Step by step Ubuntu installation

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Sep 22, 2012 04:44

@Anwar in the boot menu, When i choose any USB option, Windows just open up

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy ya

I see why it got negative reviews

Anwar

@MohamedAhmedNabil do you have ubuntu installed? i think not

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar no i dont

Roland Taylor

There are some components of the plot that won't stop repeating

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

im trying to

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 04:45

@MohamedAhmedNabil the most probable cause is, your pendrive wasn't bootable

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar In the boot menu which USB option should I choose?

msPeachy

@RolandTaylor okie, I have a class in 15 minutes, am just eating crackers now.

@RolandTaylor you can tell me about it later

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar I have USB-FDD, ZIP, CDROM, HDD which?

Anwar

@MohamedAhmedNabil USB-FDD

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar windows opened

Roland Taylor

Sep 22, 2012 04:47

@msPeachy oh :P

Anwar

@MohamedAhmedNabil wait a bit. I remember a situation where usb imulates as floopy disk.

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar choose floppy?

Anwar

@MohamedAhmedNabil can you test it in a virtual machine or another machine?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

nop :(

Anwar

@RolandTaylor can you test whether the two solution showing the same result ? askubuntu.com/a/191580/61218

:)

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Sep 22, 2012 04:50

@Anwar I was wondering, There was a way to make USB load before the harddrive right?

Anwar

yes

Roland Taylor

@Anwar you mean the two answers?

Anwar

@MohamedAhmedNabil you must do that

@RolandTaylor yeah

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar I didnt :d

@Anwar How do i do it

Anwar

@MohamedAhmedNabil Press a key while BIOS screen is show up. It can be F2 or F12

then enter boot device selection menu, and select the USB hdd

Roland Taylor

Sep 22, 2012 04:52

@Anwar I am a bit busy, but if I'm not mistaken, they will show the same result

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar f12 is boot menu

Anwar

@RolandTaylor Thanks.

@MohamedAhmedNabil it should do the job

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar Im in the boot menu, now what

Anwar

What options are there, is there an option with USB-HDD?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Yes

press on it?

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 04:54

select USB-HDD , not USB-FDD

@Mohamed what happened

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

same, it went to the Operating system selection screen\

Anwar

Did you execute unetbooting with admin power?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar yep

msPeachy

need to go now. be back later.
good night for later, when you realize that you do need to sleep. :))

Anwar

and there was an option with "USB-HDD"

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Sep 22, 2012 04:58

@Anwar where?

Anwar

does USB-HDD shows your make of the USB?

in boot menu

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar the boot menu just shows a list of stuff that I select from and press Enter, It shows nothing else

Do i need to so something in the bios menu firsT?

Anwar

you selected and tried every option, right?

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy lol :D

Have a good class ^_^

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar yep

@Anwar Do i have to change something in the hard drive boot priority

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:01

Does your computer support usb booting?

@MohamedAhmedNabil You can try that. but i think, selecting an entry should work

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar im in the Hard Disk Boot Prirority menu but i can make the US-HDD up and down

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Anwar

@MohamedAhmedNabil try that. make USB top

Roland Taylor

@msPeachy I apparently was wrong about it being a movie - it's a mini series.

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar did it

Unetbootin opened

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:03

@MohamedAhmedNabil save the setting and restart bios

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Which option

WHOOO HOOOO

YEA YEA YEA YEA YEA

Anwar

you are in unetbooting !!!

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

yep

UNetbootin

why?

Anwar

@MohamedAhmedNabil nice!!! Grats

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

now what, Default or Help or what?

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:04

Default

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

What will that do?

Anwar

see yourself

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

I dont want it to be installed on C

I want it installed on D so i can Dual Boot it

Anwar

it will not install

it will boot to live Ubuntu

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Whats the difference between default and install ubuntu

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:05

then you will have option to install

install ubuntu bring you installer without booting to the Live session

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Default pressed

Anwar

In Live session, you can try ubuntu with softwares, firefox and all

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

OMG beautiful :)

This is beUTIFUL

now what should i do?

Anwar

you want to test or install?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

I wanna install it

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:07

to install just double-click "Install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS" icon

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Can i use firefox while installing it?

Anwar

yes,

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

then wait cause i wil change computers

Anwar

that is the killer option of ubuntu

@MohamedAhmedNabil didn't understand you

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar im back

I was using my laptop now im on my PC, or lets say Linux now :D

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:13

:)

are you installing ubuntu now?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Im on ubuntu

I dont know What to choose now

Anwar

installed?

or in live?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

in the installation type

What should I choose

Anwar

what options are there?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Install Ubuntu along side windows, replace windows, something else

I have an empty 90 gb partition that i want to install it in

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:15

ok, wait

select something else

then identify the partition with 90 GB space

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

What does install ubuntu along side windows do?

Anwar

it will install ubuntu along side windows, not affecting it

but

it will install ubuntu in whatever space it consider ok

it can shrink C drive to install ubuntu there too.

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar Oooh so i wont select it right?

Anwar

I always select "something else"

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar i still will be able to choose at the begging when the computer opens?

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:18

Yes, of course

Ubuntu is not unsocial like Windows

It will happily stay with Windows

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

There is a table full of items

What should i do here?

Anwar

Yes, select the partition /dev/sdaX which you think is your 90GB partition

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

thats gonna be tricky

I dont know which one is it

Anwar

do you have a label or name for it?

in windows?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

D

Install Games

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:21

the label is "install games"?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

yea

Anwar

then open a terminal with ctrl-alt-t

right now

type sudo blkid

hit enter

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

wait

im pressing ctrl alt t and nothing is happening

ooop

oops now ok

ooh

I seee now

Anwar

do you see the /dev/sda number now?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

/dev/sda5: LABEL="Install Games" UUID="01CB0385F19B1F80" TYPE="ntfs"

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:22

nice

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

:D

Anwar

is it empty?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

6gbs are used

but I did empty it

but i couldnt format it

Anwar

OK, select the entry with /dev/sda5

then press "Change" button

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

then

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:24

there will be a size option, reduce the size leaving some thousands for you swap

for example, if the size is 50000

and my ram is 2GB

and I want my swap to be 2GB

I'll reduce the size to 48000

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

my size is 100027

I have a 4GB ram

Anwar

ok. you will be fine with 4GB~ swap

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

so i reduce it to 6000?

Anwar

reduce around 4000 from the value

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

60000

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:26

@MohamedAhmedNabil No

It is 6000

for (6GB swap)

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

im bad at math

It should be 96000 ?

Anwar

put 94027

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Why?

Anwar

we are leaving 6000 MB for swap

approximately 6GB

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

I have a 4 GB ram

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:28

@MohamedAhmedNabil OK then,

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

96000?

Anwar

It will not harm. you can put 96000 or 94027

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Ill put it at 94000 just in case

Anwar

OK

then select / in the mount point

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

btw there are 5997 MBs used already

Is that a problem?

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:30

didn't you empty it already?

if you need it

otherwise, those will be deleted

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

I dont need anything on that partition

Anwar

OK, fine

don't worry about those stuff

Ubuntu can handle those junk :P

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

So now Ubuntu will format it?

Anwar

yes.

Select / as mount point

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

What about the use as

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:32

is there a drop down list?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

yea

Anwar

if yes, select EXT4 partition type

it should be selected by default

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

The default was dont use this partition

Now i set it to EXT4 journaling file system

right?

Anwar

ok fine

29 secs ago, by Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

The default was dont use this partition

because there was something in that partition

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

EXT4 journaling file system?

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:33

as you don't need them, you're ok with EXT4

@MohamedAhmedNabil yes

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Select Format the partition?

Anwar

yes

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

what should i choose for mount point?

Anwar

there is another text input box below, right

3 mins ago, by Anwar

Select / as mount point

just put a "/" in that box

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

the '/'

The one with no text?

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:35

/

yes

Only this

/

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

ok now?

Anwar

yes

after some seconds, you will see a "free space" entry just below this newly created partition

can you see it?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Write Previous Changes to disk and continue?

Anwar

No

You need to create swap space

You see a "Free Space" entry just below the newly created partition?

Select it

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

After pressing ok

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:39

yes

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

a message box comes up and says in the title Write Previous Changes to disk and continue?

Anwar

select confinue

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Before you can select a new partition size, any previous changes have to be.......

i will press continue now

Anwar

ok

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

come changes happened

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Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

it is now the size 94027

and the used space is 1668

and theere is a 6GB free space

Anwar

OK. see a new entry with "Free space" just below it

@MohamedAhmedNabil yes. fine

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

yea i do

Anwar

select that entry

Click the "Add" button

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

btw what is Swap size?

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:42

You pressed the Add button?

Swap size is the size of swap partition.

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar and what is the swap partition?

Anwar

swap partition is just like RAM in disk (in most general term)

Like the "Pagefile" in windows

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar i pressed ADD ya

Anwar

Select use as "Swap partition"

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

swap area?

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:46

yes

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Begining or End?

Anwar

leave it as default

Begining

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

There is no mount point option

Press Ok?

Anwar

yes

swap don't mount , btw

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

I chose swap area

There was no mount option

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:47

That's ok

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

There is now sda9 (linux-swap)

Anwar

it's ok too

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

now what?

Anwar

Then click continue button to go to the next step

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

There isnt continue

Im now back to the table

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:48

In that table

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

list*

Anwar

what buttons are there at the far bottom

"Back", "Next"...

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Quit - back - Install Now

Anwar

Click "Next"

ok

"Install now"

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

And select which partition?

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:50

I forget the button name

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

the sda5 partition right?

or the swap one?

Anwar

@MohamedAhmedNabil You already selected the partition sir

also the swap

What were we doing with that table?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Im in the list that contatins all the partions

Anwar

Click "install now"

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

there is sda1, sda4,sda5 etc..

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:51

19 secs ago, by Anwar

Click "install now"

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

There is a menu called device for boot laoader installation

Anwar

@MohamedAhmedNabil Select "/dev/sda"

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Not sda5 right??

Anwar

yes

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

ok

thanks :)

installing

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:53

now , fill the other necessary info and wait to finish installation

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

Thats all?

Anwar

yes

You want more?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

No thank you :D

Anwar

OK, is it still installing?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

yes

What about languages?

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:55

3 mins ago, by Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

There is a menu called device for boot laoader installation

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

I want to get arabic aswell as english. Can you tell me how?

Anwar

the boot loader is the boot information. it is not like the partition you are insalling

@MohamedAhmedNabil keyboard languages?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar yep

Anwar

I don't have experience with Arabic. but I did select "Bengali". it will add another option to type Bengali with English

You can add your desired keyboard layout after installing.

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

ok thanks

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 05:58

I suggest to select "Keyboard (US)" for now

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

I prefer UK :)

Anwar

I suggest to use US

because

try to type ` character in the input field

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

'

``````

Anwar

In UK layout, the ``` will not in the same key in my keyboard

@MohamedAhmedNabil not here

in the installation input field

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

tryed it there and it worked

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 06:01

@MohamedAhmedNabil ok then

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

do you know any C++ IDEs for linux?

Anwar

You can try, geany and many others

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

ok ty

What will I need to do after this?

Anwar

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@MohamedAhmedNabil after what?

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar The isntallation

Anwar

Sep 22, 2012 06:04

reboot and enjoy Ubuntu?

xRobot

Hello guys, I am very desperate, someone can help me with this question? askubuntu.com/questions/191267/…

Anwar

@xRobot hi

@xRobot try changing the boot device selection priority

Mohamed Ahmed Nabil

@Anwar thanks a million :D

Anwar

you're welcome

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