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Why can't I install Ubuntu from Live USB?

I have been using Ubuntu and other distro's for years, but I have never had such difficulty trying to install it for a friend. I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 from Live USB to an HP Mini ...
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Cannot boot to USB after I installed plugins and such

So I blew one of my HDs and decided to set up a Ubuntu 12.04 standalone system on my USB HD. Worked fine, but then I decided to create a startup CD that would incorporate my basic setup needs, so that ...
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how do I upgrade from 12.04 to 13.04 using USB [duplicate]

I can boot from the Live CD for 13.04 off a USB stick, but the option to upgrade my system is greyed out -- is it not possible to upgrade from the Live CD desktop edition? Should I upgrade to 12.10 ...
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trying to downgrade from 13.04 to 12.04

when I attempt to boot from my USB stick, it try's to begin the install process, but throws an "uncompression error - system halted" could this have anything to do with having encrypted my entire ...
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Downgrade from 13.04 to 12.04 by live usb not working

I've been having issues with 13.04 so I decided to do a backup and reinstall 12.04. I'm trying to do this from USB but for some reason it's not working. I've got refit on my Mac and I boot from the ...
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Kernel Update on Live USB Harddrive 12.04LTS

I need to create a portable working envrionment with ubuntu 12.04, so I install a live disk onto a 20GB FAT32 partition on my usb harddrive. I also created a ext4 partition on my usb disk labeling ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't boot from usb [duplicate]

I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 desktop edition. Used Universal USB installer to create a bootable USB. Restarted with the USB plugged in. Pressed F10 and selected Sony (my pendrive model). System restarted ...
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Can't boot live USB on Windows 7 system

I made a USB bootable using a program recommended by the Ubuntu website, but when ever I go to the boot menu on restart there is no option to boot from USB. I've restarted 8 times and still don't see ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS dashboard flashes from USB Live install. How do I remedy this?

When using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from a usb Live install, when I click on the Dashboard icon on the left, it only flashes and does not display applications. How do I remedy this problem. I am using a ...
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Making a Bootable USB flash drive which will boot in EFI

I have recently bought a laptop with windows 8 (EFI) installed. I thought I'd be able to handle installing 12.04.2 relatively easily - how wrong could I be? Using a live-usb I made using startup ...
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Why LiveUSB wouldn't boot on Asus eeepc 1015cx netbook?

I'm creating a USB disk for Ubuntu by iso2usb and I can't boot. I choose USB disk from beginning and it says eject disk or another media and press any key to restart. No setup page, no nothing. How ...
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Computer freezes when trying to install Ubuntu

I'm attempting to install Ubuntu 12.04 on a Gateway GT5028 using a flash drive. I've used this flash drive before to successfully install ubuntu on two computers now. However, in this particular case, ...
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Error during installation using usb

I want to install Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (beside Windows 8) on my VAIO laptop using USB stick. After booting from the USB, this message is shown: Btrfs loaded xor: automatically using best checksumming ...
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Having trouble with corrupted disk images when installing 12.04.2 via flash drive

I'm trying to install ubuntu 12.04.2 Desktop 64 bit on my laptop and I'm having problems with corrupted disk images. i can boot to the flash drive but it hangs during the boot and won't continue. I've ...
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Update Manager, Live USB 12.04 LTS (with persistence), Firefox

I am new to Ubuntu. I have a Live USB running 12.04 LTS. I also still have Firefox version 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 installed and want to upgrade to version 19. I have searched a bit and my ...
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Ubuntu server 12.04 LTS USB install

I'm trying to install Ubuntu Server 12.04 from USB and I've been struggling with it for 3 days. I don't remember I had this hard time even when building my Hackintoshes. So, now I'm at the point ...
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“Installation Type” options

I am trying to install ubuntu onto my external drive via liveUSB.I created three parts called root,swap and home by using GParted.Now it time to install Ubuntu .I came to "Installation Type" window.I ...
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How to install GRUB on the hard-disk? [duplicate]

I'm kinda new to Linux. I wanted to install Ubuntu, so I installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 7, (I partitioned my HDD and left it unallocated) Ubuntu did not ask where to install and stuff, it just ...
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how to uninstall Ubuntu 12.10 to install Ubuntu 12.04 with only Ubuntu 12.10 with usb pen drive (Startup Disk Creator doesn't finish the creation)

due to my ignorance and the need to use a programm I can't install on Ubuntu 12.10, I decided to uninstall it to install Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit, because I have a 64 bit laptop). I have only Ubuntu 12.10 ...
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Failed to open and save monitior configuration

I try to use Ubuntu 12.04. from USB with a 4 GB peristent part. First i changed some monitor settings (have two). After rebooting I got the error message: Could not apply the stored configuration for ...
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Broken install of Ubuntu Studio 12.04LTS

I am a budding Linux enthusiast who seems to keep running into problems, but am determined to fix this one. Hopefully someone here can help:) I was having some problems with an install of Ubuntu ...
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casper-rw partition not mounted by ubuntu-12.04 live USB

I created a Live Ubuntu-12.04 (64 bits) USB pendrive with USB disk creator from Ubuntu-11.10 (Linux Mint 12). The USB stick is 8GB large. I followed method 0: thus deleted casper-rw file, emptied the ...
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How do I enable hibernation on Ubuntu 12.04 Live USB?

It's my first time doing questions here since seeing tons of solutions to my problems for a long time! For some reasons, I'm running my Ubuntu 12.04 in Live USB mode, and I'm constantly trying to do ...
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How can I free space on a Ubuntu Usb drive?

I'm very new in the Ubuntu family (I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 LTS , just 2 days ago, I must learn Linux for college). Second of all, English is not my native language, but I'll try to be as clear as ...
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What is the root password for a live usb stick? [duplicate]

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ su Password: su: Authentication failure I installed Ubuntu to a USB stick. I didn't set any password any time - why can't I use su?
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Live Ubuntu 12.04 USB Disc not detected in UEFI

This was not my first time attempting dual boot, but it is for doing this with Windows 8. The troublesome UEFI does not detect my USB stick although I changed the boot order and disabled secure boot. ...
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Boot into Ubuntu from Android Tablet with Live USB Drive

I have an Android ASUS Slider tablet. I have successfully installed UBUNTU to an 8GB thumb drive. I would like to boot into the thumb drive the same way I do with a windows system except I would like ...
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Laptop shuts down when press install now on installation of Ubuntu

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop along with Windows (32-bit, off a bootable USB). When I click "Continue" to install alongside of 7, the laptop shuts down and then boots back into ...
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Failed to Download with ProzGUI on 12.04 LiveUSB

I use 12.04 LiveUSB and just recently installed ProzGUI & FlashGot. After I re-started the LiveUSB and tried to download some file, the application can't do the download. The ProzGUI "window" just ...
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Cannot detect Windows 8 from Ubuntu 12.04 Live USB installation on Toshiba qosmio x870

From other questions raised, I read that if Ubuntu Live USB boots in UEFI mode then it should detect Windows 8 during installation. During installation, I only see two options, Erase disk and install ...
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No WIFI or LAN on Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10 Live CD/USB using Toshiba qosmio x870

I recently had issues with secure boot and couldn't boot the Live CD/USB but after disabling secure boot, I was able to 'TRY UBUNTU'. My currently problem is that I can't access WIFI or LAN from ...
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Can I partition with my live usb key?

I have a live usb created from linuxliveusb. I have win 7 installed and have 60 gb of unallocated space. I would like to install my ubuntu (12.04) in a primary partition (since someone instructed me ...
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I wanna partition more space for Ubuntu! (dual booting w/ Windows 7)

So, I bought this computer recently, and immediately dual-booted Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with it. The other day, unfortunately, I ran out of the mere 20 or so gigs alloted to me (out of about 700). I'd like ...
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Stop ubuntu from reading a drive automatically

I'm running my laptop using Ubuntu 12.04 on a USB HDD as the laptop's HDD has failed. Whenever I boot or do a grub update etc, it takes forever because it scans for the failed drive about 20 times and ...
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Create a bootable image on a Mac OSX to install Ubuntu on a Windows machine

Title says it all - as you can imagine, searching for the answer I have here is utterly impossible to find anything online...I tried this: ...
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Remove “Install Ubuntu” menu on persistent USB stick?

I used the Lili software to create a persistent live Ubuntu install on my usb stick, and everything appears to be running fine. However, whenever I boot the PC, Ubuntu always prompts me with the ...
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From terminal , how make a LIVE USB for all distro's ,not only for Ubuntu? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Create USB installer from the command line? With curiosity I have on terminal, I came to this step. How can I create Live USB from terminal? Is there any tool i got to ...
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Ubuntu not shutting down ( going to black screen ) 12.04

I am currently using a USB persistent install of Ubuntu. Its a simple 4GB drive with a 2.8GB partition (casper-rw storage partition). I setup an administrator account and set it to login ...
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Instruct Ubuntu to boot TORAM from flash drive using unetbootin

I have used UNetbootin to create an installable / live bootable flash drive from Ubuntu 12.04. However that didn't preserve the normal Ubuntu boot menu which allows to me to enter advanced options. It ...
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Can't get 12.04 64bit stick to boot

I'm an experienced Linux user, but now I've got a problem. For usual I install my OS via USB sticks, like that I've handled it with 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04 (32 bit), and it always worked ...
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Can't install alternate CD from USB?

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 with full hard disk encryption. After downloading and installing the Ubuntu live CD, I learned that truecrypt doesn't support full disk encryption on Linux. I also ...
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Booting the liveCD/USB in EFI mode fails on Samsung Tablet XE700T1A

My tablet is Samsung Series 7 Slate (XE700T1A-A02FR (French Language)). It operates an Intel Sandy Bridge architecture. The main issue about this tablet is that it ships with an installed Windows 7 in ...
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Copying files from hard disk to LiveUSB

I am very new to Ubuntu. I am using the latest desktop version of Ubuntu 12.04. I have created a live USB and booted in to my desktop.I want to copy files from my desktop hard disk to the live USB so ...
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How to try Ubuntu on a hp pavilion g7-1246ef computer that has no Linux suport for video card?

I want to try Ubuntu on a hp pavilion g7-1246ef computer. I got it as a 64 bit system with a win7 64 bit but now it runs a 32 bit win 7 (due to canon printer driver issue). The Windows device manager ...
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Live-Ubuntu 12.04 ran fine, now stopped booting!

I've seen similar problems to this several times in the forum, but mine is a bit different, so the other posts I saw were no help to me. When I boot Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit from live-SD-card (3GB ...
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GRUB- error: no such partition grub rescue and Error: No default or UI configuration directive found boot > on pendrive

I have dell inspiron, previously I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Windows 7 and made it dual boot. But since I want to upgrade my Ubuntu version and change the partition spacing, I deleted 11.10 ...
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Not able to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my Netbook

Although I tried installing Ubuntu from USB and CD, I have no success. My new Acer Aspire One came with no major OS, just Linux's Linpus. I am able to select my external CD/DVD and USB drives in BIOS ...
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Memtest with Ubuntu 12.04 live CD

I've probably missed something but I can't find the memtest option when booting from my Ubuntu 12.04 Live USB. Could someone please tell me how to get to it?
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LiveCD/USB boot issues with Ubuntu 12.04 on blank drive

Not sure how common this issue is, or even how badly I may be missing something simple, but I am a first time user having some serious problems. Some background: old HDD running Windows 7 developed ...
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Pendrive USB Ubuntu installation - black screen on boot [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it? I see many posts on this, but no solution. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my 16GB USB flash drive ...

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