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| Thread ID: 144368 | 2017-09-24 03:37:00 | USB Boot Problem - Natch! | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 1439704 | 2017-09-24 18:12:00 | Linux mint guides offers multiple solutions for Windows, Mac and Linux. As for Unetbootin, it doesn't matter what computer you use, its to create the bootable USB stick that is needed and should not alter the OS you are on. If your Ubuntu wasn't out of life you could sudo apt-get install unetbootin and use that or you could do apt-cache search usb and look for a usb writer tool, I know Mint has one and it should work with ubuntu too. Failing that the way I would do it would be through terminal on Ubuntu. If the iso is on that usb stick then copy it to your desktop. Insert the USB then do: dmesg | tail You would be looking for the device of your usb in the format of /dev/sdx where x is a letter. Next I would do: dd if=~/Desktop/*.iso of=/dev/sdx oflag=direct bs=1048576 Remember to change x, you should see records in and out and other things but the USB is now ready to boot from. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1439705 | 2017-09-24 19:45:00 | I got this on apt-cache sezarch usb-------------> bassman@bassman-desktop:~$ apt-cache search usb python-usb - USB interface for Python hpijs - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS driver (hpijs) libusb-0.1-4 - userspace USB programming library libmtp8 - Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) library usb-creator - Ubuntu USB desktop image creator console-setup - Set up the font and the keyboard on the console gnome-pilot - A GNOME applet for management of your Palm PDA usbutils - Linux USB utilities xserver-xorg-video-sisusb - X.Org X server -- SiS USB display driver brltty - Access software for a blind person using a braille display libgphoto2-2 - gphoto2 digital camera library hplip - HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP) libgphoto2-port0 - gphoto2 digital camera port library bassman@bassman-desktop:~$ |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1439706 | 2017-09-24 19:58:00 | Joe, you can make the USB drive on any system and it will work on others, I do this all the time. The site I linked for you takes you step by step through the process. Also you should select USB HDD (most likely to work, if not then USB Floppy has worked on some machines) at boot in your BIOS/BOOT MENU. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1439707 | 2017-09-24 21:19:00 | Some older motherboards did have issues with boot from USB . Im guessing your Athlon x2 is 10+ years old , back in XP days boot from USB was rarely needed/used. Perhaps burn a DVD instead . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1439708 | 2017-09-24 22:35:00 | Some older motherboards did have issues with boot from USB . Im guessing your Athlon x2 is 10+ years old , back in XP days boot from USB was rarely needed/used. Perhaps burn a DVD instead . The whole point of this exercise was to prevent the production of coasters. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1439709 | 2017-09-25 00:24:00 | sudo apt-get install usb-creator That's a gui tool that you point to your iso file and to your usb device |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1439710 | 2017-09-25 02:38:00 | Some older motherboards did have issues with boot from USB . Im guessing your Athlon x2 is 10+ years old , back in XP days boot from USB was rarely needed/used. Perhaps burn a DVD instead . This puter has the ability to boot from multiple USB versions or CD/DVD or even LAN |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1439711 | 2017-09-25 07:44:00 | I burned it all down and at the moment I am installing Ubuntu Studio . It looks really good right now! This may be exactly what I want . For the record, tonight I installed, Zorin, PC Linux, Kubuntu, Puppy (which I'm gonna keep for the utter simplicity of it!) and Mepis . Zorin was very Windoze-like . . . . . and PC Linux was interesting, but I decided to go for Studio . I ordered it to get all UPDATES and it went online almost instantly . It is still downloading UPDATES and apps that I also wanted . This may become my primary computer from now on and IF it works nicely with my sound card, that will obviously be the best reason why it'll be my primary 'puter . Zorin had trouble getting hooked up, and it totally couldn't get online without a lot of massaging by me . . . . so that dropped it in niceness to me . Studio is on a nice 500G hdd, so it should have lots of room to play . I'll add another 500G when this is up-n-running . Thanks youse guys for all the help in the past few days . . . . it's been educating as well as frustrating at the same time . I MAY want to put Zorin on here too, as I really like the way it looked . We'll see . Maybe! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1439712 | 2017-09-25 07:55:00 | Yippee, glad you've had success. | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
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