I think there must be many fans are looking for a method for installing Ubuntu 7.10 from hard disk.I found a method and it works for me ,however I still can not guarantee it will work on every PC.
The method :~

1).Download ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso (This method only works with live cd.)

2).Uncompress casper folder to a fat32 participation (NTFS is not supported) from the buntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso.Please note you must put the casper folder to root folder of the participation.

3).Configure the GRUB4DOS boot:

1. If your OS is one of the M$ Winxp/2000/2003,you need to download the attachement of GRUB4DOS and then uncompress grldr and menu.lst to C participation.
2.Set hidden files and system files to be saw,you then will see there is a boot.ini file in C participation.Please set the permission of boot.ini to be writable and then open it and add following string to the file:


c:\grldr = GRUB4DOS

You can modify the time out number to what you want ,eg:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”DeepinXP-V4″ /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
c:\grldr = GRUB4DOS

Save the modification.

3. Restart computer and just select GRUB4DOS.
—ok—–

4)If your OS is Win Vista,you may try this method:

1.You will need to use Bcdedit
and follow these steps:
md a:\boot //create a:\boot
bcdedit /createstore a:\boot\bcd //create a bad file
bcdedit /store a:\boot\bcd -create {bootmgr} /d “Boot Manager” //create a boot option which loading by bootmgr.
bcdedit /store a:\boot\bcd /create /d “bootsect” /application bootsector //load bootsector via bootmgr.

you wil get a return ID after executing above commands, then execute following commands:

bcdedit /store a:\boot\bcd /set {ID} device boot //set booting device
bcdedit /store a:\boot\bcd /set {ID} path \grldr.mbr //set booting Path launched Sector and filename
bcdedit /store a:\boot\bcd /displayorder {ID} /addlast //add above configured items

Of course ,you still need to copy the grldr.mbr file to C:\

Done.