Ubuntu 7.10 - Installation walk-through
by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | October 24, 2007 8:18am PDT | Image 1 of 13
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Ubuntu 7.10
This gallery will show you just how quick and easy it is to install Ubuntu 7.10 and have it up and running on a system. However, if you are running at 800 x 600, the bottom of the wizard screens might be chopped off. To prevent this, I switched to 1024 x 768.
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Hoever, it seemed very similar to a windows installation. Is there an easter egg in a linux installation that allows for a game to come up?
Umbuntu is a very interesting program, i wonder how many if any i presently use will still work under Umbuntu?
Unless yo're already using a flavor of Linux--none.:(
But the same would be true if you switched from, say, Mac O/S X to Vista (I don't know /why/ you'd do such a thing, but...) Of course, if you are using WinDon't already, there's WINE....
pgf
But the same would be true if you switched from, say, Mac O/S X to Vista (I don't know /why/ you'd do such a thing, but...) Of course, if you are using WinDon't already, there's WINE....
pgf
I have about 300 gig of data on a disk that the installer wants to repartition; it already /is/ EXT3! When I tried to upgrade it to 7.04 from 6.10 online, it re-wrote my GRUB script, & it took me a day to get it back to where I could dual boot WinDoze. At least I didn't have to go to my backups!
So, how do I do this? I'm astounded that the default install, even where ther is a working Linux system installed, does this to people....
pgf
So, how do I do this? I'm astounded that the default install, even where ther is a working Linux system installed, does this to people....
pgf
Looks too easy, still ithink i will try to install Ubuntu 7.10.
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We3smokey@yahoo.com
I tried to install an earlier version of Ubuntu (7.04) and my mouse would not work, I had no way of accessing features / functions of the OS. Has this problem been overcome with this newest version or do I have to make some changes that are not explained in the setup? I am using a Misrosoft Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1A and PS2 Compatable. Or is it that this mouse is not compatable with the OS?
For those of us who are indeed Ubuntu beginners, how do we convert the "ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso" file to a installable or even bootable CD?
Thanks
Klaus, Sydney
www.HL7.com.au
Thanks
Klaus, Sydney
www.HL7.com.au
I thought the days of manufacturers bundling software with their CD/DVD burners which would NOT create bootable disks out of ISO files was past, but one of my clients, just the other day, picked up an off brand burner where the cheapie software didn't do it.
Anyway, usually, if you fire up your current burning software, go to Help and type in "ISO" and/or "Image" it will usually tell you where to go in the menus to perform this process.
An alternative would be to download one of the freebie ISO products and install it on your machine. I'm assuming you're running some version of Windows on your box with your CD/DVD burner, so you might look into one of my favorites which is Active@ ISO burner. You can find it here:
http://www.ntfs.com/iso-burning.htm
You'll also find instructions there on installing it and running it.
WARNING: Sometimes these after-market CD/DVD utilities will muck up your existing CD/DVD software, so if you ARE running another CD/DVD software product be aware you may have to do some uninstalls/reinstalls of your existing stuff: make sure you have those original disks.
DOUBLE WARNING: Make sure you are doing your Ubuntu testing on some throwaway machine! Take, with a BIG grain of salt, the idea that you can repartition the existing drive on your wife's Windows PC and dual boot Windows and Ubuntu! Don't wanna see ya wind up in divorce court over yer Ubuntu experiments!
Enjoy.
Anyway, usually, if you fire up your current burning software, go to Help and type in "ISO" and/or "Image" it will usually tell you where to go in the menus to perform this process.
An alternative would be to download one of the freebie ISO products and install it on your machine. I'm assuming you're running some version of Windows on your box with your CD/DVD burner, so you might look into one of my favorites which is Active@ ISO burner. You can find it here:
http://www.ntfs.com/iso-burning.htm
You'll also find instructions there on installing it and running it.
WARNING: Sometimes these after-market CD/DVD utilities will muck up your existing CD/DVD software, so if you ARE running another CD/DVD software product be aware you may have to do some uninstalls/reinstalls of your existing stuff: make sure you have those original disks.
DOUBLE WARNING: Make sure you are doing your Ubuntu testing on some throwaway machine! Take, with a BIG grain of salt, the idea that you can repartition the existing drive on your wife's Windows PC and dual boot Windows and Ubuntu! Don't wanna see ya wind up in divorce court over yer Ubuntu experiments!
Enjoy.
software allows ya to make virtual images from yer iso files on your hard drive,( i use a 500GB external WD ) so ya don't have to burn or rip yer images at all if yer not wantin' to or needin too. Those usb drives are found right nice like on XP from machine to machine so you darn near never need a disc unless ya want one.
that of course excludes yer havin a need to carry around a dvd to different locations and such, then you can burn it.
If you ever thin you have to wipe a machine and reinstall everythin it's sure nice to have all yer downloaded software on a virtual disc image and just mount it and away ya go.
that of course excludes yer havin a need to carry around a dvd to different locations and such, then you can burn it.
If you ever thin you have to wipe a machine and reinstall everythin it's sure nice to have all yer downloaded software on a virtual disc image and just mount it and away ya go.
That's why you install a HARD DRIVE CARRIER in your system and use a "scrapped" or UNUSED hard drive to install Ubuntu (or Kbuntu, etc.) on! This way, you can experiment with Ubuntu, etc. knowing that your "primary" drive will be safe! NOTE: make sure your "primary" drive is also in its' own carrier so you can REMOVE IT for "safe-keeping" while you install Ubuntu, etc. on the "spare" drive!
I am behind. Please advise: What is a hard drive carrier?
Formidable and very simple! I vill istall it !!
What about dual boot? What about setting it up as a server? Lots of red lights go on as I perceive this in the light of hundreds of other distro installs. All the installs I have ever done have allowed me to set up my own partitioning and decide on Grub or Lilo etc... This looks like a guide for real newbies, but a warning or two ought to be in place...
There is also a manual disk setup option (he used the guided mode in his demo) that allows you to define your own partitions. I used this option, left my Windows partition alone (all drive C is Windows), put Ubuntu 7.10 on the second drive, and wound up with dual boot capability.
I installed Ubuntu last night and part way through the install remembered Mr. Murphy and his law. No panic attacks yet, but I think that maybe an uninstall and a reinstall on another drive will give me the dual boot that I need.
Appreciate the help. Now I'm off to look for "Ubuntu for Dummies"...
Appreciate the help. Now I'm off to look for "Ubuntu for Dummies"...
One thing that I ran into is I got a broken install since I do NOT use DHCP. If you use fixed IP addresses then you'll need to do this setup before hitting the install icon.
All that repartitioning, beware of this, beware of that, backup your stuff, make sure you still have the original disks, divorce, etc. etc. are THE reason this will never catch on. I'm not interested in that much hassle for relatively little gain. what I have works. I already have a life and I don't need this hassle. Show me a one click way to try out some or other software and I may consider it. otherwise, it's not easy. if you've done this before, fine but that learning curve is to full of unknown booby traps for someone who has never tried it before.
If only you would try, it CAN make your life easier (nothing is as easy as ONE single click though).
I was once like you, SCARED of the unknown. Then I tried, and now I'm FREE from Redmond. With less hassle and time spent on Tamagotchi XP, now I can really focus on the work done. This is why I would strongly recommend you to get out of W** lobotomy before it's too late for you.
I was once like you, SCARED of the unknown. Then I tried, and now I'm FREE from Redmond. With less hassle and time spent on Tamagotchi XP, now I can really focus on the work done. This is why I would strongly recommend you to get out of W** lobotomy before it's too late for you.
I had all my hardware in Fiesty Fawn working. Now after installing Gusty Gibson, my wireless refuses to work.
Yes I followed all suggestions in the forums about the Broadcom 4318 wireless card in my Acer.
This is what Linux is about. Not letting devices work, when they once did.
When I used to use Lindows before they changed there name to Linspire, everything worked, but one upgrade and I lost all 3D function from video card. In order to get the video card to work I had to disable the 3D function.
I will not understand why when something works now, why programmers break them.
Yes even Microsoft and Apple are guilty of this, but in the Linux world it is more common for this to happen.
Yes I followed all suggestions in the forums about the Broadcom 4318 wireless card in my Acer.
This is what Linux is about. Not letting devices work, when they once did.
When I used to use Lindows before they changed there name to Linspire, everything worked, but one upgrade and I lost all 3D function from video card. In order to get the video card to work I had to disable the 3D function.
I will not understand why when something works now, why programmers break them.
Yes even Microsoft and Apple are guilty of this, but in the Linux world it is more common for this to happen.
Install WICD (if you dare), it should help with your wireless. But you are right, Ubuntu is not entirely ready, although it is a real improvements on other distros and really opens up a new and hopeful world to those who dare enter. Come on programmenrs from Ubuntu! Why do I need to recompile my kernel entirely when a little update f**s up my nice eye-candy configuration?
that's all very well - child's play - but how do you install a bl**dy ethernet modem?
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