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Tom posted a new comment:
Hi :)

Note that any Ubuntu cd can be booted as a LiveCd so that while installing you can still pop into here through firefox on the top taskbar.  To do so simply put the Ubuntu Cd in the cd/dvd-drive and reboot the machine.  It should get you to a menu with "Try Ubuntu without changes to this machine", if it doesn't then this guide might help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD
Choosing the "Try Ubuntu ..." should get you to a working desktop which we call a "LiveCd session", if it works.  Firefox on the top taskbar and the installer icon at the top right of the desktop are probably the most useful parts of this right now but also gparted is quite handy sometimes :)

I have been thinking that while a normal install might be good to just
finish quickly and use there is an opportunity to make something a
little more advanced but a lot more robust.  Now that you are used to
partitioning it would be quite easy really :)

For a separate /home partition delete sda2 and set up the following

sda1 unchanged
sda2 5Gb Primary ext3 for /
sda3 10Gb(ish) Primary ext3 for /home
all the rest unchanged

then when you get to the "Manual Partitioning" section, the bottom of
the 3 options, then just as before except edit sda3 to set it's "Mount
Point" to "/home".  Then make sure it's only sda2 & sda3 and the swap
that get formatted.

Good luck with whichever way you go with this!
Regards from
Tom :)

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