Install Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic) from Windows XP dual-boot system
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If you are operating on Windows now,you can try following steps to install ubuntu 9.10.
1.Download ubuntu karmic iso image from www.ubuntu.com
Download the latest grub4dos from here
2.Extract grldr and meun.lst from grub4dos package to root directory of C:. Copy and paste the iso image into root directory of C:\
3.Extract initrd.lz and vmlinuz from ubuntu9-10.iso/casper/ to root directory of C:(C:\initrd.lz,C:\vmlinuz).
4.Edit menu.lst by notebook,copy and paste following into the file.
timeout 5 default 0 title Ubuntu 9.10 install root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso ro quiet splash initrd /initrd.lz
change ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso to the iso filename you downloaded.
5.Edit C:\boot.ini,add this line to the end:
c:\grldr="Ubuntu 9.10"
6.Restart,select boot from Ubuntu 9.10.You will get into ubuntu just like boot up with live-CD and you can click here to continue.
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Reader Comments
Followed all steps. Nothing happened. Also: there are 2 grldr files: one without extension and one .mbr – which one do we extract? (i ended up extracting both).
My primary drive is a mirrored RAID1 on two sata drives.
Any thoughts/ideas appreciated.
I assume that booting to the ubuntu install and working with ubuntu like this means i can switch back to windowsXP whenever I boot up as I see fit?
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Thank you for this guide but after all this step when i start to install ubuntu 9.10, i have an error “failed to unmount partitions /isodevice”. Can you help me to fixed it ?
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very good guide, except for the part with language in chinesse (which i guess it’s a joke
for the “failed to unmount partition /isodevice” i found a easy way to fix it:
ctrl-alt-f1 to go to console and type:
umount -l /isodevice
and then alt-f7 to return to install process
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Dave Reply:
August 12th, 2010 at 1:46 am
I was not able to install Ubuntu. When I reboot my laptop and choose Ubuntu 9.10 it displayed ” Kernel Panic – not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown – block(8,1)”. Please I really need help regarding this. Your response would be appreciated. ..
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