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How to burn / create a bootable USB or CD for UEFI-secure-boot
I used Lili (LinuxLive USB Creator) to create a bootable USB Stick based on the 64bit Lubuntu 13.04 iso with Windows 8 Uefi secure boot. The stick starts only in legacy boot, but not in Uefi mode.
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Install 13.04 as base OS without ANY windows. Install on RAW disk [duplicate]
To whom it may concern,
I am having an issue finding a live install iso for Ubuntu that I can boot my daughters laptop with to install Ubuntu again. Her last installation of Ubuntu 12.04 (upgraded ...
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Can't boot to Ubuntu 13.04 after installing
I know that there is lots of people with the exact same problem, but I can't get an answer from another place (I've really been trying for hours), so here is my problem.
I got Ubuntu 13.04 on my CD ...
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Kubuntu 13.04 Live Disk/USB not moving beyond GRUB…?
I recently bought an Asus K55N Notebook, and after replacing the HDD with a SSD, installed an OEM Win7 Home Premium copy. I want to install Kubuntu 13.04 in dual boot, but my issue is this;
Upon ...
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Installation Ubuntu on HP Z1 Workstation (WM431EA)
How to install Ubuntu on HP Z1 Workstation?
I need instruction what I need change in BIOS for installing Ubuntu on HP Z1.
I tryed all combination with BIOS and Ubuntu (12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04, ...
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access to data via LiveCD
I have a problem with my Ubuntu 12.04. After one of the updates I could not boot successfully. There was apparently some graphical problem. A message popped up with four options to choose but I could ...
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Running ubuntu from LIveCD with no harddisk [duplicate]
can i boot Linus from LiveCD into a copmuter system where computer system doesnot have a physical hard drive.
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Ubuntu no longer boots after using GParted via live CD
I've installed Ubuntu 12 correctly; but when I tried use the live CD (for GParted); after restarting Ubuntu will not boot without the CD. It shows the following message :
unable to find a medium ...
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install/boot issue [duplicate]
first off let me say any help is greatly appreciated. alright, every time i try to run ubuntu(or a derivative of ubuntu) i freeze at the black screen before it even loads. this is the same for wubi ...
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ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed
I had Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS running fine on a dev box. The HD was removed from it and the partitions deleted (not my doing). I have reinstalled the HD in the original machine but I am unable to ...
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efi boot sequence
It seems I somehow kicked out my 'diskdrive boot-option' for my blueray-diskdrive.
I tried to fix it with 'efibootmgr' but I'm not getting anywhere. I think I just don't understand how to use this ...
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Installing drivers using a live disc. Is it possible?
I accidentally removed my video card and forgot to reinstall it. After rebooting and splash screen ubuntu didn't start and o couldn't start it manually because it stops before i get to the terminal.
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How can I boot a live system from a hard disk and then install to the same drive?
I need to install Lubuntu on to a hard drive that has no other means of installation other than the hard drive itself (USB, CD, Net, none of those are available on this system).
What I have already ...
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How can I save settings when booting an iso file from HDD?
I was looking for an easy way to manually save settings when booting from an iso-file in the hard disk with grub2, and load them the next boot; but maybe it would be easier to do a persistent boot ...
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Live boot on Toshiba Laptop: Won't boot, flashing splash screen
I'm trying to run live Ubuntu on an old Toshiba laptop but I'm getting a strange problem. The system hangs on the 'ubuntu' splash screen, and the display constantly flickering. The machine runs ...
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Why is the partition containing the ISO img mounted as rw?
From time to time I boot from an ISO file in my home dir (same partition as all the system).
The whole partition containing the ISO (the whole system, in my case) is mounted in /isofile as RW. Why? I ...
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How do I remove any data from a LiveUSB with data persistence?
I have miss-configured my LiveUSB installation and now when I run boot from it I get an error.
How can I erase LiveUSB data? Can it be done from the booting LiveUSB menu?
For some weird reason ...
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Lubuntu 12.10 lightdm Issues - PowerPC
I have a PowerPC G4 with two drives (one running Mac OSX server) that I would like to install Ubuntu on, however I am attempting to boot from a livecd first, to check that everything works correctly.
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Cannot boot Ubuntu 11.04 Live CD on HP Workstation Z820 (UEFI)
I have an HP Workstation Z820. I would like to install Ubuntu 11.04 on it, but I cannot boot the live CD. There is an SSD and HHD on the machine, but no operating systems are installed on it. System ...
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“booting system without network configuration” using a livecd created with remastersys
I have ubuntu 12.04 with KDE. I have installed remastersys and made a livecd (distribution) burnet with k3b on a dvd (3.2gb), but I left the video card ati driver because I would use this livecd only ...
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Lubuntu 12.10 : won't boot, won't let to boot from LiveCD/USB either
After a force reboot Lubuntu "boots" into a black screen with a blinking cursor. When trying to boot from LiveCD/USB I get the same result, so I can't access the system at all. BIOS update didn't ...
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Ubuntu 12 does not boot off live cd [duplicate]
Am trying desperately to boot ubuntu 12.10 off a livecd. I get to the startup screen and choose the "Try" option. It just goes to a black screen with a flashing cursor. I have tried "nomodeset" option ...
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ISO booting with grub2 in Ubuntu on an Apple
I have Ubuntu with grub2 installed in an Apple Macbook pro with dual boot (using rEFIt), and I would like to use grub2 to boot the LiveCD ISO image of a system based in Debian too (CrunchBang). The ...
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Screen blank ('no signal') after choice “try Ubuntu”
I made a live CD and booted it up and chose to "try Ubuntu".
Some stuff happened and now my screen is just blank and my monitor says no signal.
Whats happening? Is it installing or what? Its been ...
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lubuntu detecting the wrong monitor on ex-laptop live cd boot
So, I decided to do a fresh install of lubuntu on my 'server-project' to get rid of a bunch of crap-ware I'd installed, and now the darn thing won't boot a newer version off the disk. The laptop LCD ...
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iso booting in grub 1.98 [closed]
With grub 1-99-rc1 in Natty I can boot from iso-files of LiveCDs using entries like this one:
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menuentry 'Live ISO Booting - ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso' {
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Cant boot ubuntu 12.10 from LiveCD [closed]
I had Ubuntu installed for a few weeks now until it had a kernel update and I canceled the WiFi driver because it didn't work, since then I wasn't able to boot into Ubuntu.
I tried to boot from ...
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Ubuntu Live CD hangs on boot
I have burned 11.04 to a CD to set up dual-boot. But the Ubuntu screen just stays with the dots below the name and nothing else. I would really like to try it out. Any help would be appreciated.
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“Loading operating system… boot error” when booting from live CD
I'm having a problem installing Ubuntu 12.10 on a new drive. I was running Windows7 on my SSD but when the drive crashed, I decided to use that as an excuse to make the switch to Ubuntu. I've been ...
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Black screen with blinking cursor! [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
From my Windows XP SP3 machine, I downloaded the live image file for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I then ...
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How do I customize a LiveCD that can only “Try Ubuntu”?
This is what I'm looking to do:
Create a LiveCD that only can Try Ubuntu, can't install the OS at all. Boots directly to Try Ubuntu. I need to have certain packages on that LiveCD, such as fsarchiver ...
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Getting “Try Ubuntu” Option for Netboot Ubuntu
I've been working the past few days to create a server computer that will allow me to boot a Windows computer on its network into Ubuntu, but without damaging any of the files on the Windows client ...
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My PC ignores Ubuntu CD and USB on restart
I recently burnt the Ubuntu ISO to a CD to boot from it. The steps I took:
Entered BIOS menu to change booting priority to CD as number 1
Restart with the CD in the drive.
I hear the CD spinning ...
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Ubuntu not starting
I have already burned Ubuntu to the disk. But after restarting I am not getting the language selection screen or any other option to install or try Ubuntu.
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Installing 12.04 on a Dell Dimension 2200
I'm attempting to install Ubuntu from a 12.04 live CD.
A few boots have gotten me (initframs) in BusyBox. During one attempt, it actually said it had loaded Ubuntu and gave me a command prompt, ...
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Live CD fails on “checking battery state” dont know why
Hi I put my Ubuntu live CD in today (the same one I used to install the very OS I am typing from), to find it will no longer boot.
This is strange as I have used this CD many times and it is not ...
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I cannot install Ubuntu on my PC (Asrockp4v88)
I cannot install Ubuntu. When I insert the installation CD in DVD-ROM, my computer does boot from CD and automatically run Windows. I even tried to boot manually from CD but it does not work. My ...
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Difference between Live Session and Full Installation.
When I boot a computer from a Ubuntu disc and choose an option to try ubuntu. How exactly live session runs? Is it a full running instance of ubuntu os or some sort of visual interface on top of ...
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Error when booting from live cd
I am attempting to install Ubuntu 12.04 on what used to run Windows XP. The original OS is all but dead, so I am booting off of a CD created from the ISO download. Depending on the time, I either fail ...
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How does ubuntu live/install disc jack boot/BIOS?
When you put the Ubuntu 12.04 Live CD/Install CD in and start the computer, instead of saying "Press any key to boot from disk.........." and going to hard drive boot upon no key press, which is what ...
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How to use ubuntu live CD on a PC without hard drive?
I am trying to boot from a cd of ubuntu 11.04 64-bit on a system with a Intel dual core processor and 4gb RAM, but no hard drive. everything I've read says this should work perfectly fine. it goes ...
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12.04 live usb wont boot
I seem to be having the same problem as this guy, just hangs on a black screen with flashing cursor.
12.04 won't boot from Live CD or USB
the only difference being that I've ran the live usb and ...
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Ubuntu crashed unexpectedly when browsing
How can I boot to Live CD and then access Ext4 partitions.
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How to get past black screen with mouse icon while installing on Gateway MX6920?
I have an old Gateway MX6920 laptop that got a virus on its hard drive so I put in a new one from another laptop. When i turn it on it tries to load Windows but fails so I'm going to try to put Ubuntu ...
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Live CD doesn't boot correctly!
I just tried to reinstall my Ubuntu 12.04 System so I put in my live-CD (64bit) and did a reboot.
Then my computer detects it and it wants to boot from it.
Shortly you can see two lines of text and ...
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Bootable “live” partition on 1TB External HDD
I have a 1TB WD Passport. I made a 20GB partition, formatted to FAT, for a persistent live Ubuntu install. The rest I formatted as NTFS, to be used for backups.
I made the 20GB live install with ...
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How to boot live iso images?
I found that it can be done with loopback as follows
menuentry "Lucid ISO" {
loopback loop (hd0,1)/boot/iso/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LiveCD fails to boot on a Dell XPS 17 (L702X) [closed]
I'm currently running Ubuntu 11.10, upgraded from version 11.04. I'd like to "refresh" my system by reinstalling with Ubuntu 12.04.
Unfortunately, I get a kernel panic when trying to boot the LiveCD ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 installation CD is not booting?
I am using Ubuntu 8.10 and want to upgrade it to 12.04.
I have downloaded 12.04 from the Ubuntu site and burned as ISO image CD in a DVD (because it is 701.3MB).
When I insert this DVD into my ...
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12.04 won't boot from Live CD or USB
My laptop (the only PC left in my home to install Ubuntu 12.04 now that it's out) is not booting from Live CD or USB. I get past the screen with the little person in the circle. but right after that, ...
