Installing from minimal CD
Solution 1:
Although installing from minimal will work, if you are new to linux it might be lots of touble for you. Instead, you might want to look into something called Plop Boot. Essentially, you burn a CD, then create a ubuntu usb key. You put them both in the computer, boot from CD and it will then allow you to continue booting from USB. Used it myself awhile back and works like a charm. Plop Boot Page After booting, you can use Gparted to resize your partitions, then run the install.