Ubuntu 7.04 on Asus X80Lseries

[Michael "TheZorch" Haney]

Wahidur Rahman wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I’m a new user of Ubuntu and want to install 7.04 version to my Asus 
> X80Lseries.
>
> My Laptop configuration is as follows:
>
> CPU: Intel Dual Core (Duo T2370)
>
> Display: 14” WXGA
>
> Ram: 1GB
>
> HDD: 120GB SATA
>
> Graphic: Intel 965 Chipset
>
> Wireless: 802.11b/g
>
> Please help me how to proceed to install Ubuntu 7.04?
>
I think you mean 8.04, right? Ok, first of all we need to know what 
you'd tried first in an attempt to install Ubuntu. Did you download a CD 
image .iso file or did you order a free CD from the website. From your 
configuration you're laptop seems fairly recent so it should be able to 
boot from the CD/DVD-ROM drive. All modern desktop and laptops should be 
able to do this. You have two options for installing Ubuntu, 1. you can 
install Ubuntu by resizing your Windows partition and creating a Linux 
partition. The guided installer for Ubuntu 8.04 should help you along 
through this process, and I'm sure others here will give you further 
pointers. If you want to install Ubuntu "without" altering your Windows 
partition you can always use Wubi. After inserting the Ubuntu CD into 
your CD/DVD-ROM drive it should autostart and come up to a Menu. The 
option "Install Inside Windows" will launch Wubi, a program which will 
create a virtual hard drive inside of a file on your computer that 
Ubuntu will boot to when you choose Ubuntu on your start up menu after 
turning the power on. This is a straight forward install method because 
Wubi handles everything via a pre-made script. When the setup screen for 
Wubi does appear you'll be asked for how large a virtual drive you want 
to create, what hard drive you want it to be be installed on if you have 
more than one, and to also choose your login name and password. After 
that you click Install and it does it all for you, then you reboot, 
choose Ubuntu from the start up menu and the install process is automatic.

I don't think the Intel Core Dual is 64bit. I'm certain the Core 2 Dual 
I know definitely is, so you are probably safer with the 32bit version 
of Ubuntu. If you downloaded the .iso CD image file you don't even need 
to burn it to a CD unless you plan to do the regular install by resizing 
partitions. To just install via Wubi use a virtual CD/DVD=ROM drive 
program for Windows called Daemon Tools to mount the CD image file of 
Ubuntu. A CD is not required to be in the drive when installing Ubuntu 
via Wubi.

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