The Wassermans wrote: > I have downloaded Ubuntu 7.1 (Desktop). I burned it to a CD. >
Just for the record, there is no "7.1" release. Ubuntu names it's releases by YEAR.MONTH. 7.10 is the year 7 (i.e.: 2007), and the month 10 (i.e.: October). Despite looking like a floating point number, it is actually a different notation. > I want to install it on a PC running Win XP. The Xp installation was > partitioned 50/50 > > Problems: > 1. The 7.1 CD does not boot. a) Does it boot on another PC? if not... b) When you burned the CD, did you merely drag and drop the ISO file onto the disk and burn it? Or did you tell it to "burn an image". ISO files contain within them a file system of their own. You need to select "burn image" when creating the CD, otherwise the bootable information inside the CD will not be in the right place for the CD to boot. > 2. I don't know how to install a dual boot. Are there some easy > instructions somewhere? During the install process you are asked how you want to install Ubuntu. You have the choice of wiping the disk clean and installing it, or using empty space on the disk. Choose the latter, and it will automatically set up dual booting for you. > 3.Should I use FAT32 or NFTS? Neither. Install it to a normal Linux ext3 file system. Ubuntu 7.10 will read and write both NTFS and FAT partitions, so you can still access your Windows data partition. Installing Linux on a FAT or NTFS partition will not work, as those file systems do not have the capabilities to understand Linux file permission systems. > Anyone able to point me in the right direction please. It is strongly recommended you spend some time reading the Ubuntu online documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ Many of the answers to the questions you have are already answered there. -Dan -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
