Install Ubuntu 8.04 On MSI Wind Notebook

I have MSI Wind notebook, I try to install ubuntu on it, but alway hang at installation. After googling, i find the answer from http://wiki.msiwind.net/index.php/Ubuntu_8.04_Hardy_Heron

Thanks a lot for your tutorial

Installation Procedure:
Option 1: Install with Wubi Ubuntu Installer

The easiest installation option for Windows versions of the Wind/Advent 4211 is to use the Wubi Ubuntu installer directly from Windows. This will allow you to try out Ubuntu without partitioning your hard drive. HowtoForge.com has written a detailed tutorial for using Wubi.

To then upgrade your Wubi install to a standard Ubuntu system, use the Loopmounted Virtual Partition Manager (LVPM). LVPM allows you to transfer all the data, settings, and applications from your original Wubi install to a dedicated partition. LVPM can be found in Ubuntu under: Applications => System Tools

If, after using LVPM, you get a can’t mount partition error, then you will need to edit grub. The LPVM installation has worked, grub just needs to be set to use the correct partiion.

Firstly, to fix grub temporarily so you can get into Ubuntu: Reboot the machine, wait till the menu comes up giving you the list of boot options, make sure the top item is selected, (Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic) then hit e to edit the item.

This will give you an edit screen and stop the boot countdown.

There should be three lines on the screen. Scroll down to the line that says:

root ()/ubuntu/disks

and change it to:

root (hd0,X)

X should be the partition number you transferred Ubuntu to using LVPM minus 1.

e.g. In my case I transferred Ubuntu to sda5, so my line read root (hd0,4)

Once this line is edited, hit Enter to accept the editing, then b to boot.

Ubuntu should now boot up. You can make the changes permanent to fix your boot forever, by making the same changes in /boot/grub/menu.lst

Option 2: Install With Ubuntu 8.04.1 Desktop CD (GUI)

A second installation option is to use an Ubuntu installation CD (or USB Pen Drive).

Note: With the release of Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04.1, it appears that earlier problems installing with the Ubuntu GUI installer have been resolved. If, however, you would prefer to install Ubuntu using a text interface installer, use the “Install with Alternate Desktop CD” instructions in the next section below.

1. Download Hardy Heron 8.04.1 (PC (Intelx86) desktop CD) from here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.1/ (Tested and confirmed to work by Malarcy in this forum thread).
2. Burn the “ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386.iso” image to a CD.
3. Optional: You can install Ubuntu on the Wind/Advent 4211 using a USB Pen Drive. To create a bootable live USB Pen Drive, use UNetbootin - The Universal Netbbot Installer OR follow the instructions for creating a Persistent Ubuntu 8.04 USB Pen Drive at PenDriveLinux.com.
4. Boot system with F11 pressed and the install media (External USB CD-ROM or USB Pen Drive) connected. When prompted, select the drive containing your Ubuntu 8.04.1 .iso image.
5. Click on the “Install” icon on the Live Desktop.
6. Optional - Manually Partition Hard Drive: While allowing the Ubuntu Installer to automatically partition your hard drive during installation is acceptable, it can be beneficial to manually edit your partition table. Before getting started, it is recommended that you first review each of the 9 steps below. For additional information about partitioning your hard drive, you may also want to reference this guide.
1. During installation, choose “Manually edit partition table.”
2. Select the partition you want to resize and press Enter.
3. Select “Size” and press Enter.
4. Select “Yes” and press Enter.
5. Type a new size in Gigabytes for your partition. On the Wind/Advent 4211, it’s recommended you free up AT LEAST 15 GB of free space for your Ubuntu install (see number 8 below for more info/suggestions on partition sizing). Press Enter when happy with your changes. It may take some time to apply the changes.
6. Create a “swap” partition. It should be 1-2 times the amount of RAM you have (1000-2000MB). Swap helps with memory management and multi-tasking–you can read more about swap partitions (also called “Paging”) here.
7. Create a root “/” partition (Ext3) for your Ubuntu installation (5-10GB). This will be where the Ubuntu OS and applications live.
8. Create a “/home” partition (Ext3) for your user files (this should be at least 5-10GB though you could opt to make it bigger–keep reading for more info). Creating a “/home” partition will allow you to reinstall Ubuntu and/or do a clean install (instead of an upgrade) when a new version of Ubuntu comes along. One option when sizing this partition is to make “/home” serve as a shared partition between Ubuntu and Windows. To later read and write to this Ext3 partition from Windows, simply install Ext2 Installable File System for Windows.
9. Select “Finish partitioning and write changes to disk”.

Note: If you opted to install Ubuntu with a USB Pen Drive, afterwards you will need to edit /etc/fstab and make sure that /media/cdrom0 points to the CD drive and not to the USB stick.

Open /etc/fstab for editing:

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

Find a line like this (usually the last line): /dev/sdXX /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

and comment it out by placing a # at the beginning (or simply delete it).