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**Cool Surfer** · April 25th, 2008

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could not access the cd, pl make sure another application is not using it and try again

i GET THE ABOVE ERROR AGAIN N AGAIN.

hOW TO FIX IT PL

**Pumalite** · April 25th, 2008

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sw...tu/FromWindows
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...on/FromWindows

**rigo50** · April 25th, 2008

The CD approach

This approach is documented in the Installation notes, however it seemed appropiate to put a reference to it here.

Note: This method only works with the Alternate Ubuntu install CD.

If you can't boot from the CD-ROM directly it is possible to use the above approach to boot the kernel from the HDD and have the installation follow through on the CD-ROM.

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Create a directory called ubuntu 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).
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Download the ALTERNATE ubuntu-installer CD from [WWW] http://www.ubuntulinux.org/download/ and burn the CD, then copy the contents of the CD to ubuntu.

Note: If you can't/don't want to burn a cd you can also mount the iso with a program like Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120%

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Download Grub For Dos from [WWW] http://sarovar.org/download.php/672/....1pre22.tar.gz

(this worked for me--current grub4dos available via [WWW] http://sarovar.org/projects/grub4dos/

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Extract grldr from the archive to c:\grldr. The rest of the files in the archive are unnecessary. (If your default compression/archive program doesn't like *.gz files, try 7-Zip from [WWW] http://www.7-zip.org.)
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Append c:\grldr="Install Ubuntu" to c:\boot.ini.

To view and edit the Boot.ini file on WindowsXP:
1. Right-click on My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
3. Under System Startup, click Edit.

Note: Eventhough c:\boot.ini is not shown by the explorer, this file exists and can be also opened in the notepad. Just write the path c:\Boot.ini at the open dialog.

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Create a new text file called menu.lst and save it to the first primary partition of your hard drive.
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Open menu.lst in a text editor and paste the following text in the file:

title Install Ubuntu
kernel (hd0,0)/ubuntu/install/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 devfs=mount,dall ramdisk_size=17000
initrd (hd0,0)/ubuntu/install/initrd.gz

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Save menu.lst, reboot with the Ubuntu installer CD in the drive, and select "Install Ubuntu" twice. You now have a CD installation of Ubuntu going.