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==nUbuntu 8.04 Alpha==

* Uncomment anything in this file that contains a URL (delete the #):
'''sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list'''<br>
To save changes:<br>
'''CTRL+X -----> Y -----> ENTER'''

* Update:
'''sudo apt-get update'''

* Install Ubiquity:
'''sudo apt-get install ubiquity'''

* Run Ubiquity:
'''sudo ubiquity'''


==nUbuntu 6.10==
===Ubiquity===
The official method is by installing and using Ubiquity, a graphical installer.

Boot the nUbuntu LiveCD, without changing any boot options (i.e. key layout, language).

1) Execute sudo apt-get install ubiquity. Let all the packages install.<br>
2) Execute setupcon. This should change the console font, and resolution.<br>
3) Execute startx. This will start the X server and Fluxbox.<br>
4) Open a terminal from the Fluxbox menu.<br>
5) Execute sudo ubiquity. This will start the Ubiquity user interface.<br>
6) Following the Ubiquity instructions.<br>
7) Let it download the language packs, and anything else it needs to download.<br>
8) If successful it should ask you to restart your computer, or if you received the grub error, please email your logs.<br>
9) If it worked and you rebooted, you should be greeted with a login prompt. Login and then run startx.<br>
10) The Fluxbox style will be messed up. This can be sorted by choosing the bean theme from the Styles context-menu.<br>

'''This method is known to fail sometimes.''' (Make that often, --[[User:Klerud|Klerud]] 20:19, 19 July 2008 (UTC))If that is the case, try the next method.

===Manual install===
''tasdawg'' of the nUbuntu forums posted an alternative installation method as the Ubiquity-method failed. Note that this method is '''only tested with nUbuntu 6.10.
'''
Step one - preparing the hard drive.
Boot up the disk and just stay at the main screen
Note that you do not have type '''[nubuntu@nubuntu]''' in the following commands.


''[nubuntu@nubuntu]''

Next I started up fdisk and did a partition of my hard drive.
This step can be done with gParted, or any other partitioning tool outside of nUbuntu as well.


''[nubuntu@nubuntu] sudo fdisk /dev/hda''

I set up making 3 partition tables.
1: Linux - Main OS
2: Linux - Storage
3: Linux Swap

I formatted 1 and 2 partitions with mkfs.ext3


''[nubuntu@nubuntu] sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda1 && sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda2''


Then login as root.


''[nubuntu@nubuntu] su -
passwd: [leave blank]''


Create mount point & mount the hda1

''[root@nubuntu] mkdir /tmp/hda1 && mount /dev/hda1 /tmp/hda1''


Now start copying th files ... P.S: don't copy mnt, tmp, proc or cdrom

''[root@nubuntu] cp -R {/bin,/dev,/home,/lib,/opt,/sbin,/usr,/boot,/etc,/initrd,/srv,/tools,/var,/root,/sys} /tmp/hda1 && mkdir /tmp/hda1/mnt && mkdir /tmp/hda1/tmp && mkdir /tmp/hda1/proc''

You now have to install the bootloader.

Staying as root - you have to make hda1 your root dir, install grub and you're done....

First, create the folder 'grub' in 'boot' & copy all files from /lib/grub/i386-pc/ to there


''[root@nubuntu] mkdir /tmp/hda1/boot/grub && cp -R /lib/grub/i386-pc /tmp/hda1/boot/grub''

Now for the fun part

''[root@nubuntu] chroot /tmp/hda1

''[root@nubuntu] grub''

''grub> root (hd0,0)''

''grub> setup (hd0)''


You will then need to make a boot menu for grub as the default one has a lot of other unnecessary code in it.
My menu.lst looks like this:

''title Linux 0,0''

''root (hd0,0)''

''kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1''

''initrd /boot/initrd.img''


Re-run these sets of commands again:

''[root@nubuntu] chroot /tmp/hda1''

''[root@nubuntu] grub''

''grub> root (hd0,0)''

''grub> setup (hd0)''

Now you should have a working grub and nUbuntu on your hard drive.


[[Category:Tutorial]]

===Ubiquity and Manual Grub Install===

Another method of installing nUbuntu is to install ubiquity as described above. After you get the error about grub not installing run grub-install to install it manually as root like so:

'''sudo su -'''

'''grub-install --root-directory=/target hd0'''

Now you need to create a menu.lst in /target/boot/grub/

Mine looks like this:

'''title  nUbuntu 8.04 alpha'''

'''root   (hd0,0)'''

'''kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=/dev/hda1 ro'''

'''initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic'''

'''savedefault'''

Done. Now reboot without the CD and enjoy nUbuntu.

-h00d

==See also==
[[Alternative window managers]]
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