Simple method of ubuntu installation on hard disk
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I want to install ubuntu 13.04 on my hard disk. Currently i have ubuntu 9.0 running on my system. Portion of hard disk also contains windows 7.0 partition which i dont mind if get disturbed during installation. Earlier i have tried to install ubuntu using usb stick but it does not work. I have also read about installation of ubuntu using start up disk. I want to use usb as a start up disk but i dont know the whole procedure. Currently i have Quote:
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You could try unetbootin to put a bootable image on your USB stick -- that tends to be the easier way. Otherwise, if the image you downloaded is a "hybrid" [I think the Ubuntu ones are?] you can just dd it to a USB stick.
Edit: The above assumes that your computer gives you the option of booting from USB in BIOS. |
Even if the motherboard doesnt support booting from USB it can stil be possible to do, even easy-
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromUSB I feel like a broken reccord the number of times I've said this, but if a user has let a version of ubuntu (or any other OS for that matter) get as out of date and out of suport as a 9.XX ubuntu version, 13.04 is not a good choice IMO. Its got way to short a support lenght (pervious ubuntu non-LTS versions had 18 months support, 13.04 and onward will only have 9 months support). I'd get 12.04 LTS.....well, thats a lie, I wouldnt get ubuntu at all myself. :) But if I'd let an OS get that outdated, and I was going to get ubuntu, I'd get 12.04 LTS. BTW, if you are a 9.XX user you might want to check out the 'unity' DE. Gnome 2.X used by older versions of ubuntu is gone as of 11.10, replaced by unity and unity is quite different to gnome 2.X. |
Hi 273 & cascade9,
Thanks for your response. I have tried unetbootin in my other post but it didnt work: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ng-4175467012/ Quote:
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I cant understand what you mean by dd? Quote:
I have to try your link know. Zulfi. |
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Ubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala' end of life was April 30, 2011 Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope end of life was October 23, 2010 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases 13.04 wil be end of life in 6 months. 12.04 LTS is end of life in April 2017. The Huawei 3G E620 should work with 12.04- http://askubuntu.com/questions/10590...oadband-device *edit- dd- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_%28Unix%29 |
Hi,
Thanks for you update. Right now i am trying to install 13.04 because i have downloaded it after spending lot of time. I have got a short project for which i need ubuntu after that i would convert my laptop into a dual boot system. At that time i would install 12.04. Thanks for you information. I checked that link it says: Quote:
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zulfiqar@zulfiqar-laptop:/boot/grub$ ls Code:
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Why have you started a new thread for thiswhen you have already created a bootable USB stick using unetbootin and used it to boot your computer?
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How did you manage to install Ubuntu the first time you did it? |
Hi,
Thanks for reply and thanks for asking about previous thread. Sorry I had to quit that thread because i was in a difficult position when it asked me the password and login id because i did not supply this information at the time of installation. It showed me the menu with different options. They were two install options and I cant understand why. And i choose one of them. However after sometime it showed me a clear screen and on top of which it was written 13.04 and then it asked the login id and password. I checked the web and in one post related to ubuntu 7 i found that they replied to the poster to use "ubuntu" as both the login name and id. It did not work. Other post said that it might have asked about the login and password but the poster might have not supplied these things. http://www.techsupportforum.com/foru...lp-215593.html Quote:
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Thanks for your attention. Zulfi. |
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As to the install: As I mentioned there should be no username and password asked for from a Ubuntu install DVD -- it should either let you install or boot to a Ubuntu desktop without asking for a password. This leads me to think that you may have an install image other than the one provided by Canonical for normal use. I suggest that you go here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ (this is the LTS release mentioned above) and download directly from Canonical and use unetbootin to put the image onto USB. You should then be able to follow the instructions here to install Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot Where it tells you to: Quote:
Edit: It may well be possible to install using the .iso image you already tried but you may have to read the options you see very carefully and note them down and report them here for us to be able to help you with it. |
I don't actually use Ubuntu regularly but I've installed and tried every version since 9.04. On boot you get several options, usually in addition to selecting to boot live, there is an option to run memtest and sometimes verify the CD. After that, every time on boot, a screen comes up that asks if you want to Try Ubuntu without installing or Install. There has never been a password required. Also, you can't install Ubuntu without creating at least one user.
I suppose unetbootin, like any software, can seem difficult to use for someone who has never used it. This is about as simple a piece of software as I can imagine to perform something as complicated as it does. You just select the OS you want to download or if you already have it downloaded, you navigate to where it is on your system and click OK. Quote:
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I am downloading this file. Hope it helps to run my wireless usb. I now remember that i installed ubuntu previously using CD. http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/sh...ad.php?t=80661 However, i would try unetbootin again. Hope it should work. Zulfi. |
I am not sure why you think a disk partitioning tool will help with your wireless problem?
Also, the Ubuntu installer has a partitioning tool built in and you will need to follow the guide I linked to very carefully to use it to set up your dual-boot Linux and windows system. |
On reflection I think you need more detailed help than the short answeres I have been giving, so I will list the things you should have learned from this, and your other, thread:
In order for your wireless card to work under Linux you will need a driver not present in the default Ubuntu install or, at least, the default install of the version you have. The version of Ubuntu you are running is out of date so no security or bug fixes are being released form it and, also, there is nowhere straightforward for you to install software from for that version. So, you will need to install a more modern version of Ubuntu -- either 13.04 or the Long Term Support version mentioned (which I linked to in a previous post). Your wireless will probably not just start working under the new version of Ubuntu but you will have a much greater chance of it working and you need to update from that old version of Ubuntu before anyone can start helping you with the wireless card. When you install the new version of Ubuntu you will likely do so into the partition on the hard drive that the old version was using -- so you will wipe out all data associated with that install [unless you specifically know otherwise]. To install the new version you can either burn the ISO file to CD or, as we have discussed, use unetbootin to put it on a USB drive (my preferred method also, by the way). When you boot from the USB device created by unetbootin you should chose the option to install Ubuntu or leave it to go to the live desktop and install form there. If you are asked for a password or receive errors then you must state exactly what you chose and what the message says (so take notes!) then let us know and we can more than likely help. Once you have installed the new version of Ubuntu, which may well take you a while and mean a lot of questions here, then you can look at getting your wireless card to work and people here will be happy to help. |
Hi,
Thanks all of you for helping me with my problems. I am about to start the installation process. I am using 8GB usb. Zulfi. |
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