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The details are that I used Universal USB Installer version 1.9.1.8 from http://www.pendrivelinux.com to install Ubuntu 12.10 onto a 4GB pendrive as per instruction on Ubuntu's website. However, after I boot with drive I am met with the following message:

The system is running in low-graphics mode. Your screen, graphics card, and input device settings could not be detected correctly. You will need to configure these yourself.

Pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't allow me access and the options on the dialog box either send me through a loop returning me to the previous dialog or just leave me dead in the water. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del does however restart the computer if I am dead in the water, so Ubuntu isn't COMPLETELY unresponsive...

I feel I should mention that I'm trying to run this distribution on my netbook. I can't install it directly to the harddrive since I need my current Windows distribution for certain programs that don't quite agree with WINE yet.

Still no solutions... Well, I still have access to the drive via windows by just exploring the penddrive. This seems to be a common occurrence, so there has to be a fix out there. If anyone has a clue what modifications need to be made, please do reply!! Just because I can't launch the console after I boot with the pendrive doesn't mean I'm a total lost cause.

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I can't install it directly to the harddrive since I need my current Windows distribution for certain programs that don't quite agree with WINE yet. You will need a cd or usb with Ubuntu to do this anyways, but you can safely install Ubuntu alongside with Windows and get a dual boot system. You may however have to shrink some of your existing partitions before that. This can as well be done from Ubuntu live media with gparted (once you get that media to work). – Pavel A Dec 14 '12 at 11:34
@Pavel_A Thanx, I was under the impression that unless the drive was already partitioned, I would need to do a clean install of both operating to have them on a single harddrive. Wish you were here a couple years ago when I tried searching for a way to install ubuntu on an old PC without losing the original OS. After the results from google became rather disappointing, I gave up on the idea. – Nil Dec 14 '12 at 13:34

closed as too localized by Luis Alvarado♦ Mar 18 at 15:29

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