Methods for successful ubuntu hard disk installation

Because I have a burner and a Mitsubishi erasable CD, I used to download and install the CD when I installed Ubuntu. Edgy's cd was engraved recently, but the installation process always encountered an error where the file could not be read. After checking the iso md5 value, the "verify write data" was also set when the file was burned with nero ", no problem. Then burn the iso of dubuntu. During the installation process, the system prompts "cannotreadpage ***" to eliminate the hard disk bad track problem, that is, the Mitsubishi disk is broken, so consider the hard disk.

Because I have a burner and a Mitsubishi erasable CD, I used to download and install the CD when I installed Ubuntu. Edgy's cd was engraved recently, but the installation process always encountered an error where the file could not be read. After checking the iso md5 value, the "verify write data" was also set when the file was burned with nero ", no problem. Then burn the iso of dubuntu. In the same installation process, the system prompts "cannot read page ***" to eliminate the hard disk bad track problem, that is, the Mitsubishi disk is broken, therefore, consider hard disk installation. Before the installation, read several top posts in the ubuntu Forum, some readme files under the dubuntu CD, and hiweed FAQ documents.

Computer Overview: Asus A7V600-X motherboard (integrated sound card, NIC); Nvidia mx4000 AGP8X graphics card; also bought Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC; 512 m ddr 400 memory; the WD 80g ide hard disk is split into a 15G blank partition to be used; Philips ipvs6 CRT.

Preparations:

1. Download ubuntu 6.10 desktop cd iso and place it in a non-ntfs partition on the hard disk (avoid multiple desktop cd iso at the same time on the hard disk), and verify its md5 value;

2. Download the Desktop CD boot file (ubuntu; ubuntu FTP ). After decompression, move the boot folder and grldr file to the system partition where windows is located; modify the boot. ini: Win + Pause Break key combination, select Advanced-start and fault recovery-settings-edit, add c: \ grldr = "ubuntu linux" (you can write anything here) save the settings.

Preparations are ready. restart windows and select "ubuntu linux" from the system boot menu. Normally, you can see the ubuntu boot menu and enter the desktop, click the install icon on the desktop to start the installation, set the language Time Zone username in sequence, and then partition. Because 15 GB blank partition (hdc9) is left on the hard disk, Select Automatic partition, if you feel uneasy, you can select the edit Partition Table option. All hard disk partitions are automatically mounted. Partition and select the mount point to go to the next step (or directly next after the partition and then select the mount point), pay attention to the "format partition" option on the right of the partition, do not format the innocent partition.

The next step is a short installation process. If there is no problem, you can complete the installation and restart the system within 10 minutes. At this time, the system to be accessed is no longer a desktop-guided system. Add the windows boot menu to menu. lst as follows: