Partition Magic (old powerquest version) but now I can use a newer partition program.
Yes you must burn your own Edgy CD they aren’t letting you order them through ShipIt, hopefully they will allow you to order Feisty. I will most likely do a fresh install for Feisty after it is out for a little while.
Sure it does, the alternate (advanced) version of the installer.
Look for the Other installation options including 64 bit CD images and alternative installation methods for OEM computers and computers with less than 192MB RAM list on the downloads: http://www.kubuntu.org/download.php#latest
sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60060155904 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7758 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 677 5118088+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 * 678 4946 32273640 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3 4947 7639 20359080 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 7640 7758 899640 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 7640 7758 899608+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Justin, this is what the auto partitioner created with the Dapper live CD. If it wasn’t for the fact that I’d like to add a home partition to save my overall settings in case of a need to reinstall, or do a fresh install, I wouldn’t bother messing with it. Everything works fine.
On the other hand, I use a stick to drag and drop a backup of my folders and documents regularly from my home folder, so I could probably set up and customize a new install in under two hours.
You’re right. Found the instructions, and GParted is the suggested tool to use. Looks easy. Will do it in a day or two. 
I always use a separate home partition keeping my files and some settings in case of crash, reinstall, etc.
Thanks for the confirmation.
I guess not. A quick question and answer on the Ubuntu forums tells me that any live CD is O.K. to use. It doesn’t have to match the installed version.
Then as I mentioned earlier, get GParted from the repos, and have at it, taking your new partition from your guest OS. In my case, that would be from the NTFS Windows partition.