Ubuntu Quick-Guide

metallicamaster3 · 06-01-2007

MetallicaMaster3's guide to installing Ubuntu!

This is my guide on how to install ubuntu on a partioned Hard Drive or another Hard Drive.

First, you will need the ubuntu LiveCD, available here>>
Download Ubuntu | Ubuntu

get the version that best fits your computer and your needs.

Here we will emphasize on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn

Once you download the ubuntu LiveCD (it will take a while, even with a fast Internet Connection), You need to write it to a CD.
You will need a peice of software that can write ISOs, such as Nero or ISO Recorder. Simply copying it to a Disk through Windows is a no go, since the ISO will only be a file on the Disk. The ISO needs to be uncompressed and layed out onto the disk using a ISO recorder. This creates a bootable LiveCD.

Once the CD is made, you need to restart your computer.
When the BIOS splash screen appears, you need to go into a Boot Menu, or edit the sequence that the Computer boots from.
If you have a Boot Menu, simply select to boot from your optical drive.
Or, if you do not, you need to go into your BIOS and change the boot sequence. Find where this is, every BIOS is probably different.
Change it accordingly in this order-

1.) (your optical drive)
2.) Hard Drive
3.) Network boot
4.) (whatever is left)

Then, exit and save changes. The computer will reboot.

When the computer restarts, then The CD will automatically Boot.

Give it 5 minutes, and you will be up and running. On the desktop, you will see an installation shortcut. Double Click, and wait about 30 seconds to a minute until you get to a select option in the Window. Choice one of these choices

Use free disk space (has a slider to edit percentage)
Manually edit partion table.

Manually Edit Parion Table

if you choose this ( you probably should ), you could do the following:
If you are partioning your hard drive, or if you are completely reformatting your drive for Ubuntu, then you will do the following-

If you want to delete everything on the disk and use it for ubuntu, then you will need to delete the entire drive (WARNING, YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING!), and then select "New", and reformat it to ext3.

If you want to create a new partion, then select the drive you want to install it on, and click "new". Then, create the amount of space you want the partion to be.

Then, click next. Make sure you have it set so that whatever you want to install Ubuntu on is selected to do so.

The installation of GRUB and Ubuntu will now begin.
This shouldnt take too long.

Once the installation process is done, then shut down your computer, and eject the LiveCD.
-------------------------------------------

Start up your computer.
You will see a new Menu caled "GRUB". It lists 3 Ubuntu entrys, and then any other OSs you might have.

The default selection is Ubuntu, and the default time is 30 seconds.
You can change this easily.

Boot into Ubuntu, and log in.

CHANGE DEFAULT SELECTED OS in GRUB

open up terminal, and enter this:

Code:

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Find this line

Code:

default     0

Replace with the following line

Code:

default     (number of entry)

***replace "(number of entry)" with the number of the OS you want to be the default. Count downwards.....be aware that "Other Operating systems" counts as an OS entry.

0 is the first entry. 1 is the second entry, and so on. REMEMBER THIS!

Save the edited file

If you want to change the amount of time there is before the default OS is loaded, then find the

Code:

 timeout 10line and replace "10" with the amount of seconds you want.

When your done screwing around with GRUB, then reboot, and you should see your changes take effect.

Of course, you can always skip this step if you dont mind the defualt settings (recommended for beginners)

As a side note, I think it’s important to mention that, if you do manage to completely mess up your grub.conf [or menu.ls] file to the point that your machine won’t boot, you can fix it by booting into a livecd (like the Ubuntu livecd or Knoppix or DSL or something), and then copying your backup grub.conf [or menu.ls] over while in there. In fact, this method is great whenever you do something to your system that makes it temporarily unusable.

Microsoft Virtual PC is not compatible with ubuntu.

removing Ubuntu

if you ever want to get rid of ubuntu, its quite easy.
First, you will need a windows xp installation CD.
Boot into that.
Go to "repair" by pressing the key when told to do so.
Type

Code:

 C:\FIXMBR

this repairs the master boot record, and removes GRUB. Windows will automatically boot now when you start the computer.

Be prepared to see a Disk Consistancy check. do not be alarmed, Windows is actually doing something right .

Just because GRUB is gone, doesnt mean you got rid of ubuntu either. you need to empty the partion/hard drive.

Boot up the Ubuntu LiveCD. go into a terminal and enter

Code:

 sudo gparted

FInd the partion with ubuntu on it, and delete it. Reformat it to NTFS or FAT32 if it was on a seperate drive. Then hit Next. Ubuntu will be gone and you will be back to your old XP setup once more

Installing Google Earth

How to install Google Earth

Code:

wget -c http://dl.google.com/earth/GE4/GoogleEarthLinux.bin

Code:

sudo sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin

* Leave /usr/local/google-earth as the installation path
* After installation click Exit. If you instead chose to run the application, read the Note below.

Code:

 sudo cp /opt/google-earth/googleearth.desktop /usr/share/applications/

* Applications -> Internet -> Google Earth

* Note: If you run Google Earth for the first time from the installer, it will require root privileges to run the next time. To fix that:

Code:

sudo chmod 777 -R ~/.googleearth

Widescreen Monitors

* 24/23" widescreen monitors have issues running 1920x1200 resolution
to fix this, open terminal and enter:

[code]
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[code]
* Add the following line to the appropriate "Monitor" section

Code:

Modeline	"1920x1200" 154 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235

configure your resolution now and you should see a 1920x1200 option.

Mounting NTFS

Open up terminal, and enter this:

Code:

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

* Create the local mount folder and edit the fstab file to mount the disks to this folder.

(Assumong /dev/hda1 is the location of Windows partition [NTFS] )
Local mount folder: /media/windows
then, enter this in terminal:

Code:

sudo mkdir /media/windows
sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

Add the following line at the end of file.

Code:

/dev/hda1    /media/windows    ntfs-3g    defaults,locale=en_US.utf8    0    0

* You can adjust your locale. Execute 'locale -a' in a terminal to know which one are supported by your system.

* Save the edited file.

* If you reboot now, the disk will be writable to every user. If you want the changes to take effect immediately without rebooting, execute the following command, ignoring the errors about "/" and others not being unmounted.

Code:

sudo umount -a && sudo mount -a

Bluetooth

to get bluetooth support, enter this in Terminal.

Code:

sudo aptitude install bluez-utils gnome-bluetooth

* Open Applications -> Accessories -> Bluetooth file sharing
* You're now able to receive files from other Bluetooth-devices
* To send a file: find a file to send, right click and choose "Send to", wait until the other device is detected, and click "send".

To see if your Bluetooth-device is supported check here

If you dont like the GRUB Menu...

if your like some people, not only you uses the computer. This can be a hassle with GRUB with people saying "what the hell is this?!" and cause a panic in your household (especially if they arent computer savvy like you ). So, if you want to hide the GRUB Menu, look below. Be aware that you cannot make a selection other than the default since you cannot see it

anyway, here it is:

In terminal:

Code:

sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_backup
gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Find this line

Code:

#hiddenmenu

Replace with the following:

Code:

hiddenmenu

Save the new edited file

kill_u · 06-01-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by metallicamaster3

MySillyPc

A tutorial that I made myself. Its for Ubuntu. Its just a quick HowTo. Not much, but its really good considering the feedback from non-Linux gurus...

Hm! This require registration...

metallicamaster3 · 06-01-2007

oh im terribly sorry...I forgot about that.

If the registration doesnt bother you, pjust do it.

If it does bother you, I can just post it here in full.

MRiGnS · 06-01-2007

too much purple.... eyes... pain...

and yes the registration is kind of bothersome

metallicamaster3 · 06-01-2007

:O are you challenging the completely awsome customized purple skin??

lol.

Any one else feel this way?

bapoumba · 06-01-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by metallicamaster3

:O are you challenging the completely awsome customized purple skin??

lol.

Any one else feel this way?

No offense, but, yeah

metallicamaster3 · 06-01-2007

updated

.

kill_u · 06-02-2007

thanks!

And if you have a TV-out(ATI9550) guide for Ubuntu 7.**, I will be a very happy.

metallicamaster3 · 06-02-2007

Not a problem at all. Im a "professional" guide maker!!

Any other requests?

PS- did you guys really like this one???

kill_u · 06-02-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by metallicamaster3

Not a problem at all. Im a "professional" guide maker!!

Any other requests?

PS- did you guys really like this one???

YES
I need a HOWTO to run my tv-out in Ubuntu. I loose a hundred hours to start my tv-out, and without any luck.

metallicamaster3 · 06-02-2007

ok....just give me a little while. No worries, youll be able to use it in no time

EDIT;

oh darn seems one has already been made!
check this one...HOWTO: NVIDIA TV-OUT for Newbies - Ubuntu Forums

kill_u · 06-02-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by metallicamaster3

ok....just give me a little while. No worries, youll be able to use it in no time

thanks!

if it works, can I translate it on my language?

Quote:

HOWTO: NVIDIA TV-OUT for Newbies - Ubuntu Forums

this guide is for NVIDIA.
my card is ATI RADEON 9550

metallicamaster3 · 06-02-2007

what is your output of

lspci

?

MRiGnS · 06-02-2007

try lspci | grep VGA

kill_u · 06-03-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by MRiGnS

try lspci | grep VGA

output is:

Code:

mjekov@ubuntu:~$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AS [Radeon 9550]

Wee_Guy · 06-03-2007

I tried to install Ubuntu ont a partition of an external hard drive, the install of Ubuntu went fine, but it installed GRUB on my internal hard drive. How do i un-install GRUB from my internal drive and install it on the partition of my external drive?

Wofl · 06-03-2007

see the beginnig of the tutorial

removing ubuntu

Quote:

if you ever want to get rid of ubuntu, its quite easy.
First, you will need a windows xp installation CD.
Boot into that.
Go to "repair" by pressing the key when told to do so.
Type

Code:

 C:\FIXMBR

this repairs the master boot record, and removes GRUB. Windows will automatically boot now when you start the computer.

Be prepared to see a Disk Consistancy check. do not be alarmed, Windows is actually doing something right .

Just because GRUB is gone, doesnt mean you got rid of ubuntu either. you need to empty the partion/hard drive.

Wee_Guy · 06-04-2007

Sorry i wasn't more specifitc, i'm on a Mac.

metallicamaster3 · 06-05-2007

looks like your stuck then, unless you can get your OS X installation disk to repair OS X's Master Boot Record....or try using Boot Camp to get rid of it

FuturePilot · 06-06-2007

You might want to add that if for some reason you don't want Ubuntu anymore (why I don't know

) that if you want the extra space on you hard drive back not only do you need to remove the ext3 partition, but you need to resize the NTFS partition to take up the entire hard drive again.

06-01-2007	#1 (permalink)
metallicamaster3 Ubuntu God Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York City, U.S. Posts: 185	Ubuntu Quick-Guide MetallicaMaster3's guide to installing Ubuntu! This is my guide on how to install ubuntu on a partioned Hard Drive or another Hard Drive. First, you will need the ubuntu LiveCD, available here>> Download Ubuntu \| Ubuntu get the version that best fits your computer and your needs. Here we will emphasize on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Once you download the ubuntu LiveCD (it will take a while, even with a fast Internet Connection), You need to write it to a CD. You will need a peice of software that can write ISOs, such as Nero or ISO Recorder. Simply copying it to a Disk through Windows is a no go, since the ISO will only be a file on the Disk. The ISO needs to be uncompressed and layed out onto the disk using a ISO recorder. This creates a bootable LiveCD. Once the CD is made, you need to restart your computer. When the BIOS splash screen appears, you need to go into a Boot Menu, or edit the sequence that the Computer boots from. If you have a Boot Menu, simply select to boot from your optical drive. Or, if you do not, you need to go into your BIOS and change the boot sequence. Find where this is, every BIOS is probably different. Change it accordingly in this order- 1.) (your optical drive) 2.) Hard Drive 3.) Network boot 4.) (whatever is left) Then, exit and save changes. The computer will reboot. When the computer restarts, then The CD will automatically Boot. Give it 5 minutes, and you will be up and running. On the desktop, you will see an installation shortcut. Double Click, and wait about 30 seconds to a minute until you get to a select option in the Window. Choice one of these choices Use free disk space (has a slider to edit percentage) Manually edit partion table. Manually Edit Parion Table if you choose this ( you probably should ), you could do the following: If you are partioning your hard drive, or if you are completely reformatting your drive for Ubuntu, then you will do the following- If you want to delete everything on the disk and use it for ubuntu, then you will need to delete the entire drive (WARNING, YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING!), and then select "New", and reformat it to ext3. If you want to create a new partion, then select the drive you want to install it on, and click "new". Then, create the amount of space you want the partion to be. Then, click next. Make sure you have it set so that whatever you want to install Ubuntu on is selected to do so. The installation of GRUB and Ubuntu will now begin. This shouldnt take too long. Once the installation process is done, then shut down your computer, and eject the LiveCD. ------------------------------------------- Start up your computer. You will see a new Menu caled "GRUB". It lists 3 Ubuntu entrys, and then any other OSs you might have. The default selection is Ubuntu, and the default time is 30 seconds. You can change this easily. Boot into Ubuntu, and log in. CHANGE DEFAULT SELECTED OS in GRUB open up terminal, and enter this: Code: sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst Find this line Code: default 0 Replace with the following line Code: default (number of entry) **replace "(number of entry)" with the number of the OS you want to be the default. Count downwards.....be aware that "Other Operating systems" counts as an OS entry. 0 is the first entry. 1 is the second entry, and so on. REMEMBER THIS! Save the edited file If you want to change the amount of time there is before the default OS is loaded, then find the Code: timeout 10line and replace "10" with the amount of seconds you want. When your done screwing around with GRUB, then reboot, and you should see your changes take effect. Of course, you can always skip this step if you dont mind the defualt settings (recommended for beginners) As a side note, I think it’s important to mention that, if you do manage to completely mess up your grub.conf [or menu.ls] file to the point that your machine won’t boot, you can fix it by booting into a livecd (like the Ubuntu livecd or Knoppix or DSL or something), and then copying your backup grub.conf [or menu.ls] over while in there. In fact, this method is great whenever you do something to your system that makes it temporarily unusable. Microsoft Virtual PC is not compatible with ubuntu. removing Ubuntu if you ever want to get rid of ubuntu, its quite easy. First, you will need a windows xp installation CD. Boot into that. Go to "repair" by pressing the key when told to do so. Type Code: C:\FIXMBR this repairs the master boot record, and removes GRUB. Windows will automatically boot now when you start the computer. Be prepared to see a Disk Consistancy check. do not be alarmed, Windows is actually doing something right . Just because GRUB is gone, doesnt mean you got rid of ubuntu either. you need to empty the partion/hard drive. Boot up the Ubuntu LiveCD. go into a terminal and enter Code: sudo gparted FInd the partion with ubuntu on it, and delete it. Reformat it to NTFS or FAT32 if it was on a seperate drive. Then hit Next. Ubuntu will be gone and you will be back to your old XP setup once more Installing Google Earth How to install Google Earth Code: wget -c http://dl.google.com/earth/GE4/GoogleEarthLinux.bin Code: sudo sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin Leave /usr/local/google-earth as the installation path * After installation click Exit. If you instead chose to run the application, read the Note below. Code: sudo cp /opt/google-earth/googleearth.desktop /usr/share/applications/ * Applications -> Internet -> Google Earth * Note: If you run Google Earth for the first time from the installer, it will require root privileges to run the next time. To fix that: Code: sudo chmod 777 -R ~/.googleearth Widescreen Monitors * 24/23" widescreen monitors have issues running 1920x1200 resolution to fix this, open terminal and enter: [code] sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf [code] * Add the following line to the appropriate "Monitor" section Code: Modeline "1920x1200" 154 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 configure your resolution now and you should see a 1920x1200 option. Mounting NTFS Open up terminal, and enter this: Code: sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g * Create the local mount folder and edit the fstab file to mount the disks to this folder. (Assumong /dev/hda1 is the location of Windows partition [NTFS] ) Local mount folder: /media/windows then, enter this in terminal: Code: sudo mkdir /media/windows sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak gksudo gedit /etc/fstab Add the following line at the end of file. Code: /dev/hda1 /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0 * You can adjust your locale. Execute 'locale -a' in a terminal to know which one are supported by your system. * Save the edited file. * If you reboot now, the disk will be writable to every user. If you want the changes to take effect immediately without rebooting, execute the following command, ignoring the errors about "/" and others not being unmounted. Code: sudo umount -a && sudo mount -a Bluetooth to get bluetooth support, enter this in Terminal. Code: sudo aptitude install bluez-utils gnome-bluetooth * Open Applications -> Accessories -> Bluetooth file sharing * You're now able to receive files from other Bluetooth-devices * To send a file: find a file to send, right click and choose "Send to", wait until the other device is detected, and click "send". To see if your Bluetooth-device is supported check here If you dont like the GRUB Menu... if your like some people, not only you uses the computer. This can be a hassle with GRUB with people saying "what the hell is this?!" and cause a panic in your household (especially if they arent computer savvy like you ). So, if you want to hide the GRUB Menu, look below. Be aware that you cannot make a selection other than the default since you cannot see it anyway, here it is: In terminal: Code: sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_backup gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst Find this line Code: #hiddenmenu Replace with the following: Code: hiddenmenu Save the new edited file Last edited by metallicamaster3 : 06-09-2007 at 11:34 AM.

06-01-2007	#3 (permalink)
metallicamaster3 Ubuntu God Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York City, U.S. Posts: 185	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide oh im terribly sorry...I forgot about that. If the registration doesnt bother you, pjust do it. If it does bother you, I can just post it here in full.

06-01-2007	#4 (permalink)
MRiGnS the wicked one Join Date: May 2007 Location: Saarbrücken, Germany Posts: 1,920	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide too much purple.... eyes... pain... and yes the registration is kind of bothersome
	regards, Julian my blog

06-01-2007	#5 (permalink)
metallicamaster3 Ubuntu God Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York City, U.S. Posts: 185	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide :O are you challenging the completely awsome customized purple skin?? lol. Any one else feel this way?

06-01-2007	#7 (permalink)
metallicamaster3 Ubuntu God Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York City, U.S. Posts: 185	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide updated .

06-02-2007	#8 (permalink)
kill_u Just getting started Join Date: May 2007 Location: Burgas, Bulgaria Posts: 13	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide thanks! And if you have a TV-out(ATI9550) guide for Ubuntu 7.**, I will be a very happy.
	Gnu/Linux user 411527

06-02-2007	#9 (permalink)
metallicamaster3 Ubuntu God Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York City, U.S. Posts: 185	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide Not a problem at all. Im a "professional" guide maker!! Any other requests? PS- did you guys really like this one???

06-02-2007	#11 (permalink)
metallicamaster3 Ubuntu God Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York City, U.S. Posts: 185	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide ok....just give me a little while. No worries, youll be able to use it in no time EDIT; oh darn seems one has already been made! check this one...HOWTO: NVIDIA TV-OUT for Newbies - Ubuntu Forums

06-02-2007	#13 (permalink)
metallicamaster3 Ubuntu God Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York City, U.S. Posts: 185	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide what is your output of lspci ?

06-02-2007	#14 (permalink)
MRiGnS the wicked one Join Date: May 2007 Location: Saarbrücken, Germany Posts: 1,920	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide try lspci \| grep VGA
	regards, Julian my blog

06-03-2007	#16 (permalink)
Wee_Guy Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 57	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide I tried to install Ubuntu ont a partition of an external hard drive, the install of Ubuntu went fine, but it installed GRUB on my internal hard drive. How do i un-install GRUB from my internal drive and install it on the partition of my external drive?
Wee_Guy Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 57	"If something isn't broken, it hasn't been improved enough." ( I can't remember where I heard it, but it definately applies to me!)

06-04-2007	#18 (permalink)
Wee_Guy Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 57	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide Sorry i wasn't more specifitc, i'm on a Mac.
Wee_Guy Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 57	"If something isn't broken, it hasn't been improved enough." ( I can't remember where I heard it, but it definately applies to me!)

06-05-2007	#19 (permalink)
metallicamaster3 Ubuntu God Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York City, U.S. Posts: 185	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide looks like your stuck then, unless you can get your OS X installation disk to repair OS X's Master Boot Record....or try using Boot Camp to get rid of it

06-06-2007	#20 (permalink)
FuturePilot Lol Join Date: May 2007 Location: /home Posts: 358	Re: Ubuntu Quick-Guide You might want to add that if for some reason you don't want Ubuntu anymore (why I don't know) that if you want the extra space on you hard drive back not only do you need to remove the ext3 partition, but you need to resize the NTFS partition to take up the entire hard drive again.