Installation Notes

Tips to solve common problems during and after Linux installation.

For multiple partitions:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installing

“Guided Partitioning” is a tool that needs to take advantage because it does some of the job for you. My favorite method is to free a partition in Windows (shrink) and later during Ubuntu installation use “Guided – use the largest continuous free space“

How to access your Windows hard drive from Ubuntu
http://technical-itch.co.uk/2006/11/06/how-to-access-your-windows-hard-drive-from-ubuntu/

How to recover a Grub if:

1. Hard Drive with Grub installed was removed.
Use the Ubuntu cd
Choose “recover broken system” option
Enter the correct info such as root location, username, etc.
In the menu, choose “reinstall grub”, and after “reboot”

2. Ubuntu overwrote the previous Grub, and now you can’t see you previous Linux installation
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/112474-adding-red-hat-my-menu-lst-file.html

More info about GRUB
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Installing-GRUB-natively.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

Recovering Ubuntu after installing Windows
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows

Mounting a hard drive in Ubuntu
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=687376

Mounting a hard drive in RedHat
http://www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsmount

Boot from USB
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromUSB

Fix to initrams
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=767154&highlight=busy+box&page=3