Ubuntu 10.04 doesen't have multiboot options

[wolfeking]

ok, so I am to install Ubuntu 10.04 from USB (ran out of CD and DVD disk). and it comes to the desktop screen. Easy enough I go to the install shortcut, and go through the screens till it gets to partitions, and its got use whole disk and manual partition.

how do I go about manually installing it with 40GB so that I may still use Windows 7?

 

[NyxCharon]

Do it manually.
You need to set up your partitions before hand, so use something like GParted to do that.
*Dont forget to make a partition for swap space!
Then just specify the correct partition for Ubuntu. Mount point is /
Format is ext2 or 3. (I use ext 3)
Install Grub to the entire hard drive.
Windows should be listened when you first reboot.
Otherwise, in a terminal type
sudo update-grub
and it'll find your windows, and will be selectable on reboot.

 

[salvage-this]

^I think that 10.04 and up use EXT 4.

 

[NyxCharon]

^I think that 10.04 and up use EXT 4.

oops. Correct. My mistake.

 

[wolfeking]

I got it on via the wubi that is on the USB installer. Its still not working for dvds with teh codecs that have always worked before.

 

[wolfeking]

duh da ta duh, I fixed the DVD issue. I was forgetting to install the Ubuntu extras, which apparently had the necessary DVD codex in it. Or a codex needed for libdvdread4.
now downloading 11.04 to see if I can get the multiboot to work. It worked on the AMD acer, so I am guessing its the HM55 southbridge connector that controls the SATA devices. http://www.computerforum.com/196363-vista-downgrade-xp-2.html#post1639272