I want to dual boot Windows XP and Hardy Heron. I have partitioned my single hard drive, created a boot-able pen drive with the Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ISO, I am aware how to boot and start the installation but the newly made partition is not displayed when it reaches that stage. Someone please instruct me how to proceed.
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As the commenters have noted, Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS is no longer supported for desktop use and will soon not be supported, period. Your problem sounds like its a newer hardware incompatibility with the very old Hardy.
Please consider using the latest Precise 12.04 LTS, or if you need a legacy release for some reason, try 10.04 LTS.