Installation Without optical drive: Linux installation in Netbook (1)

BKJIA exclusive report] Netbooks are favored by many users for their low prices and lightweight sizes. The main functions of netbooks are as follows: online dating, online surfing, listening to music, watching photos, watching streaming media, instant chat, sending and receiving emails, and basic online games. In terms of configuration and performance, netbooks basically use Intel Atom processors, emphasizing low energy consumption and long-time battery endurance. The performance mainly meets basic Internet access requirements, while general laptops have more powerful multimedia performance. In addition, the netbook emphasizes wireless Internet access, and the hard disk size is not as good as that of a normal notebook.

In terms of shape, although netbooks look similar to normal laptops, their screen sizes may vary. Most Netbooks are 7-10.2 inch screens, while general laptops are basically above 10.2 inch. In addition, the netbook emphasizes portability, while its shape is mostly small and light, and its color is brilliant. For fashion talents obsessed with "netbook", while enjoying a small, lightweight, beautiful, and portable surfing experience, there are few interfaces, no optical drive, and so on. These "netbook" inherent defects always make people feel a little inadequate. Due to the volume limitation, the "netbook" can save a lot of expansion accessories, and the optical drive has become the first "victim" because it occupies a large space ". The lack of optical drive makes the installation of the operating system inconvenient. There are many ways to install the netbook operating system. Of course, the simplest thing is to configure an External Optical Drive for the netbook. However, this is an additional overhead and does not conform to the original concept of netbook. It was seen as an important milestone in the development of Linux as early as the launch of netbook, if you are interested, users of bkjia.com can refer to the following articles to encourage Linux to "break through the difficulties". The price advantage of the Linux system is used to seize the netbook market, which brings new opportunities to Linux.

There are already many ways to install the Windows operating system for netbooks. About netbook how to install Windows XP can refer to: Use a U disk to netbook to install XP system experience http://bbs.51cto.com/thread-572553-1.html ). However, the Linux operating system cannot be started through Windows PE as in Windows. How does one install the Linux operating system for the netbook? Next we will give you a detailed introduction.

First, we need to prepare the following tools:

1. netbook installation of Linux Step 1: Install the image

Here we choose the new oxygen ubuntu 9.04 Chinese custom release version: http://xylinux.com/download.html ). The new oxygen ubuntu Chinese edition and its official website are created and maintained by the project team members after work. In order to save the system installation time and provide convenience for users who are inconvenient to access the Internet or have limited network speed, and make the system more in line with Chinese user habits, the new oxygen ubuntu Chinese custom edition, the application software is customized, added, and deleted on the basis of the official ubuntu release. It is fully compatible with official ubuntu software sources and supports online system upgrades. The new oxygen ubuntu Chinese edition will mainly make efforts in Chinese optimization, windows desktop software applications, theme beautification and other localized applications, hoping to bring convenience to Chinese ubuntu users.

2. install Linux in the netbook Step 2: Virtual Optical Drive

We use Daemon Tools 4.30.4: http://www.xngq.com/downloads)

3. Step 3 of Linux installation in netbook: one-click deep Restore Tool

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Linux Installation

Generally, Linux hard disk installation can be achieved by configuring a virtual soft drive or grub boot. However, these two methods are difficult to configure and cannot be easily mastered by new users.

If you have installed a deep one-click Restore wizard or dwarf dos toolbox on your computer, Linux hard disk installation is much easier.

First, we need to install the virtual optical drive and the deep one-click Restore wizard.

Use Daemon Tools to open the downloaded ubuntu image file. 1.

 
Figure 1

Then we extract the kernel vmlinuzand memory disk initrd.gz under the casperdirectory In the ubuntu isoimage file and store them in the root directory of the d disk.

Next we need to modify the menu. lst file. The file is located in the root directory of the C drive. Note that the read-only attribute must be removed before modification. 2.

 
Figure 2

We add the following content at the end of the menu. lst file 3 ):

Title ubuntu 9.04
Root (hd0, 5)
Kernel (hd0, 6)/boot/vmlinuz boot = casper iso-scan/filename =/image/ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso ro quiet
Initrd (hd0, 6)/boot/initrd.gz

 
Figure 3

The files extracted from the ubuntu iso image do not have to be placed in the root directory. For most hard disks, D, E, and F are the first, second, and third logical partitions. Here we only need to modify hd0, X. In grub, the values are (hd0, 4), the values are (hd0, 5), and the values are (hd0, 6 ). In filename, the path of the downloaded ubuntu image file is entered.

Save menu. lst and restart the computer.

Choose one-click recovery Ghost V11.04)

 
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Then select ubuntu 9.045 from the menu that appears)

 
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