The full explanation of mounting drives is a little complex, so just run this command: Now we’ll need to create a directory that we’ll mount the drive on. The simplest way to do it is with this command: Once you’ve done that, then you’ll want to type in a bunch of commands, which I’ll walk you through.įirst, we’ll want to switch to “administrator” mode, which in Linux terms is known as “root”. What you’ll want to do is open a new Terminal from Applications \ Accessories \ Terminal on the top menu. You’ll see a “Choice 2” in the message, which includes the commands to force Ubuntu to use that drive even though there’s something wrong. You can try and double-click on the drive to open it… and if it immediately works then lucky you! Most of the time it’s going to give you an error saying “Unable to mount the volume”, because Windows didn’t shut it down cleanly.Ĭlick the Details link so that you can see the full message, and leave this window open. This should show you all the drives available in the system, including your Windows drive. Once the system has started up, the first thing you want to do is choose Places \ Computer from the menu. You should see an option to “Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer”. Now that you have the boot cd (which you should keep in a safe place, as it’s very useful), just stick it in the drive of the computer and boot from it.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |