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I have been trying to figure out how to install Ubuntu for quite a while now. The previous problem I had been having was with the Dapper release. The problem I was having was nothing would happen when I clicked on the install Icon. I had started researching and found out there was some kind of problem with the Dapper installer, so I decided to wait for Edgy to come out. It was finally released about a week or so ago, I found a torrent, burnt the ISO, and proceeded to attempt the install. I have no problems getting through the installer, up until I get to the part about the partition table. I have a 10 Gb HDD, which I have a 8 GB partition and a 1.8 Gb partition. I also have a 20 Gb HDD which I am using for storage and my W2K swapfile. I have W2K installed and running on the 8 Gb (or so, don't really remember exact number) partition, and I want to install Ubuntu on the smaller partition. I have tried setting up the 1.8 Gb partition as "/" and was hoping that I would be able to use the 20 Gb as "swap" although I am worried that I may end up losing all the data I have on that HDD. As many times as I have tried to set up the first partition as "/", it still keeps telling me that I have to set up a partition as root. Now that I have tried working with the partition table in Ubuntu, Partition Magic is telling me that I have completely messed up the partition table on that HDD, and that I should reformat and repartition. W2K disk management is showing both partitions as working perfectly and healthy. Is there something I am doing wrong, and where am I actually supposed to designate which partition or drive is root and swap? I have tried checking the install guide at www.ubuntuguides.org did not find a guide for setting up a dual boot. If anyone is actually willing to read through this whole post, and have an answer that might be of some help, I will be extremely grateful. Thanks for any help in advance.