![]() Įxtract grldr from the archive to c:\grldr. iso file in the root directory of first partition of your hard drive. If for some reason you can not (do not want to) write the CD it is possible to use the ISO image to do the installation from hard disk.ĭownload vmlinuz and initrd.gz from and save them to ubuntu directoryĭownload the ALTERNATE ubuntu-installer CD from and save the. You now have a CD installation of Ubuntu going. Save menu.lst, reboot with the Ubuntu installer CD in the drive, and select "Install Ubuntu" twice. Kernel (hd0,0)/ubuntu/install/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 devfs=mount,dall ramdisk_size=17000 )Ĭreate a new text file called menu.lst and save it to the first primary partition of your hard drive. (If your default compression/archive program doesn't like *.tar.gz files, try 7-Zip from. The rest of the files in the archive are unnecessary. Note: If you can't/don't want to burn a cd you can also mount the iso with a program like Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120% or simply open the iso file using 7-ZipĮxtract grldr from the archive to c:\grldr. If you can't boot from the CD-ROM directly it is possible to use the above approach to boot the kernel from the HDD and have the installation follow through on the CD-ROM.Ĭreate a directory called ubuntu in the root directory of the first primary partition of your hard drive (usually drive c:\, which it will be referred to as from now on).ĭownload the ALTERNATE ubuntu-installer CD from and burn the CD, then copy the contents of the CD to ubuntu. Note: This method only works with the Alternate Ubuntu install CD. This approach is documented in the Installation notes, however it seemed appropiate to put a reference to it here. InstallationUbuntuFromWindows outlines how such an installation system might work. It would be nice if someone could automate this process. This procedure should be possible using a disk image, but it may be necessary to use a different kernel and pass some special argument in menu.lst to tell it to boot from the CD image (Has been achieved using Knoppix). ![]() You now have a network installation of Ubuntu going. Save menu.lst, reboot, and select "Install Ubuntu" in the windows OS chooser then in GRUB. Kernel (hd0,0)/boot/linux vga=normal ramdisk_size=14972 root=/dev/rd/0 rw. ![]() Open menu.lst in a text editor and paste the following text in the file: title Install Ubuntu Just write the path c:\Boot.ini at the open dialog. Note: Eventhough c:\boot.ini is not shown by the explorer, this file exists and can be also opened in the notepad. On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery. Right-click on My Computer, and then click Properties.Ģ. To view and edit the Boot.ini file on WindowsXP:ġ. )Īppend c:\grldr="Install Ubuntu" to c:\boot.ini. (If your default compression/archive program doesn't like *.tar.gz files, try 7-Zip from or TUGzip from. I replaced vga=normal with vga=771 and it worked on my laptop Stjepan StamenkovicĬreate a new folder in c:\boot\ called grub.Įxtract menu.lst (Should be in the /boot/grub folder of the archive) to c:\boot\grub The rest of the files in the archive are unnecessary. Note: On some computers the installer has problems with the video card and you may get a "melting screen". Now you should have a network installation going ![]() Loadlin linux initrd=initrd.gz vga=normal ramdisk_size=14972 root=/dev/rd/0 rw.
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