got the CD of UBUNTU 7.10

[heartripple]

hi i got the cd of UBUNTU 7.10 now i want to install that os on my drive so pls help me .and plase cosider me as newbie at LINUX.


My PC cofigration is :
AMD ATHLON 64 x 2 4200
ASUS M2N-MX
1 GB DDR 2 667 Mhz
320 GB WESTERN DIGITAL HDD
SONY DRU 170 AW DVD writer

i have a prtition named d with 30 gb space

 

[FilledVoid]

*www.howtoforge.com/the_perfect_desktop_ubuntu_gutsy_gibbon Should give you more than enough details to install it. however please check if your system works with the Live CD.

 

[Rahim]

oye filevoid that link is amazing. Its like teaching a child how to walk!!!
Everything explained so lucidly and the new user will feel quite at home provided he/she reads it and has patience.

 

[debsuvra]

Also you can wait for some 14 days and then grab 8.04. Your 7.10 is old BTW.

 

[FilledVoid]

oye filevoid that link is amazing. Its like teaching a child how to walk!!!
Everything explained so lucidly and the new user will feel quite at home provided he/she reads it and has patience.

yeah I ahve it bookmarked and usually give it to anyone who wants tot ry UBuntu .

 

[heartripple]

very useful link

 

[heartripple]

installed UBUNTU 7.10 but i am not able to open other partition of my HDD and i found there are two file in each partition named wubildr and wubildr.mbr
what this files doing in my HDD

 

[gary4gar]

Mount Partitions
*help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticallyMountPartitions

For whose files, they are related to the wubi installer.
What way did you install Ubuntu?
did you use the Wubi installer?

 

[DigitalDude]

howtoforge.com is a god send.. I learnt a lot about configuring linux servers (esp CentOS) and other server softwares...


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[heartripple]

Mount Partitions
*help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticallyMountPartitions

For whose files, they are related to the wubi installer.
What way did you install Ubuntu?
did you use the Wubi installer?

i followed the simple installtion method and i dont know what is wubi installer

 

[Faun]

i hope u havent screwed the partitions

 

[gary4gar]

i followed the simple installtion method and i dont know what is wubi installer

Define Simple installtion?

 

[heartripple]

i hope u havent screwed the partitions

actually i did i have partition my 30 gb free space as "/", swap, and EXT2

whats wrong with that

 

[DigitalDude]

i hope u havent screwed the partitions

haha dont scare him


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[Faun]

how much space for swap and / ?
and what is ext2 partition, isnt it supposed to be ext3 ?

 

[heartripple]

haha dont scare him


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guys tell me i did anything wrong

 

[DigitalDude]

nothing wrong... that why I said that....


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[gary4gar]

Define Simple installation?

@ketanpatel
You didn't answer my question
Can you tell us, how you installed your system.
FYI, there are many ways to install a Ubuntu System.
*help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation

 

[Faun]

look here is my partitioning scheme

/ (root partition) as Ext3 type and of 14GB
Swap - well there is no swap for me


Ideally U should have made this something like this:

/ (root partition) Type: Ext3 Size:atleast 3GB
/boot (boot partition) Type: Ext3 Size: Atleast 100MB
Swap Size: twice the amount of RAM

what type of partitioning u chose, Guided installation or complete manaul installation ?

 

[ray|raven]

Ideal? Who said ext3 was the ideal format?

And why /boot? IMO , for a newbie 2 partitions are more than sufficient,
/ - ~5Gigs (Dont want to run out of space later)
swap - 2 * RAM - Not more than 1Gig.