Problem with installing ubuntu 9.04 from hard disk

cola · 05-03-2009, 08:13 AM

Hi,
I downloaded the ubuntu 9.04 cd.iso and put it in windows c:\ drive.
Downloaded this "grub4dos-0.4.4".
Making a folder named "boot" in c:\ drive and inside it made another folder named grub.
Copied everything from "grub4dos-0.4.4" to c:\boot\grub.
Extracting the ubuntu.iso copied the vmlinuz and initrd.img to c:\boot

In menu.lst added this
title UbuntuInstallerlinux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.gz

In c:\boot.ini added this
C:\grldr=Start GRUB

Rebooting when i select the UbuntuInstallerlinux it starts loading but after sometime it promts me saying enter 'help' for built in command.
Nothing to do from there.

Would anyone please tell what to do now?

Fred Caro · 05-04-2009, 02:08 AM

Dear sir,
why put it on 'c' ? Give it it's own partition.

cola · 05-04-2009, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fred Caro

Dear sir,
why put it on 'c' ? Give it it's own partition.

Would you please explain it in detail?

linus72 · 05-04-2009, 09:02 AM

Fred is saying partition the HD so Ubuntu has it's own partition.

Basically, stick the ubuntu live cd in your computer and reboot.

Choose "install Ubuntu"

At the partitioning screen, choose the option where Ubuntu will share the HD with windows, usually the first option.

Go along with the install and reboot when it's done.

Notes, always have a windows install/recovery disc handy.

Defrag and delete temp files in windows, then reboot and let it idle for a few, then reboot into ubuntu livecd.

Don't choose any option where Ubuntu will take the whole disk.
The Ubuntu grub installer should automatically see windows and add it to menu.lst

bincho_fan · 05-12-2009, 09:05 PM

it seems that you forgot to specify the root for grub itself，
add the code below "title UbuntuInstallerlinux":

Code:

root (hd0,0)

cola · 08-27-2009, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linus72

Fred is saying partition the HD so Ubuntu has it's own partition.

Basically, stick the ubuntu live cd in your computer and reboot.

Choose "install Ubuntu"

At the partitioning screen, choose the option where Ubuntu will share the HD with windows, usually the first option.

Go along with the install and reboot when it's done.

Notes, always have a windows install/recovery disc handy.

Defrag and delete temp files in windows, then reboot and let it idle for a few, then reboot into ubuntu livecd.

Don't choose any option where Ubuntu will take the whole disk.
The Ubuntu grub installer should automatically see windows and add it to menu.lst

After choosing install ubuntu , i'm not getting any option to choose partition where ubuntu will share the HD.

After sometime a black screen like a terminal(something like initframes) enter help for built in command.

Nothing to do from there.

Tried putting the ubuntu.iso i c:\ drive and putting on a different empty partition.

Same result.

colorpurple21859 · 08-27-2009, 08:33 PM

try
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1
or maybe it's root=ramfs can't remember which one works

cola · 08-27-2009, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

try
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1
or maybe it's root=ramfs can't remember which one works

What does it mean by ramfs?

cola · 08-27-2009, 08:58 PM

Will the ubuntu.iso desktop do?
Is the alternate cd.iso necessary to install from windows?

colorpurple21859 · 08-27-2009, 09:13 PM

the filesystem is running from ram and not from a hardrive filesystem not sure of the exact wording for it. on some cd,s i had to extract the entire iso to the hardrive to get it to boot maybe extracting iso to c\ubuntu will work if you have the diskspace

Fred Caro · 08-28-2009, 04:07 PM

You list federa as your 'distro' but refer to 'C' as where you put the iso, this is confusing. In any case would it not be easier to burn the image to a cd/dvd and use the graphic partitioner on that to shrink your Windows partition, assuming that is the partition in use (windows). If this is not possible (no cd drive) then you can download and install Ubuntu 9.04 over the net but I think it is a virtual system but works fine on my ancient laptop along side XP.
If iso I recommend a fresh one.

Fred.

colorpurple21859 · 08-29-2009, 09:24 AM

this works

Code:

title ?

root (hd0,0)

kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=100000 boot=casper root=/dev/ram0 fromiso=/dev/sda1/ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso

initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.gz

fromiso=<location of iso file> for me is on first hardrive first partition formatted as vfat32. Extracted initrd.gz and vmlinuz from iso. used this for reference
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=457318