Install Ubuntu7.10 on a hard disk in Windows XP

Ubuntu is easy to be ignored in Windows XP hard disk installation, which is listed as follows: 1. Ubuntu has several installation methods: directly install the optical drive: This is relatively simple, and the disc is inserted in as prompted; install image with Hard Disk: from the mirror

The installation of Ubuntu7.10 on a windows XP hard disk is easily ignored, as shown below:

1. Ubuntu 7.10 has several installation methods:
Directly install the optical drive: This is relatively simple, and the disc is inserted as prompted;
Install the image with Hard Disk: Get the ISO installation image for Ubuntu 7.10 from the http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/.pool/ubuntu-7.10-alternate-i386.iso (note this is the kind of iso dedicated for hard disk installation), and then download the dedicated kernel and initrd from the Internet, you can download grub for dos 0.4.2 from the Linux community.
There is also the use of liveCD installation (Ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso), I heard that this method needs to modify initrd, more trouble.

2. I also use live scripts to the c root directory and execute them. Then, restart as required. I will find that Ubuntu is an additional windows startup Item. Just select and follow the steps. Note that in the 7th configuration steps, the position of the boot loader will be selected. This version seems to have to be installed in the primary boot Sector of the hard disk, so I chose not to install the loader temporarily. After the restart is complete, the machine cannot enter Ubuntu (because there is no loader). Then, follow the preceding steps to install Ubuntu again. Instead of "install", open the terminal and run the following command:

$ Sudo grub
Grub> root (hd0, 7) # My Ubuntu on/dev/sda8
Grub> setup (hd0, 7)

Install loader on the boot sector of/dev/sda8.
Then exit grub and mount the windows drive C:
$ Sudo mkdir/mnt/c
$ Sudo mount-t vfat/dev/sda1/mnt/c

And save the Ubuntu startup sector information to the file:
$ Sudo dd if =/dev/sda8 of =/mnt/c/ubt. sec bs = 512 count = 1

Finally, modify the boot. ini of windows, set the start time to a proper length, and add the following items:
C: \ ubt. sec = "Ubuntu 7.10"

Save and exit and restart.