


Now you should have a network installation going Loadlin linux initrd=initrd.gz vga=normal ramdisk_size=14972 root=/dev/rd/0 rw. Get into the boot directory and run loadlin:.The following steps depend on which version of Windows you are using:ĭownload from and unpack it to boot (If your default compression/archive program doesn't like *.tar.gz files, try 7-Zip from )Ĭhoose 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 This guide assumes that you are running either some NT-based Windows(NT, 2000, XP) or Windows 9x (95, 98, ME).Ĭreate 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).ĭownload linux and initrd.gz from and save them to boot.
#Install ubuntu from usb windows 8 install#
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. In any case, if you later want install it to a dedicated partition, you can do it. Wubi is an installer that uses a process similar to what described in this page, but the installation takes place within a file inside Windows, and hence, differently from the other approaches, it does not require to modify the partitions. Instlux is an installer that does all of the following for you, however it only supports older versions of Ubuntu. UNetbootin is an installer that can do the following automatically.
