Ubuntu Linux 8.04 installation(By Nagarajan)

UBUNTU INSTALLATION GUIDE

(DUAL OS BOOT MODE)

CONCEPT:

Many of our friends and even ourselves will be using only Microsoft Windows in our PC.

This guide will help us to load an extremely super operating system

UBUNTU 8.04 in our computer.

REQUIREMENTS:

A UBUNTU 8.04 operating system live CD/DVD. It can be obtained from the sitewww.zyxware.com

A PC ●With minimum of 10 GB free hard disk space.●With minimum of 256 MB RAM.●With a DVD drive.

http://www.ubuntu.org/

STEPS:

→ Insert the live CD/DVD and reboot the system

→ Set ur CD/DVD drive as the first boot device in the BIOS MENU. (by pressing the keys either DEL or F2 when the system is booted.)

→ Save the settings by pressing F10 key in BIOS. the system will get booted from the live CD/DVD.

→ The live CD/DVD will show a list of languages to proceed with. choose the English language .(it is pointed by default).

→ Now you can see the following options displayed...

UBUNTU 8.04

Try Ubuntu without any changes to your computer Install Ubuntu

Install Ubuntu in text modeCheck CD for defects

Test memoryBoot from first Hard Disk

press F4 to select alternative startup and installation modes F1 help F2 language F3 keymap F4 modes F5 Accessibility F6 other options

→ Choose the First option to install Ubuntu through live CD.

→ Or You can choose the second option to directly install Ubuntu.

→ In both the options the installation steps are the same.

→ There are only seven simple steps to install Ubuntu8.04.

VIEW OF THE UBUNTU 8.04 BOOTED FROM A LIVE DVD

STEP 1 of 7 : LANGUAGE SELECTION

STEP 1 of 7 : LANGUAGE SELECTION

INSTALLATION IN TAMIL

STEP 2 OF 7 : TIME ZONE SELECTION

STEP 2 of 7 : TIME ZONE SELECTION SELECT THE CITY KOLKATA

STEP 3 of 7 : KEYBOARD LAYOUT

STEP 3 of 7 : KEYBOARD LAYOUT

STEP 4 of 7 : PARTITION MANAGER

SELECT THE MANUAL OPTION TO SELECT THE REQUIRED PARTITION


CLICK THE PARTITION FROM THE LISTED PARTITIONS IN YOUR SYSTEM

CREATING SWAP AREA:

A swap area is a Buffer memory created in the hdd.

When RAM gets overloaded with processes , Swap area is used

Then RAM memory is freed for doing new processes. The Swap memory = double the size of the RAM memory (optional)

> Choose the partition type as LOGICAL .

> Enter the partition size in MB ( 1024 MB = 1 GB , 512 MB = 0.5 GB ) .

> set the location for the new partition as either BEGINNING or END

> set the USE AS option as SWAP AREA from the drop down list.

> CLICK OK BUTTON

STEP 4 of 7 : PARTITION MANAGERCREATION OF SWAP AREA

STEP 4 of 7 : PARTITION MANAGERCREATION OF SWAP AREA


CREATING PARITITION FOR UBUNTU:

select free space and click NEW PARTITION button.

Choose the partition type as either PRIMARY or LOGICAL .

Enter the partition size .

set the location as either BEGINNING or END

set the USE AS option as EXT3 JOURNALING FILE SYSTEM from the drop down list.

Set the MOUNT POINT as slash ( / ) and click OK .

The “ / “ denotes the ROOT directory .

STEP 4 of 7 : PARTITION MANAGERCREATION OF UBUNTU PARTITION

STEP 4 of 7 : PARTITION MANAGERCREATION OF UBUNTU PARTITION

STEP 5 of 7 : USER LOGIN INFO



STEP 6 of 7 :USER PROFILE MIGRATION LISTS THE USERS AVAILABLE IN OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM

STEP 7 of 7 : SUMMARY OF 6 STEPS

INSTALLATION PROCESS






MULTITASKING DURING INSTALLATION





INSTALLATION COMPLETED

If you are using DUAL OPERATING SYSTEM , the OS selection menu will be listed as follows

UBUNTU8.04 – normal modeUBUNTU8.04 – recovery modeUBUNTU8.04 – MEMORY TEST

OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS:

Windows XP professional edition

To load UBUNTU8.04 , choose the FIRST option and ENTER.

Use the ARROW KEYS to select the other operating system .

NOTE:

Timer runs for 10 seconds in the OS selection menu. If time gets over , the highlighted operating system will be loaded.

PRESS A KEY TO STOP THE TIMER.

If no DUAL OPERATING SYSTEM , the system will boot directly in to UBUNTU operating system.

Provide the user name and password . ( remember step 5).

Now you will hear a nice background startup music and there you are, into the WORLD OF LINUX.

ENJOY UBUNTU . UBUNTU ROCKS .

Regards N.NANDHA KUMAR

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Ubuntu Linux 8.04 installation(By Nagarajan)