How To Install Ubuntu 11.04 On Windows 7 Dual Boot Linux
How To Install Ubuntu 11.04 On Windows 7 Dual Boot Windows Xp

I ‘ve been using Ubuntu on my computer, from the last 2.4 years (Although I started with Windows Vista, and now I am using Windows 7 in triple boot mode, along with Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) and 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) ), and I don’t Windows in general (exceptional case: like playing games).
The same steps may be used to dual-boot both between both systems on a computer with two hard drives. In attempting to dual-boot between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04, you will either install Windows anew, then install Ubuntu 11.04 alongside it, or install Ubuntu 11.04 alongside an existing installation of Windows.

One of the top concerns was uncertainty over how to safely install Ubuntu without. Dual-booting Windows/Ubuntu with. If you got the latest version of Ubuntu, it should be Ubuntu 11.04. I'm saying that NORMALLY if you dual-boot and windows gets fucked up (by something ELSE) then the linux install can still work. With Wubi they're both on the same partition, so if windows dies linux might die too (depending on what happened). Once all of that was done, I shutdown the machine and put in an Ubuntu 11.04 install CD. It booted and I setup 2 more partitions using the rest of the space: a 512MB /boot partition and the rest of it as / for Ubuntu. I told GRUB2 to install to /dev/sda, so that it would overwrite the TrueCrypt loader and run instead.

2Installation

Out-of-the-box Stats

Component	Status
Optimus	Unsupported - See the Bumblebee project
Intel Graphics (Integrated)	Works out-of-box
Nvidia Graphics (Discrete)	Requires drivers, updated kernel.
ultranav scrolling	Requires tweaks - See below
Fingerprint Reader	Requires tweaks -See below
ACPI - Suspend to Disk (Hibernate)	Untested
Webcam	Works out-of-box
Harddrive Active Protection	Untested
VGA out	Untested
DisplayPort out	Untested
eSata	Untested
Firewire	Untested
Modem	Untested
Wireless - Thinkpad	Untested
Wireless - Intel Advanced N	Untested
Wireless - Intel Ultimate N	Works out-of-box
Audio in	Works out-of-box
Audio out	Works out-of-box
Wired LAN	Works out-of-box
Thinkvantage Button	Keypress recognized, but no corresponding action
Wireless killswitch	Works out-of-box
Trackpoint	Works out-of-box
Trackpad	Works out-of-box
Trackpad scrolling (side or two-finger)	Works out-of-box
Sound card	Works out-of-box
Volume up/down/mute buttons	Works out-of-box
Microphone mute button	Keypress recognized, but no corresponding action
Microphone	Requires tweaks - see below.
Optical drive	Works out-of-box
USB 2 ports	Untested
USB 3 ports	Untested
Expresscard	Untested
ACPI - Lid Open/Close	Works out-of-box
ACPI - Suspend to RAM	Works out-of-box
SD/MMC Memory card reader	Untested
FN-F2 (Lock)	Works out-of-box
FN-F3 (Battery)	Works out-of-box
FN-F4 (Sleep)	Works out-of-box
FN-F5 (Wireless Power Cycle)	Works out-of-box
FN-F6 (Conferencing)	Untested
FN-F7 (Display)	Untested
FN-F8 (Mouse)	Untested
FN-F12 (Hibernate)	Untested
FN-Home/End (Brightness)	Works out-of-box
FN-PgUp (Thinklight)	Works out-of-box
FN-PrtSc (SysRq)	Untested
FN-ScrLk (Numlock)	Untested
FN-Pause (Break)	Untested
FN-Space (Zoom)	Untested
FN-Up (Stop)	Untested
FN-Down (Play-pause)	Untested
FN-Left (Previous)	Untested
FN-Right (Next)	Untested

How To Install Ubuntu 11.04 On Windows 7 Dual Boot Linux

Installation

Normal CD installation works fine. However, if Optimus is enabled, it may require a hard reboot upon completion.

Kernel

How To Install Ubuntu 11.04 On Windows 7 Dual Boot Windows Xp

Kernel 2.6.38-8 is the shipping kernel with Ubuntu 11.04. It is buggy. For example, a common issue is to see kworker constantly hit 20% cpu when running top.
Upgrade to a newer kernel by going to [1] and downloading the headers, image, and _all files for your type of machine. Install them (you can just double-click in the UI if you don't know the commands). Reboot.

Optimus

BIOS
- The OS Detect option does not work. If enabled, it will present Optimus to Ubuntu.
- If graphics are set to Optimus, Ubuntu will default to using Intel graphics.
- If graphics are set to Discrete, Ubuntu will default to using Nvidia. If dual-booting windows, this will cause problems with the default lenovo system image - possible (untested) fix is to manually reinstall nvidia drivers in windows.
- If graphics are set to Integrated, Ubuntu will default to using Intel graphics.
The current kernel provided by Ubuntu conflicts with the Nvidia driver. Until Ubuntu upgrades to a newer kernel, you must manually install one.

Ultranav (Middle Mouse Button) Scrolling

run the command 'sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-thinkpad.conf'
paste this into the file

Restart X (logout and back in)

If you want to disable horizontal scrolling, remove the line

The above also disables middle button pasting and makes the middle button act the same as the left button. If you wish to enable it, remove the line

How To Install Ubuntu 11.04 On Windows 7 Dual Boot

Harddrive Active Protection

Fingerprint Reader

Microphone Mute Button

Microphone Recording Volume

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