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## page was renamed from InstallUbuntuWithoutRemoveableMedia
This page is an adaptation of Marc Herbert's http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html

= Automatic process: instlux =
Instlux is an installer that does all of the following for you. You can download it from http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/instlux.

= Manual process =

== The netboot approach ==
This page will guide you through obtaining the files necessary to boot the Ubuntu installation from a FAT or NTFS partition, thus allowing you to install Ubuntu without any sort of removeable media. This guide assumes that you are running either some NT-based Windows(NT, 2000, XP) or Windows 9x(95, 98, ME).

 * Create a directory called {{{boot}}} in the root directory of the first primary partition of your hard drive (usually drive c:\, which it will be referred to as from now on).

 * Download linux and initrd.gz from http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/i386/ and save them to {{{boot}}}.

The following steps depend on which version of Windows you are using:

=== Windows 95/98/ME (using Loadlin) ===

 * Download loadlin.exe.gz from ftp://elserv.ffm.fgan.de/pub/linux/loadlin-1.6/update-1.6c/ and unpack it to {{{boot}}} (If your default compression/archive program doesn't like *.gz files, try 7-Zip from www.7-zip.org)

 * Choose ''Reboot in MS-DOS mode'' in the shutdown menu '''or''' ''press F8'' (''Ctrl'' for Win98/ME) during boot and choose ''command prompt only'' in order to start Windows in DOS mode

 * Get into the boot directory and run loadlin:
{{{
cd c:\boot
loadlin linux initrd=initrd.gz vga=normal ramdisk_size=14972 root=/dev/rd/0 rw --
}}}

Now you should have a network installation going :)

''Note: On some computers the installer has problems with the video card and you may get a "melting screen". I replaced vga=normal with vga=771 and it worked on my laptop Stjepan Stamenkovic''

=== Windows NT/2000/XP (using Grub) ===

 * Download Grub For Dos from http://sarovar.org/download.php/672/grub_for_dos-0.4.1pre22.tar.gz
(this worked for me--current grub4dos available via http://sarovar.org/projects/grub4dos/(0.4.1pre24 worked for Qrious once he had corrected the wiki :)))

 * Extract {{{grldr}}} from the archive to {{{c:\}}}.

 * Create a new folder in c:\boot\ called {{{grub}}}.

 * Extract {{{menu.lst}}} (Should be in the /boot/grub folder of the archive) to {{{c:\boot\grub}}} The rest of the files in the archive are unnecessary. (If your default compression/archive program doesn't like *.gz files, try 7-Zip from www.7-zip.org or TUGzip from www.tugzip.com.)

 * Append {{{c:\grldr="Install Ubuntu"}}} to {{{c:\boot.ini}}}.
{{{
To view and edit the Boot.ini file on WindowsXP:
 1. Right-click on My Computer, and then click Properties.
 2. On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
 3. Under System Startup, click Edit.
}}}
''Note: Eventhough c:\boot.ini is not shown by the explorer, this file exists and can be also opened in the notepad. Just write the path c:\Boot.ini at the open dialog.''

 * Open {{{menu.lst}}} in a text editor and paste the following text in the file: {{{
title Install Ubuntu
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/linux vga=normal ramdisk_size=14972 root=/dev/rd/0 rw --
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.gz
}}}

 * Save {{{menu.lst}}}, reboot, and select "Install Ubuntu" in the windows OS chooser then in GRUB. You now have a network installation of Ubuntu going.

This procedure should be possible using a disk image, but it may be necessary to use a different kernel and pass some special argument in {{{menu.lst}}} to tell it to boot from the CD image (Has been achieved using Knoppix).

It would be nice if someone could automate this process. InstallationUbuntuFromWindows outlines how such an installation system might work.

== The CD approach ==
This approach is documented in the Installation notes, however it seemed appropiate to put a reference to it here.

If you can't boot from the CD-ROM directly it is possible to use the above approach to boot the kernel from the HDD and have the installation follow through on the CD-ROM.

 * Create a directory called {{{ubuntu}}} in the root directory of the first primary partition of your hard drive (usually drive c:\, which it will be referred to as from now on).

 * Download the ubuntu-installer CD from http://www.ubuntulinux.org/download/ and burn the CD, then copy the contents of the CD to {{{ubuntu}}}.

 * Download Grub For Dos fromhttp://sarovar.org/download.php/672/grub_for_dos-0.4.1pre22.tar.gz
(this worked for me--current grub4dos available via http://sarovar.org/projects/grub4dos/

 * Extract {{{grldr}}} from the archive to {{{c:\grldr}}}. The rest of the files in the archive are unnecessary. (If your default compression/archive program doesn't like *.gz files, try 7-Zip from www.7-zip.org.)

 * Append {{{c:\grldr="Install Ubuntu"}}} to {{{c:\boot.ini}}}.

{{{
To view and edit the Boot.ini file on WindowsXP:
1. Right-click on My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
3. Under System Startup, click Edit.
}}}
''Note: Eventhough c:\boot.ini is not shown by the explorer, this file exists and can be also opened in the notepad. Just write the path c:\Boot.ini at the open dialog.''

 * Create a new text file called {{{menu.lst}}} and save it to the first primary partition of your hard drive.

 * Open {{{menu.lst}}} in a text editor and paste the following text in the file: {{{
title Install Ubuntu
kernel (hd0,0)/ubuntu/install/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 devfs=mount,dall ramdisk_size=17000
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.gz
}}}

''Just a note: I think that /boot/initrd.gz above should read /ubuntu/install/initrd.gz Rob Pomeroy''

''Another note (from a different person.) Can you ues this installation method when you're planning on getting rid of windows, or would it fail when you had to format the drive you were getting the .iso image data from? If so (as I suspect is the case,) can you put the data on something like a usb key or pcmcia attached device? How would you access it? Thanks!''

 * Save {{{menu.lst}}}, reboot with the Ubuntu installer CD in the drive, and select "Install Ubuntu" twice. You now have a CD installation of Ubuntu going.

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