Hi Ammar bhai, I'm sorry it didn't work out.
Hardy comes with ntfs-3g by default and as my friend tells me, read/write is no longer a problem. Try it and let us know your experience. :) Thanks, Russell On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Ammar Karim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > russell bhai, > > Sorry I didn't reply earlier. My downloaded ISO was corrupt and I > didnt get around to installing hardy for a while. But I just tried > this method with a new ISO download. > > Unfortunately this method did not work like a cd install and after > showing a few things not found, booted into an "initramfs" she'll. I > don't know what next to do through here, so I've rebooted to my feisty > and will burn a cd now. > > I really need ntfs writing now, as the windows drives have got a nasty > rootkit virus file that avast detects, kaspersky blocks, but neither > can remove. > > Here comes Hardy on my pc. > > > On 4/26/08, Russell John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Ammar bhai, nice to hear from you. Hope you're doing well. >> >> You can try the same way you did it on Mandriva. I'm describing the >> process below, though I don't guarantee it to work. Try it and let me >> know if it worked or not. >> >> 1) Create a new directory where the ISO file will be mounted: >> sudo mkdir /mnt/hardy >> >> 2) Let's mount it: >> mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso /mnt/hardy >> >> 3) Now copy the kernel and initrd images from /mnt/hardy and copy them >> to /boot (file names: vmlinuz and initrd.gz) >> >> 4) Now edit the bootloader. I'm assuming that you're using GRUB, but >> if you use LILO, then let me know. >> sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst >> or >> sudo vi /boot/grub/menu.lst >> >> Add the following: >> >> title Hardy Install >> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz >> initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.gz >> >> 5) Reboot your system and choose Hardy Install from the boot menu. >> >> Let me know if it works or not. >> >> - Russell >> >> On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Ammar Karim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Well I'm reading up on the email exchanges. I have downloaded Hardy >>> desktop >>> CD (not alternate) but have not burnt it on a CD and installed it yet. >>> >>> I've had a problem upgrading to feisty to gutsy using the alternate Gutsy >>> cd (it just doesn't work). So I will be backing up my /home/user files and >>> then doing a format and installing Hardy. >>> >>> Can anyone suggest if I can do an install direct from the iso or >>> extracted >>> iso files on a hard drive partition (I used to do this for Mandriva) >>> without >>> having to burn a CD? Its ok if I have to make a boot floppy disk... but >>> please share if this is possible. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> >>> Ammar >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell John >>> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 8:31 PM >>> To: Ubuntu Bangladesh >>> Subject: [ Ubuntu-BD ] Hello everyone? >>> >>> >>> >>> There are over 200 people on this list and only few of us are doing >>> >>> all the talks... where are the others? Please share your thoughts and >>> >>> experience about Ubuntu or it's derivatives. Help us to make the >>> >>> mailing list more active. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Russell >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to >>> >>> take effect. Reboot now? [ OK ] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ubuntu-bd mailing list >>> >>> ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com >>> >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >>> -- >>> ubuntu-bd mailing list >>> ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to >> take effect. Reboot now? [ OK ] >> >> -- >> ubuntu-bd mailing list >> ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >> > > -- > ubuntu-bd mailing list > ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd > -- Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? [ OK ] -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd