Installing Ubuntu Help

**caz32** · 05-21-2010

Hey

I recently installed Ubunutu Notebook Edition on my notebook, and i had dual boot with Windows XP Home.

However i was wondering i could just have Ubuntu as my main OS and just wipe Windows XP Home edition off my harddrive from within Ubunutu and just reinstall Ubunutu to take the whole harddrive?

oz · 05-21-2010

Originally Posted by caz32

However i was wondering i could just have Ubuntu as my main OS and just wipe Windows XP Home edition off my harddrive from within Ubunutu and just reinstall Ubunutu to take the whole harddrive?

Hello and welcome!

Yes, if you want to clear your partition tables and then do a fresh install you can go to a terminal in Ubuntu and enter the following command:

Code:

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1

You should receive a short message about records in and records and out, and then you should be able to reboot with the Ubuntu installation disk in your dvd/cd drive to do your fresh install.

**devils casper** · 05-22-2010

Originally Posted by caz32

However i was wondering i could just have Ubuntu as my main OS and just wipe Windows XP Home edition off my harddrive from within Ubunutu and just reinstall Ubunutu to take the whole harddrive?

Hi and Welcome !

Another option : Do not remove Ubuntu. Just delete Windows OS partition(s) and resize Ubuntu partitions to consume whole disk space.

Which version of Ubuntu Notebook edition are you using? Post the output of this

Code:

sudo fdisk -l

* Its small L in fdisk -l.

**lynne14** · 05-22-2010

So to really use it right delete the windblows stuff and let Ubuntu take over the drive completely and then download the latest Virtual Box Install it and then run root and type in these commands VBOX_USB=USBFS VirtualBox DO IT EXACTLY like you see it here and then install windblows and the 3 SP's and what ever programs you want PLUS don't forget to install the guest additions makes it easy to use USB ports and the CD/DVD player / burner

**caz32** · 05-22-2010

Ive got it installed now, however when booting into Ubuntu sometimes it doesn't load, it just stops on a black screen with a flashing underscore in the top left ?

**lynne14** · 05-22-2010

Format the drive completely ( use windows to format the drive ) when it is finished take the CD out of the drive and INSTALL UBUNTU . . I am running 9.10 right now waiting for 10.10 to come up and then I will change over . .

Moderator's Note : Its Windows OS not Windblows.

**caz32** · 05-22-2010

where do i find windblows?

also I'm trying to install a program from an ISO, how would i go about mounting it and installing it?@

**devils casper** · 05-23-2010

There is no need to uninstall/reinstall Ubuntu. Boot up Ubuntu and execute this in Terminal :

Code:

sudo fdisk -l
df -h

Post output here.

also I'm trying to install a program from an ISO, how would i go about mounting it and installing it?@

Execute this

Code:

sudo apt-cdrom add
sudo apt-get update

Install package from CD using apt-get or Synaptic Package Manager.

**caz32** · 05-23-2010

when i type this in

sudo fdisk -l
df -h

it says 'command not found'

my notebook isn't booting into Ubunutu now off my hard disk its just a black screen with a flashing underscore in the top right, it was working fine yesterday and i haven't installed anything except a couple of updates and my wifi drivers

**lynne14** · 05-23-2010

I know its windows . . I just like to slap windows users along side the head now and then

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