How to install Ubuntu .ISO on a Win98

Hello

Which program shall I use to mount the Ubuntu 6.1 on Windows 98....

It keeps telling me "Illegal Operation"

Any help?

Regards

 

Are you looking for recommended win98 software or is this a basic I don't know what to do with an .iso? I've included links that cover the basics, Ubuntu's howto assumes that you don't have any suitable CD Burning software on your PC, where as the Debian links provide info if you happen to have certain CD Burning software already:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#what-is

http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#record-windows

 

Thanks a lot Timber wolf for the post...

Yes actually I was refering for recommended win98 software to install Ubuntu .ISO.

I have downloaded PowerISO but it is limited for only files up to 300MB. Ubuntu is approx. 600MB.

Any other adequate program for Win 98?

Thanks

 

ImgBurn should run on win98 (I'm not sure).

 

Ok when pressing start.exe to begin installation, the C: window apprears and stops there....

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

 

start.exe!!?? I think you mean setup.exe? do you have space in HDD?

 

yes of course. I have space on HDD.
Do I have to extract all the files on the hard disk?
THere's no setup.exe in the parent file.

Any further help...

 

Do you know that you have to burn the .iso image first, and then boot you computer with that CD?

 

yes I downloaded the iso, burnt it on a cd and extracted the files with PowerIso...
The cd has .ISO
I have to mount it no?

 

No you have reboot, make your PC boot from CD-ROM first (press DEL to enter setup).

 

just follow the instructions here (you can skip setp1)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

 

still windows is booting...
:/
sorry but this is the first time...

 

yes I did all that ... I have the .ISO on the CD...

Now I have to install it on my system....Do I have to mount?

 

you shouldn't see the .iso file in the CD, the .iso is an image of a CD, after burning the right way, you should see files and folders in the CD.

 

Now, you have to enter the BIOS and change the first boot device so that your PC boots from the CD, to access the BIOS, hold down the DEL (or F2) key as soon as your computer begins to start up.

 

sorry macker...I did the boot sequence to start with the cd but still windows is still booting...

I don t know where I'm failing...

 

actually, I think you don't have a bootable CD, do you see any files/folders in the CD?

 

yes sure....
can the drive boot from an ISO cd...?

yes I can see the .ISO Ubuntu file

 

well, you should see files and folders, you didn't burn the image the right way, follow the link I provided earlier

 

hmmmm... I just downlaoded "ubuntu-6.10-desktop-i386.iso" and burnt it on a cd....

 

look man, just follow the instructions:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

 

There are two ways of burning an iso image file onto CD or DVD.

One is to burn the file as an iso image therefore whole content of the CD/DVD is the image (meaning you can see files and folders on the CD/DVD just as they are in the original iso image file, macker has emphasized this a few times), which is almost always the right way.

The other is to burn the file as a file therefore whole content of the CD/DVD is a file (meaning you effectively copy the file onto the CD/DVD), which is almost the wrong way. If you explore the CD/DVD and see one and only one file ubuntu-6.10-desktop-i386.iso, then you have not burned the image in good way!

If you burn it correctly, you should see files and folders like autorun.inf, bin, casper, disctree, .disk, dists, install, isolinux, md5sum.txt, pics, pool, preseed, programs, README.diskdefines, start.bmp, start.exe, start.ini, ubuntu, ubuntu.ico etc.

Boot from CD-ROM with this CD and hopefully you get Ubuntu on your machine!

 

...why did you drag up a thread that was over a month old?

 

Ah, my bad.
Sorry, yes, win98 is supposed to be buried, well under Ubuntu or something else...