Ubuntu 7.04

Hello everyone, I just need help on how to run my Ubuntu 7.04 CD in my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

I did that before way back in 2006, and I forgot everything. I just wanna browse/re-explore again its GUI and browse Internet using Ubuntu. Can't find any instructions in Google also.

These are the instructions I found in the CD cover:

• To use Ubuntu as a Live CD, put this CD in the CD drive and turn on or restart your computer.
• To install Ubuntu, run the Live CD and double click on the "Install" icon. The default installation will erase all existing software and data from your computer.

I tried the first instruction but gets me in something like a command window and there's no any GUI.

My system is currently in Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and Athlon 64 X2. Any advise will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Did you have the same computer in 2006?
Lots of things change in six years. 
The first tithing to try is a newer version of Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Daily Build

PC (Intel x86) alternate install CD
    For almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. Choose this if you are at all unsure.

Note that you have to burn it to a DVD, not a CD.

Yah, you're correct. Lots of things change in six years.  I think I know now the problem, my current system is in a 64-bit processor. I'll give it a try. Thanks man!

I'm confused now. I choose 64-bit PC (AMD64) alternate install CD and burned it (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Daily Build) already in DVD. I boot it up but not quite sure if I'm doing the correct steps. Can't find it also in their website.

I found a Wubi installer. This a different way to install Ubuntu. But the problem is I need to re-download again Ubuntu.

My goal is: I want to run this Ubuntu DVD without flushing/erasing my current OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

What's the next step?

First you boot then regular x86 distro  in the 'live' or 'demo' mode.

Yes, you can also install Ubuntu inside windows. For many users this is the best trad-off. Does not require changing the  Windows 7 partition.

Do not use the version intended for the MAC PC. You have a AMD machine. You do NOT have a Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon.

If you still have problems, come back here.

Sorry, I don't understand this:

First you boot then regular x86 distro  in the 'live' or 'demo' mode.

I boot up my Ubuntu DVD again but I'm stuck-up in the partitioning method.

• Guided - Resize SCSI3 (0,0,0), Partition #3 (SDA) and use freed space
• Guided - Use entire disk
• Guided - Use entire disk and set up LVM
• Guided - Use entire disk and set up encrypted LVM
• Manual

If I choose #1, then I don't know what's the next step.
If I choose #2, #3, or #4, all data on the disk will be erased.
I don't know how to do manual.
(Sorry I'm newbie in Linux)

Did you grab the latest version of Ubuntu yet?

How did you partition your harddrive under Windows and is it a SATA drive?

Did you grab the latest version of Ubuntu yet?

Yes. Got it here: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Daily Build

How did you partition your harddrive under Windows and is it a SATA drive?

1 Hard drive partitioned to 3
1st is the System Reserved
2nd is the Local Disc (C:)
3rd is for data (E:)

Okay, if you choose option 1 everything on that partition (E: under Windows) will be erased and repartitioned to suit the needs of Linux.
Your bootloader will also be changed to GRUB. Windows should remain and you'll be able to boot from by choosing it from the list that is shown before the OS loads.

The other options will erase everything. Except for manual, which allows you to partition the disk yourself. Neither are recommended.

If you have no experience with Linux I think you should play it safe and either use a separate hard drive or a different computer if your Windows installation is important to you.

For those new to using GNU plus Linux systems, here are best recommendations:
1 . Use only the "live" OS from the DVD. It works very good.
OR
2.  Use the Linux bistro  inside a Windows folder, no change to partitions. http://ubuntumanual.org/posts/152/how-to-install-ubuntu-inside-windows
OR
3.  Just install on a secondary drive. First disable the primary drive. Then later r BIOS to switch system. Very simple. Works perfectly. Linux does great even on an old 40 GB PATA drive.

edit:
Can not find a guide to 12, here is a 11,10 guide:
http://ubuntumanual.org/guides/435/how-to-install-ubuntu-11-10-oneric-ocelot-an-ubuntu-installation-guide

For those new to using GNU plus Linux systems,

Nobody of importance actually calls it GNU/Linux. And there are very good reasons why.

Yes. Got it here: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Daily Build

That's still a beta. It's still in development. You should get 11.10 or 11.04.

My goal is: I want to run this Ubuntu DVD without flushing/erasing my current OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

The best way to do that would be to run it in a virtual machine. I use VirtualBox.

If you still want to partition your hard drive, that's fine. Go here:

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

Under step 4, click on Show me how.

Nobody of importance actually calls it GNU/Linux. And there are very good reasons why.

Yes, I am nobody of importance. So I can call it GNU + Linux all day long and ignore the reasons for why not.

Yes, I am nobody of importance. So I can call it GNU + Linux all day long and ignore the reasons for why not.

GNU was the ascribed name given by the FSF to their as-of-yet unfinished project to create a "free Unix"; The core components of that described OS at the time were a kernel, a basic text editor, a command shell, and a C compiler. These came in the form of Ed, BASH, and GCC. However, the kernel, known as HURD, has not yet materialized. Or maybe it has. Just not in a functional form.

Even if we account for the many other things the GNU project contributes to most Linux distributions, (and there are a lot); the sum of all those parts is not made up of only the Linux Kernel and those GNU components; there are significant pieces shipped with almost any Linux distro that have nothing to do with the GNU project. Some of them aren't even licensed under the FSFs preferred licenses(the horror). The big one being X11, which isn't from GNU nor is it GPL; the Qt framework isn't GNU and isn't GPL and is included and used quite a lot within Linux. Many of the portions used in most linux distributions in fact use BSD-licensed products, such as the init daemon; Should we now call it GNU/Linux/BSD?

Even the FSF page on the subject pulls statistics and can only come up with the stat that GNU code contributes 15% of the total size of most distributions. Truly, this is nothing but absurd narcissism. 15% of the codebase is a minority. The entire purpose of free software is that the best parts to do a specific task are used, re-used, modified, pass around and compiled into various usable operating system distributions for various purposes; or not. It's software. It's out there if someone wants it- many other packages are included in a distribution like Mint or Fedora, and most of them are essential in delivering the User Experience. To Trivialize all of the other excellent software that goes into a complete Operating System like Fedora Core, Debian, or Ubuntu should be defined by what the GNU project claims is the largest single contributor is nothing but arrogance. The largest contributor is not GNU. It's the community.

Nice rant, BC.
Back to topic. I failed to mention how one does install Ubuntu inside of Windows.  My bad. Sorry.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide
WubiGuide Introduction

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/virtualbox
Installing Ubuntu inside Windows using VirtualBox

Thanks everyone! This is my first post using Linux (Ubuntu 11.10). I'm completely noob! Hahaha!

How did you install it?

I followed the instructions here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download
Downloaded and burned the ISO in CD. Then reboot my computer while CD is inserted.

I was more curious about whether you re-partitioned the drive or if you did the inside-the-windows-folder thing Geek recommended.

Nope, I haven't installed it yet. I just tried the live CD without affecting my current system. There are two options: Try Ubuntu and Install Ubuntu.

Nope, I haven't installed it yet. I just tried the live CD without affecting my current system. There are two options: Try Ubuntu and Install Ubuntu.

Good for you. Try before you buy.
No, wait, you don't buy anything.
Like this:

Try before you Fry!