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Installing Ubuntu Or Fedora From A Windows Or Linux System With UNetbootin UNetbootin is a tool that allows you to install various Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSuSE, Debian, ArchLinux) from a Windows or a Linux desktop over the internet (i.e., you don't need to burn the Ubuntu, Fedora, ... CDs). Unlike the Ubuntu installation with Wubi, real partitions are created during the installation. In the end, you have a dual-boot system (Linux/Windows or Linux/Linux).
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Great Stuff.Thanks for sharing.
UNetbootin versions capable of installing Fedora 8 and Ubuntu 7.10 have been out for a while, perhaps this guide should be updated...
For the note, as indicated in http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.html the new server and folder options to enter for Fedora 8 are:
If installing Fedora, select "FTP" as the installation source, and for the server, specify:
download.fedora.redhat.comand for the folder, if using the standard (32-bit) version, specify:
pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/osor if using the 64-bit version, specify:
pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/x86_64/os
Really great stuff! :-)
But I first got severe problems! After resolving them, I now want to spread my experiences trying to get UBUNTU-Linux as an additional OS beneath my old WIN98 - via WUBI and UNetBootIn:
First I tried WUBI. Installing was easy, rebooting automatically opend the choice-menu - but UBUNTU didnt load at all: "No RAID disks", I received as error message, and "can't access tty" was the end of "falling back to a shell" :(
Because none of the threads to be found in the net could help me, I finally decided to switch to UNetBootIn.
Again, it seemed to work properly. But when UNetBootIn was rebooting the system, there was NO new menu offering a choice between WIN and UBUNTU, and the system fell back into WINDOWS, asking me if I "really wish to uninstall UNetBootIn"!?! :(
But why??? Everything seemed to be okay, "grub.exe" was on right place in C:\, "grldr" too... 8-o
After several tries (all the suggestions in the forums didn't work) and hard thinking ;-) I finally solved this UNetBootIn-problem! :-)
So, WIN98-users (?!) with similar problems using UNetBootIn, try this:
1. in WINDOWS, open your CONFIG.SYS (evt. deactivate read-only-status!) in a text-editor
2. merge the following lines:
[menu]
menucolor=15,0
menuitem=windows,Windows
menuitem=grldrUNetBootIn,UNetBootIn
menudefault=windows,30
[grldrUNetBootIn]
device=grub.exe
[windows]
3. safe CONFIG.SYS
4. start UNetBootIn, let it install and reboot your system
5. NOW you'll get the NEW MENU! :-) Choose UBUNTU and let it install
6. In UBUNTU open your good old WIN98-CONFIG.SYS and erase the lines merged above
That's it!
Good luck to you all!
How do I merge lines? Please give me an example.
Thanks.
UNetbootin's homepage has moved to http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ please update the link; the new version has several useful features such as a proper GUI and liveUSB installation source.
Also, note that the new version can install using the LiveCD ISO file so it is no longer necessary to do net-installations. Here is a screenshot of the new version: