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Installing Ubuntu 8.10 By Marius Nestor, Linux Editor7th of November 2008, 13:05 GMT

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Ubuntu 8.10, also known as the Intrepid Ibex, arrived exactly one week ago (on October 30th, 2008), andis the ninth release of Ubuntu OS. The following tutorial will teach you how to install the Ubuntu 8.10operating system on your PC, and is addressed to people that have just heard about Ubuntu, people thathave never installed Ubuntu before and want to test it, but don't know how.

This guide will make things very simple for you, but if you get stuck somewhere in the middle of theinstallation and you need help, do not hesitate to use our commenting system at the end of the article.

What do I need to get started?

You will need the Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop ISO image that corresponds to your hardware architecture (i386 or amd64), and whichcan be downloaded from here. When the download is over, burn the ISO image with your favorite CD/DVD burning application(Brasero on Ubuntu or Nero, CDBurnerXP, Roxio on Windows) on a blank CD at 8x speed. Insert or leave the CD in your CD/DVD-ROM device, and reboot the computer in order to boot from the CD. Hit the F8 or F12 key (depending on your BIOS) to select theCD/DVD-ROM as the boot device.

Select your language when asked...

Select the second option "Install Ubuntu," and hit the Enter key...

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Wait for the CD to load into RAM...

When the installer appears, you are able to select your native language for the installation process. Click the Forward button tocontinue...

Where are you?

The second screen will feature a map of the Earth with little red dots, so you can select your city/country. Upon the selection ofyour current location, the time for the final system will adjust accordingly. You can also select your current location from the dropdown list situated at the bottom of the window.

Click the Forward button after you have selected your desired location...




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Test your keyboard

On the third screen, you will be asked to select the keyboard layout that suits you best (default is U.S. English). You can also tes

your keyboard on the small text input field situated at the bottom of the window.

Click the Forward button when you have finished with the keyboard configuration...

Hard disk partitioning

Hold on, don't leave just yet! The hard disk partitioning is an easy task, so I am quite sure you will handle it too. You have threoptions here:

1. If you want to keep your existing operating system (e.g. Dual boot with Windows XP), select the first option: "Guided - resizthe partition and use the freed space." This option will appear if you have another operating system installed, such as MicrosofWindows. Remember that, after the installation, the Windows boot loader will be overwritten by the Ubuntu boot loader!

2. If you want to delete your existing operating system, or the hard drive is already empty and you want to let the installerautomatically partition the hard drive for you, select the second option, "Guided - use entire disk."

3. Manual is the third choice and it is recommended for advanced users.

WARNING:Be aware that all the data on the selected hard drive or partition will be ERASED and IRRECOVERABLE.

Click the Forward button to continue with the installation...




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Who are you?

On this screen, you must do exactly what the title says. Fill in the fields with your real name, the name you want to use to log inon your Ubuntu OS (also known as the username), the password and the name of the computer (automatically generated, butcan be overwritten). Also at this step, there's an option called Log in automatically. If you check the box on this option, you willbe automatically logged in to the Ubuntu desktop.

Click the Forward button...

Are you really ready for Ubuntu?

This is the final step of the installation. Here, you can select to install the boot loader on another partition or hard drive than thedefault one...




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Click the Install button to install Ubuntu...

The Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) operating system will be installed...

After approximately 8 to 15 minutes (depending on your computer's specs), a pop-up window will appear, notifying you that theinstallation is complete, and you need to restart the computer in order to use the newly installed Ubuntu operating system.

Click the Restart Now button...

The CD will be ejected, remove it and press the Enter key to reboot...




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The computer will be restarted and, in a few seconds, you will see the Ubuntu login screen. Input your username and password...

Have fun using Ubuntu!

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Comment #1 by: razvan on 09 Nov 2008, 16:29 GMT reply to this comment

i like ubuntu very much but i have a problem....there's no driver support for my sis mirage 672 graphic chipset...if there is anyone that didfind a solution to that problem i will be very gratefully if he could let me know

Comment #2 by: NigH on 09 Nov 2008, 23:05 GMT reply to this comment

good tutorial, but beware if you have an older Intel video card, you may get a black screen at logon, I have had this twice on some slightlyolder machines. So if you get it then restart and at the first prompt press esc and select r ecovery mode then select root and do "sudo alt-

get remove compiz compiz-core" then "reboot", you should be ok but you don't get any flashy desktop effects. Apparently they droppedsupport from some card in compiz!

Comment #2.1 by: Ravi on 03 Feb 2009, 07:53 GMT

This information is really really helpful. Because of buggy black screen at the time of login i re-installed ubuntu-8.10 almost 4-5times and wasted 2 weeks. 'sudo apt-get remove compiz compiz-core' solved my problem completely.

Thanks a ton guys,Ravi

Comment #3 by: Joseph Kelvin Inkoom on 15 Nov 2008, 00:54 GMT reply to this comment

yes i have been waiting for this and my dreams are solved.i need the Operating System to modify what this Ubuntu is meant.

Joseph kelvin Inkoom, c/o Kofi Effah, Box AD640 adesadel, Cape Coast. Ghana

Comment #4 by: Dimitris on 19 Nov 2008, 20:01 GMT reply to this comment

good instruction but I wish I could come a little bit further in the installation.. it just hanged during partitioning and was not able toshow me at least one partition! I already have windows on the first partition and made place for swap and a linux partition, but the table is

blank! Even tried unetbootin with the live iso - all the same!

Comment #5 by:jofant on 21 Nov 2008, 13:51 GMT reply to this comment

hello admin.........my laptop is acer AMD turion64 2 ghz dgn ram 512 mb HDD 120 gb, but i can not i nstall ubuntu 8.10, when i run ubuntu live cd and installall run normal i did`nt get error anyting, but after finish install and computer restar i get error like this:

Boot from (hd0,2) ext3 5f2695eb-dca7-48bb-9b02-410231637094starting up.................loading, please wait.................Gave up waiting for root device, common problem;- Boot aras (cat / proc/ cmdline)- Check root delay= (did the system wait long enougth?)- Check root= (did the system wait for the right device)- Mising module ( cat / proc/ modules, ls/dev)

ALERT! / dev / disk/ by-uvid/ 5f2695eb-dca7-48bb-9b02-410231637094 does not exist. Dropping to a shell !

Bussy Box v1.10.2 ( ubuntu 1:1.10.2-lubuntub) buit-in shellenter `help` for a list of built-in commands.(initranfs)

please help my,............

( before when i install ubuntu 7.10 everyting normal )sorry my english not good..........

Comment #6 by: Captain_Tux on 28 Nov 2008, 17:36 GMT reply to this comment

Hello!

Upon trying to install 8.04 and getting to Step 4 of 7, I dont see a "Guided - resize the partition and use the freed space" option. Like thepicture above, all I see is a "Guided - use entire disk." As much as I want to install Linux on my desktop, I do not want to lose theinformation stored on XP.

When I choose Manual, it doesnt give me the option to create a new partition on the disk, but rather, gives me the option to create a "NewPartition Table" on the current disk - meaning that all the data currently on the partition will be lost.

My question is this: At what stage during the installation process will I receive the option to dual boot, that is, when I can I resize thecurrent partition to create partitions for 8.04?

Thanks for the help!




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Comment #7 by: gill baker on 30 Nov 2008, 00:08 GMT reply to this comment

when i try ti install ubuntu i get as far as the screen for me to put my name and password in but i can not type any information in and theni try to to auto signin and it keeps say details wrong.

please help

i have A packard bell igo 6000 series

Comment #8 by: uttam on 01 Dec 2008, 11:26 GMT reply to this comment

Helloi have installed ubuntu its working perfectly but i am unable to download all the packages.When i go in synaptic packet manager and try todownload it gives error after some time.if any body have solution then please mail me on [email protected].

Comment #9 by: John T on 02 Dec 2008, 03:34 GMT reply to this comment

I cannot get Ubuntu to install. I follow the instructions above, but after the screen "wait for cd to load into ram" above, I get a black screenwith a hyphen in the top left. It does this whether I use the "install Ubuntu" or the "Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer"options. I have downloaded and burned the cd 3 seperate times and I am starting to think this is not worth my time.I am trying to install onto an HP Pavillion ZD 8230us. I have read posts where others have had luck with that laptop, but so far I have hadnone. Any ideas?

Comment #10 by: Marius Nestor on 02 Dec 2008, 07:58 GMT reply to this comment

For John T: Please try to install Ubuntu 8.04. Get it from here:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386.iso

Let me know if this version works...

Good luck!

Comment #11 by: traian on 06 Dec 2008, 16:07 GMT reply to this comment

I have windows xp and i want to install Ubuntu 8.10 too, and i don't know what to chose at hard disk partitioning, because my hard diskhave 4 partitions: one is with windows xp, one is with free space because on it i want to install Ubuntu and the other two are used withsome data that i don't want to be deleted. so i want to install Ubuntu on the partition with free space and keep the other three.

Comment #12 by: brad on 09 Dec 2008, 04:20 GMT reply to this comment

I know EXACTLY what you mean... The guide says you have 3 options when working with partitions during installation:

1. "Guided - resize the partition and use the freed space."2. "Guided - use entire disk."3. "Manual"

When doing the actual installation there are only TWO choices. If one looks at the actual screen-shot here in the guide there are clearlyonly TWO choices, and no, "Guided - resize the partition and use the freed space." is NOT one of them. Are we the ONLY people in theworld to notice that glaring issue? I'm sure we're missing something.

Would anyone be so kind as to offer some advice?

Comment #13 by: brad on 09 Dec 2008, 04:33 GMT reply to this comment

The guide says you have 3 options when working with partitions during installation:

1. "Guided - resize the partition and use the freed space."2. "Guided - use entire disk."3. "Manual"

When doing the actual installation there are only TWO choices. If one looks at the actual screen-shot here in the guide there are clearlyonly TWO choices, and no, "Guided - resize the partition and use the freed space." is NOT one of them. Are we the ONLY people in theworld to notice that glaring mistake? Even the old-school text based Red-Hat installer had this functionality handled.

The author notes that this option only appears if/when there is another operating system installed. In this case I've got the disk pre-partitioned and ready to go (I've dual booted Linux/Windows for years now) but I just can't get the installer to recognize any other OS'snor partitions.

Even if I select the "Manual" option I've got to start from scratch. Obviously, being alone on this, I must be missing something.

Would anyone be so kind as to offer some advice?

Comment #14 by: Jeff Jones on 11 Dec 2008, 16:19 GMT reply to this comment

I believe you will not get the three options if you have not shut down your windows partition properly. This is something I have noticed onprevious versions of ubuntu and suse and fedora and others.

Hope this helps

Comment #15 by: Donny on 15 Dec 2008, 08:16 GMT reply to this comment

Now I'm not sure if it's the CD or what But I load up the CD to the "Try Ubuntu without and change to your computer" and "InstallUnbuntu" and all that. When I go to "Try Unbuntu" Or "Install Unbuntu" I get an error then I have to reboot. I've tried it on threecomputers and it dose the same thing. I have yet to make another CD but I'm just seeing what You all think. :/

Comment #16 by: khairuls on 31 Dec 2008, 05:50 GMT reply to this comment

my computer hang at "Wait for the CD to load into RAM..."

it happens even i'm using the CD that i ordered online. (also happen using the file downloaded from internet and burn to CD.)




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it might be the problem with hardware, can anyone help me out?

thanks

Comment #17 by: Marius Nestor on 01 Jan 2009, 13:40 GMT reply to this comment

For Captain_Tux: Do you have enough space on the hard drive? Also, it is formated as NTFS or FAT32?

If you don't want to loose your data, you can try the following:

1. Get a new hard drive (40 GB or 60 GB)2. Install the second hard driver in your PC as the secondary master3. Remove IDE or SATA cable from the first hard drive (the one you have XP on)4. Insert the Ubuntu CD and install it on the secondary hard drive (the new one)... WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE PARTITIONING STEP, MAKESURE THAT IT IS INSTALLING ON THAT NEW HARD DRIVE.

Comment #18 by: Marius Nestor on 01 Jan 2009, 13:52 GMT reply to this comment

For khairuls: Yes, it can be a hardware problem... I suggest to download the Alternate ISO from the following link:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/intrepid/ubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso

... and try to install from this one. Be aware that it is in t ext mode. Use this tutorial:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Encrypted-Ubuntu-8-04-85271.shtml

Comment #19 by: mag on 04 Jan 2009, 06:25 GMT reply to this comment

after installing ubuntu (8.10 dvd ) and after rebooting I end up with something like this below ( No graphical desktop or login desktopscreen) PLEASE help me to solve this problem .

Boot from (hd0,2) ext3 5f2695eb-dca7-48bb-9b02-410231637094starting up.................loading, please wait.................Gave up waiting for root device, common problem;- Boot aras (cat / proc/ cmdline)- Check root delay= (did the system wait long enougth?)- Check root= (did the system wait for the right device)- Mising module ( cat / proc/ modules, ls/dev)

ALERT! / dev / disk/ by-uvid/ 5f2695eb-dca7-48bb-9b02-410231637094 does not exist. Dropping to a shell !

Bussy Box v1.10.2 ( ubuntu 1:1.10.2-lubuntub) buit-in shellenter `help` for a list of built-in commands.(initranfs)

Comment #20 by: ithat on 10 Jan 2009, 14:08 GMT reply to this comment

When I choose Manual, it doesnt give me the option to create a new partition on the disk, but rather, gives me the option to create a "NewPartition Table" on the current disk that is ok i did it and make anew Partitionbut the problem is the ubuntu 8.04 dos not stat and say

grub4dos 0.4.4 2008-10-2007 memory 639/446code end 0x42910[minimal bash-like line editing is supported.for the word,TAB lists possipole command completions.Any ware else TAB l istis the possible completions of a device /filename .EScat any time exit,]grube >_

this error show with all ubuntu ver & xubuntu and kubuntupleas can any one tel me what can ido for the ubuntu 8.04 or 8.1 to worke with my pcmy [email protected]

Comment #21 by: Sanjay on 11 Jan 2009, 06:16 GMT reply to this comment

I have 4 partition in my harddisk of 10, 20, 20, and 90 GB, resepecively. I have installed Window XP already on one 20 GB partiation.Now, i am trying to install Ubuntu 8.04 for which I have LiveCD. I inserted LiveCD into the ROM being at XP. Installation window appears,and at demo and install selection, it rebooted the computer. Installation window appears. Upto step 3 of 7, everything is okay. After that Iam facing problem everytime at 4 of 7 (which is a partitioning window). I am unable to understand, how to partition?I installed it, anyhow, 2 times but both the times, my window XP is damage.Pls mail me at [email protected]

Comment #22 by:jake on 13 Jan 2009, 03:17 GMT reply to this comment

I have the same problem as gill baker,

when i get to step 5 (Who are you)my keyboard turns off and i am not able to write anything in the fi eldsThis is frustrating because i am not able to continue installation.

i even swapped keyboards and its like it doesn't connect.

Any help?

Thanks in advance

Comment #23 by: ChristianNZ on 13 Jan 2009, 23:51 GMT reply to this comment

To Marius Nestor, many thanks. I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on two of my computers with no problems, when it came to my main machine (aDell 8400) it kept crashing with the message "the display server has been shut down about 6 times in the last 90 seconds.." I knew it was

a graphics driver problem but couldn't find a work around until I found this forum, read Marius comment and downloaded the Alt version,ran it in text mode, and bingo now I have a working version on my main machine... sweet....

Comment #24 by: Jose Marcio on 14 Jan 2009, 22:47 GMT reply to this comment




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On the first line of GRUB's menu type "e" to edit, than go to Kernel li ne and type "e" to edit again, so add rootdelay=130 at the end andpress ENTER, after that press "b" to reboot your system. It worked for me. Good Luck

Comment #25 by: anon on 20 Jan 2009, 22:14 GMT reply to this comment

Thanks very much for these screenshots. They helped me to guide my brother through installing on his hosed system over the phone.

Comment #26 by: Christie Lafrance on 28 Jan 2009, 09:15 GMT reply to this comment

After I install Ubuntu 8.10, I restarted the machine and got a black screen after login. As suggested by NigH, I restarted again and at thefirst prompt press esc and select recovery mode then select root and do "sudo alt-get remove compiz compiz-core", I got an error: "sudo:alt-get : command not found".

Please help!

Comment #26.1 by: Marius Nestor on 28 Jan 2009, 09:38 GMT

It's apt-get not "alt-get" :)

sudo apt-get remove compiz compiz-core

Comment #27 by: Jonathan on 04 Feb 2009, 04:12 GMT reply to this comment

I have an issue. At first the screen said it had no signal after the splash screen. After playing with alt f1-f6 it shows "loading please wait" itlasted alot more than 15 mins there. after multiple attempts i left it there all night and in the morning it was still there. What can I do toget past that?

Comment #28 by: Hartangas on 10 Feb 2009, 09:38 GMT reply to this comment

Black screen of death

There is problem with flat panel (same can be with laptops). I got black screen everytime when trying Ubuntu. Searching whole internet Iresolved it:

In the beginning press F4 (Starting mode) and choose "Safe graphics mode", then press F6 (Other options) and put end of the line "noapicnolapic vga=791".

After that I managed install Ubuntu 8.10.

ps. Thanks for great page!

Comment #29 by:jaya on 20 Feb 2009, 01:02 GMT reply to this comment

Hi brad, Captain_Tux,

In partitioning the disk during installation, I noticed the problem of the fir st option to Resize Windows not appearing. For me, this happenswhen there are other free partitions available in the disk. If I delete all partitions and keep all of them as NTFS, and try the installation

again, I get the option to Resize the partition. Felt to me that Ubuntu was trying to go safe by not allowing modification of Windows, ifthere is any other option.

Comment #30 by: Pradeep on 24 Feb 2009, 16:03 GMT reply to this comment

Hi, this is awesome tutorial, it really help full. But i need to know there are some file system folders what to do with them.

Comment #31 by: octavia13 on 26 Feb 2009, 15:36 GMT reply to this comment

my laptop is Acer 4530. I already installing ubuntu 8.10 interpid 64bit. but i had a problem with my graphic performance. how do i getdriver for my nvidia gforce 9100? or, is there something i can do to optimize my graphic performance

Comment #32 by:jojo on 03 Mar 2009, 11:14 GMT reply to this comment

i've already installed vista...and i create 4 partition...

i shrunk volume to get another unallocated spacecan someone tell me how to install ubuntu on the unallocated disk,,,please

Comment #33 by: Vevek Pandian on 06 Mar 2009, 01:20 GMT reply to this comment

This is a good tutorial for installing Ubutu 8.10. One of the steps says "The Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) operating system will beinstalled..." Please change it to "The Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) operating system will be installed...".

Comment #33.1 by: Marius Nestor on 06 Mar 2009, 07:31 GMT

Changed... thank you very much!

Comment #34 by: Jesse on 07 Mar 2009, 09:56 GMT reply to this comment

Okay, so I've installed Ubuntu 8.10 like a million times, and once following the exact instructions of this tutorial. And when I boot up, itjust says

"Searching for Boot Record from CDROM..Not FoundSearching for Boot Record from SCSI..Not Found

Boot FailureReboot and Select proper Boot Deviceor Insert Boot Media in selected Boot DevicePress any key when ready"




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Comment #35 by: saj on 08 Mar 2009, 20:53 GMT reply to this comment

I have a question if anyone has got the following setup to work.Have a 500gb SATA which I partitioned into:a. 100gb - XP/programsb. 200gb - XP data.c. 200gb freed space.

In order to get 200gb freed space accepted by ubuntu;. i assume option 3 has to be used; i tried and i t was going to format that. I stoppedgoing forward as I did not want to change damaging existing partition.

NExt question is if Ubuntu installs on c. Then at boot time, will I get dual boot option showing?

ThanksSaj


Yes, choose manually at the partitioning step and setup the 200 GB free partition for the / (root) filesystem and make sure theformat option is checked.

Also, make sure that the other partitions DO NOT have the format option checked!

Dual boot should appear after the installation, if not... it can be easily added!

Comment #36 by: JohnP on 08 Mar 2009, 23:38 GMT reply to this comment

Like comments #6 and #12, I see what you show in your screenshot, ie: without the option "Guided - resize the partition and use thefreed space."

Currently my drive has a single partition with XP installed, which has to keep working.

Are you sure your instructions / screenshots/ version number match up? I am trying to install 8.10


You say that you have Windows XP on your drive.... is there any free space left on the device?

Comment #36.2 by: JohnP on 10 Mar 2009, 08:46 GMT

Yes, it is an 80 GB drive with 30 GB free, 47GB used.

I've defragged in safe mode twice, and disabled the swap file, but I'm still not sure if the free space is continuous.

I've also tried using gparted-live0.4.2-2 to partition the disk, but the resize option is greyed-out.

Comment #37 by: rayven0zero on 05 Apr 2009, 17:04 GMT reply to this comment

my computer's processor is amd athlon 64. i was trying to install the ubuntu 8.10. but after the "wait the cd to load into RAM" as what youhad posted here, i got a black screen...what should i do?..i also have an ubuntu 8.04 version...but i have never try to install it..

Comment #38 by: tehpwn on 12 Apr 2009, 17:51 GMT reply to this comment

ok.so on the hard disk partitioning theres no option for an existing hard drive partition. i have vista already on the computer.so how should i use the manual tool?

Comment #39 by: Donald on 14 Apr 2009, 06:23 GMT reply to this comment

Hi I tried to install Ubuntu 8.1o to my pc (WinXP, 1GB DDR2, 30GB HDD, PentiunD 3.2GHz) but when i restart my PC to reboot fromubuntu CD, the machine is freeze. What should I do to install Ubuntu in to my PC?

Comment #39.1 by: Marius Nestor on 14 Apr 2009, 07:03 GMT

Hi, try with an external CD/DVD unit.

Comment #40 by: Chris on 15 Apr 2009, 03:38 GMT reply to this comment

I am having the same problem trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 as dual-boot. I have 2 fixed discs and have 40 gig free space on the seconddrive. How do I get Ubuntu to install using ONLY that free space and leave the other partitions alone PLUS install the boot loader? There isno clear answer so far wit hout risking destroying your other partitions.

Comment #41 by: sureshkumar on 20 Apr 2009, 07:17 GMT reply to this comment

Good Job ............. Thanks for posted ...

Comment #42 by: ONZK on 20 Apr 2009, 08:27 GMT reply to this comment

HELP guys!Hi, i was able to install ubuntu 8.1 last night using live CD.. and honestly, it looks nice and light..i can hear the OS breathin' well hehe=).HOWEVER, the bad thing is- it f ormatted my XP partition! I didn't expect it to happen because during the partitioning stage- i preciselyassigned ubuntu to use 25GB out of my 145GB drive.. its very clear- i used the partitioning "slider" (i dont know what's the term).. andthen i continued.. but in the end, it made my xp drive its page file or a file drive!

what did i missed? my goal is to have a dual boot.. xp and ubuntu 8.10.

I appreciate your help. thanks!

Comment #43 by: firas on 25 Apr 2009, 13:16 GMT reply to this comment




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i have the same problem in Comment #20why u didn't help him :)is it a big one :D

Comment #44 by: chandan on 28 Apr 2009, 14:26 GMT reply to this comment

dear frnds!

1) i have vista in C drive n wanna install ubuntu8.10 in D drive.i am little affraid that for when i wil l uninstall ubuntu there will harm tovista in C drive?

2) if i have only ubuntu in C drive ,then during uninstallation there will any kind of harm for my other drive and my datas in Drive D,E,Fetc.

plz solve my confusions and send to me on [email protected]

Comment #45 by: some on 22 May 2009, 12:41 GMT reply to this comment

I cannot get Ubuntu to install. I follow the instructions above, but after the screen "wait for cd to load into ram" above, I get a black screenwith a hyphen in the top left

Comment #46 by: some on 26 May 2009, 07:10 GMT reply to this comment

I cannot get Ubuntu to install. I follow the instructions above, but after the screen "wait for cd to load into ram" above, I get a black screenwith a hyphen in the top left

Comment #47 by: sahy on 28 May 2009, 13:35 GMT reply to this comment

Can I install Ubuntu on a separate partition? I now have Windows 7 on C drive and an old copy of Win 7 on J partition. I tried installingUbuntu to the J partition but it doesn't work.

Comment #47.1 by: Marius Nestor on 28 May 2009, 13:54 GMT

Hi, yes you can.... but you need to format the J partition first, directly from Windows, and then try to install Ubuntu again on thatpartition... There is another alternative... to select the Manually option at the installer and format the J partition from there... butbe VERY careful not to delete the C partition... look at the size in order to recognize the J partition that you want to format.

Comment #48 by: phillip on 24 Jul 2009, 12:56 GMT reply to this comment

i want to totally get rid of windowsxp and only run ubuntui have a Asus 1000H and i would be usingva 4GIG USB stick

Comment #49 by: LongHorn on 01 Sep 2009, 10:55 GMT reply to this comment

Hi,i have 250GB HDD. i partitioned it and used 20GB for WinXp.i installed ubuntu8.10 using manual option. i used 25Gb for this.i want to knowwhen it comes to boot loader screen it shows all partitions that i have made.of which /dev/sda1 is of Win Xp.i want to install ubuntu on /dev/sda9to get both boot loaders which will i choose

Comment #49.1 by: Doru Barbu on 07 Sep 2009, 13:01 GMT

I don't understand what "both bootloaders" you want to keep. If you are going to install Ubuntu and you are afraid that you willlose the ability to boot into windows, don't worry. Grub should automatically detect your Windows installation and will let youstart it up. The same goes for other Ubuntu partitions that you may have, when installing a new one, it should detect the othersand preserve access to them.

Comment #50 by: Amogh on 30 Oct 2009, 16:33 GMT reply to this comment

Am here asking the same question as in #12 and #13.. Everything went fine till I came to partition hard disk sector (Sept No:4), it hasonly two options one is "Guided- Use entire disk" and the other is "Manual", bot I don't find the "Guided-resize the partition and use thefreed space" !!!!!!

If I take the answer of #14 to account, I found the same problem even after turning off my win xp correctly for more than 10 times!!! Canany one please help me in this? Can I use option "Manual" to get rid of this problem?

Comment #51 by: Vinita on 01 Nov 2009, 09:07 GMT reply to this comment

i tried installing ubuntu 8.10 li ke how it is mentioned here.but after the first three screen-shots im getting the following message..cananyone tel me whats the problem...plz help..

Loading,please wait...BusyBox v1.10.2(Ubuntu 1:1.10.2-1ubuntu6) built-in shell(ash)Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands(initramfs)

Comment #52 by: sameer pathak on 06 Nov 2009, 15:58 GMT reply to this comment

HI, i want to install ububtu 8.10 on my pc running xp but don,t know how to do i t,actually i have problem regarding partition.I have fourpartitions 24, 41, 42 and 42GB respectively out of which only one drive i.e F(42gb) has free space around 31gb so i want to install ubuntuin F.As i am a beginner in computer so hardly i know anything about partition.I tried to install ubuntu using live dvd but was unable to doso.PLEASE HELP



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