UBUNTU
INSTALLATION GUIDE
(DUAL OS BOOT MODE)

CONCEPT:
Many of our friends and even ourselves
will be using only Microsoft Windows in
our PC.
This guide will help us to load an
extremely super operating system
UBUNTU 8.04 in our computer.

REQUIREMENTS:
A UBUNTU 8.04 operating system live
CD/DVD. It can be obtained from the site
www.zyxware.com
A PC
●With minimum of 10 GB free hard disk space.
●With minimum of 256 MB RAM.
●With a DVD drive.

STEPS:
→ Insert the live CD/DVD and reboot the system
→ Set ur CD/DVD drive as the first boot device in the
BIOS MENU. (by pressing the keys either DEL or F2 when
the system is booted.)
→ Save the settings by pressing F10 key in BIOS. the
system will get booted from the live CD/DVD.
→ The live CD/DVD will show a list of languages to
proceed with. choose the English language .(it is pointed by
default).
→ Now you can see the following options displayed...

UBUNTU 8.04
Try Ubuntu without any changes to your computer
Install Ubuntu
Install Ubuntu in text mode
Check CD for defects
Test memory
Boot from first Hard Disk
press F4 to select alternative startup and installation modes
F1 help F2 language F3 keymap F4 modes
F5 Accessibility F6 other options

→ Choose the First option to install
Ubuntu through live CD.
→ Or You can choose the second option to
directly install Ubuntu.
→ In both the options the installation steps
are the same.
→ There are only seven simple steps to
install Ubuntu8.04.

VIEW OF THE UBUNTU 8.04 BOOTED FROM
A LIVE DVD

STEP 1 of 7 : LANGUAGE SELECTION

STEP 1 of 7 : LANGUAGE SELECTION

INSTALLATION IN TAMIL

STEP 2 OF 7 : TIME ZONE SELECTION

STEP 2 of 7 : TIME ZONE SELECTION
SELECT THE CITY KOLKATA

STEP 3 of 7 : KEYBOARD LAYOUT

STEP 3 of 7 : KEYBOARD LAYOUT

STEP 4 of 7 : PARTITION MANAGER

SELECT THE MANUAL OPTION TO SELECT THE
REQUIRED PARTITION

STEP 4 of 7 : PARTITION MANAGER

CLICK THE PARTITION FROM THE LISTED PARTITIONS IN
YOUR SYSTEM

CREATING SWAP AREA:
A swap area is a Buffer memory created in the hdd.
When RAM gets overloaded with processes , Swap
area is used
Then RAM memory is freed for doing new
processes.
The Swap memory = double the size of the RAM
memory (optional)

­> Choose the partition type as LOGICAL .
­> Enter the partition size in MB ( 1024 MB = 1 GB ,
512 MB = 0.5 GB ) .
­> set the location for the new partition as either
BEGINNING or END
­> set the USE AS option as SWAP AREA from the
drop down list.
­> CLICK OK BUTTON

STEP 4 of 7 : PARTITION MANAGER
CREATION OF SWAP AREA

STEP 4 of 7 : PARTITION MANAGER
CREATION OF SWAP AREA

STEP 4 of 7 : PARTITION MANAGER

CREATING PARITITION FOR UBUNTU:
select free space and click NEW PARTITION button.
Choose the partition type as either PRIMARY or LOGICAL .
Enter the partition size .
set the location as either BEGINNING or END
set the USE AS option as EXT3 JOURNALING FILE
SYSTEM from the drop down list.
Set the MOUNT POINT as slash ( / ) and click OK .
The “ / “ denotes the ROOT directory .

STEP 4 of 7 : PARTITION MANAGER
CREATION OF UBUNTU PARTITION

STEP 4 of 7 : PARTITION MANAGER
CREATION OF UBUNTU PARTITION

STEP 5 of 7 : USER LOGIN INFO

STEP 5 of 7 : USER LOGIN INFO

STEP 5 of 7 : USER LOGIN INFO

STEP 6 of 7 :USER PROFILE MIGRATION
LISTS THE USERS AVAILABLE IN OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM

STEP 7 of 7 : SUMMARY OF 6 STEPS

INSTALLATION PROCESS

INSTALLATION PROCESS

INSTALLATION PROCESS

INSTALLATION PROCESS

INSTALLATION PROCESS

INSTALLATION PROCESS

MULTI­TASKING DURING
INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION PROCESS

INSTALLATION PROCESS

INSTALLATION PROCESS

INSTALLATION PROCESS

INSTALLATION COMPLETED

If you are using DUAL OPERATING SYSTEM , the OS selection
menu will be listed as follows
UBUNTU8.04 – normal mode
UBUNTU8.04 – recovery mode
UBUNTU8.04 – MEMORY TEST
OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS:
Windows XP professional edition
To load UBUNTU8.04 , choose the FIRST option and ENTER.
Use the ARROW KEYS to select the other operating system .

NOTE:
Timer runs for 10 seconds in the OS selection menu.
If time gets over , the highlighted operating system will be
loaded.
PRESS A KEY TO STOP THE TIMER.
If no DUAL OPERATING SYSTEM , the system will boot
directly in to UBUNTU operating system.

Provide the user name and password . ( remember step 5).
Now you will hear a nice background startup music and
there you are, into the WORLD OF LINUX.
ENJOY UBUNTU . UBUNTU ROCKS .
Regards
N.NANDHA KUMAR