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How do I install Ubuntu with a usb on a Dell that has no Operating System?
I've been trying to look for this for a while, I only have access to one computer and that is my school computer that has blocks on using a lot of programs thank god I can download Ubuntu. I'm trying ...
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ThinkPad T520 won't boot from USB
This is cross-post from ubuntuforums.org but as I've received no responses there I'm hoping for better luck here.
Basically, I've installed the full version of Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS on a 32 GB SanDisk ...
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Unknown USB Flash Drive
Suddenly my Kingston DataTraveler 8GB is shown as unknown! The weird thing is that I can only "see" it through Disk Utility.
GParted or sudo fdisk -l or sudo fdisk -lu cannot see it.
I tried to ...
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Installing Ubuntu on a USB hard drive from a USB stick
I am trying to install Ubuntu on a USB hard drive from a USB stick (as I understand installing from CD should be much easier, but CD drive is not working, unfortunately).
First I tried to install ...
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Having trouble trying to convert iso to img for usb install, says “No such file or directory”
Attempting to convert .ISO to .IMG for USB install, here is the line of code: hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/ubuntu-13.04-desktop-i386.img ~/ubuntu-13.04-desktop-i386.iso. After trying to execute ...
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What wold be the differences between a persistent USB Live Session and a installed Ubuntu in a USB drive?
I'm a teacher and will ask my students to either bring their laptops with Ubuntu installed with an specific list of packages preinstalled or bring a USB Drive or External Hard Drive with Ubuntu and ...
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Yagi Turbotenna in Ubuntu 13.04
I am trying to get my USB-Yagi Turbotenna 802.11n to work in Ubuntu 13.04. I get the following error on running "make". Can anyone let me know what I am doing wrong?
Is it possible/advisable to ...
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installing external softwares in bootable Ubuntu in USB
I am new to Ubuntu, and this question I am asking here is more about a curiosity. I already have Ubuntu installed on a pendrive, but while roaming the internet, I came across this link Ubuntu ...
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Problem with installing ubuntu on Windows 8
So I have set up the Ubuntu installer by installing it onto my memory stick using the USBInstaller.
I am then faced with a problem. The Unbuntu Installer loads up and I start going through it making ...
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Problems installing Ubuntu
I've recently tried to do a clean wipe of my old OS(vista) on my spare PC and go with Ubuntu. Unfortunately after I download the iso image and use Universal USB Installer-1.9.3.3, to format my usb ...
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USB scanner not recognized in 13.04
Simplescan works fine on 12.04. Installed 13.04 on a new hard disk, same computer, and now it cannot detect. If I boot from 12.04 scanner works.
N.B. 13.04 is a virgin installation. I had to remove ...
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can i install ubuntu from an external hard drive/ can i run fedora and ubuntu together on one system?
hi i am a totaly new user of ubuntu. i have recently built a new system and want to install ubuntu 13.04, i have downloaded onto an external usb hard drive from a windows system that is running XP. my ...
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Install on usb external hard drive
I am new to ubuntu and i would like some help.
I have a laptop with windows 7 installed but i would love to have ubuntu too because it's a great OS.
So i would like to install ubuntu on an external ...
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Problem with installing Ubuntu 13.04 alongside with windows 8 [duplicate]
I have tried the written tip but it doesn't work so any idea how to solve this? By the way this happened with my only with windows 8. This is Ubuntu installation from USB flash memory,
Screenshot:
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12.10 USB Installation not progressing past Wireless network search
Keep trying to install Ubuntu version 12.10 from a bootable USB flash drive and the installation keeps getting stuck after clicking "continue" of the Wireless stage.
At first, I thought that it might ...
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Unable to boot USB install image 13.04
I've tried creating a USB boot drive but it always fails with a message from Syslinux and a boot: prompt.
unknown keyword in configuration file FILE0
boot:
I've checked the md5sum of the iso - the ...
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Enlarge “persisitent” image on USB stick after installation?
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a USB pendrive using an installer provided by my my employer (the idea is to use Ubuntu instead of the preinstalled OS to use the business notebook also for private ...
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USB's storage capacity reduced to 2 MB from 16 GB
I downloaded ubuntu-13.04-desktop-amd64. In Ubuntu's web page, I sow a link for making bootable USB drive option, then I downloaded Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.3.3 and I made my USB bootable. When I ...
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How to set up a bootable Truecrypt USB with Ubuntu on it?
Oddly enough, I haven't found the solution to this yet, unless I've misinterpreted the search results I've been seeing.
I want to encrypt a USB flash drive so that I can select "Boot from USB" on any ...
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Running Ubuntu off USB 3.0 flash drive
What is the minimal size USB 3.0 flash drive that I would need to run Ubuntu.
Would it be as fast as running it of the hard drive?
Would it have access to all of my laptops facilities?
I am ...
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VirtualBox not allowing a USB Device to be added [duplicate]
What am I trying to do?
I am attempting to add a USB device to show up in Windows 7 in VirtualBox.
What is the problem and what have I done?
I've had to jump through a number of hoops to get this ...
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Cannot install 13.04
I am seeing errors like this in syslog as I click in "install ubuntu" off a livecd usb
cannot stat ‘/var/lib/partman/devices/=dev=sda/9
EXT2-fs (loop1): error: ext2_lookup: deleted inode referenced: ...
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How can I remove “Install This” from my ubuntu USB installation?
Can I run Ubuntu 12.04 LTS off my 4GB USB drive as its own native operating system with persistence enabled to save changes to the USB the same way that I do with Slax or other fully portable Linux ...
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Grub-EFI and Raring
So I downloaded Ubuntu Raring, and setup a USB install drive for my Lenovo u410.
I had a fully working 12.10 install on the computer but went with a custom partitioning scheme.
I formatted the ext4 ...
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Make ubuntu minimal USB installer from another minimal system
I have a bare-bones Ubuntu 10.10 installation in an old machine. I want to use this system to write a bootable Ubuntu 12.10 USB installer. With this installer, I want to build another minimal, ...
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I really don't know how to describe this [closed]
I tried Ubuntu QQ from a Live USB (done with Linux Live USB Creator) and everything worked fine. But obviously the amount of persistence data is not enough.
So I installed it off the same USB on to a ...
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Ubuntu server installation
The server I just built does not have a cd drive. I want to install Ubuntu Server 12.10 The mother board in the server is a Gigabyte GA-H61M-USB3. I burned the image to a thumb drive and set up the ...
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Can you make Ubuntu - 12.10-desktop-i386 on a 16GB USB Flash Drive 4GB persistent drive
apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-source
make oldconfig
make prepare
make scripts
make
This errors out saying I ran out of space after about ...
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Brand new computer, USB doesn't boot Ubuntu w/blue-ray plugged in
This seems to be somewhat different than similar questions I've looked through. I'm not really a programmer, and this is my first go at using any Linux build, so I've got no clue how to troubleshoot.
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How do I boot Ubuntu from my usb flash drive?
I have been using Windows 7 Home Basic for years, and now I'm bored and my PC is getting slower by the day. So I decided to try Ubuntu. I formatted an 8GB Transcend USB Flash drive and put Ubuntu in ...
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Install OS using a live ubuntu usb [closed]
This question has a deceivingly simple title but be warned, what i am trying to do is not easy.
What I am trying to attempt to do is to install an OS (QNX) which is basically a dumb unix onto a hard ...
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Black screen and flashing underscore while installing off a usb (10.10) and all other higher versions
Downloaded the .iso for 10.10 , ll.10, 12.04 and 12.10. i have then tried every single one of these versions on a usb (yes i did create the usb correctly (i have done this before)) but when i restart ...
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Acer Aspire One usb linux cannot find CD / try again
UPDATE - I GIVE UP!! **
Why is this so incredibly difficult to get to run off a variety of different / properly formatted USB sticks? Ubuntu looks great in the demo - but getting it is a joke. I'll ...
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Can i use file system in ubuntu without installing (running via USB)
I want to use the file system like all drive from the hard drive without installing Ubuntu only running via USB.
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kde inside ubuntu install
I am using Ubuntu with KDE-full desktop now. I want install it for my friends computers too. So installing KDE-full as long as Ubuntu installs, it would help me.
I want have an install usb, that ...
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My laptop stuck after trying to install ubuntu
I was trying to install ubuntu from a disk on key to my laptop (did it already on my desk top a few months ago)
i choose to install ubuntu in the options and then i got stuck on a purple background ...
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Ubuntu won't boot from USB 12.04
I've tried 4 different versions of Ubuntu now and I can't get them to boot. I have tried both universal usb and unetbootin with no luck. I have 2 different usb drives I'm trying to use both 4 ...
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Will I be okay if I use USB-stick with 1.87 GB of free space to install Ubuntu 12.10?
I want to install Ubuntu 12.10 from a USB-stick, but there's only 1.87GB of free space.
Will there be any problems with it or is it okay?
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Ubuntu boot USB flash does not work
MY laptop is a Dell Inspiron 5520 with a sticker of Ubuntu on it. i have downloaded Ubuntu desktop 12.10 64-bit and made my Ubuntu bootable USB flash drive. I restarted my computer. It gave a black ...
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When installing Ubuntu onto USB drive, mount point differs from when launching with it
So I installed Ubuntu onto a USB flash drive (like actually installed it, not made a LiveUSB. I used an existing liveUSB to press install and put it on the other USB drive instead of that one). Now ...
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Accessing files on Ubuntu installed on USB drive from other computers
Let's say I have ubuntu installed (not as a live drive, acctually installed) on a USB flash drive, can (and if so, how) I access the files saved in the home directory from another computer, (with any ...
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How to use Plop Boot Manager to boot from USB in Linux?
I failed to upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10, so I decide to make a fresh install of 12.10. My old computer doesn't support boot from usb, and its cd-rom is broken.
I know Plop Boot Manager can make my ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 not booting neither from usb nor from dvd drive
I can successfully install Ubuntu 12.04.1. But the new point release is not booting on my dell inspiron n5050. My ubuntu 12.04.2 do
show the first ubuntu splash screen where
little dots runs. after ...
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Why won't my netbook read by USB drive?
I have a problem installing Ubuntu via USB storage using unetbootin:
My notebook BIOS does not read the USB key, instead of another notebook that I tried that does.
I think the problem is that USB ...
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Is ubuntu installation binded to the installed-on hardware?
If Ubuntu was installed (full installation) on a USB flash memory, and then tried to boot that flash memory on another PC, will it boot?
I am trying to decide whether to use full installation or use ...
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Computer Does Not Recognize Ubuntu 12.10 on USB or DVD disc
My computer has an older version of Ubuntu that I just installed the other day. After realizing how outdated that version was, I downloaded the 12.10 version to the computer. I also saved it to USB ...
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how to make pen drive bootable and from where I get .iso file? [duplicate]
I have Lenovo G580 (i5 3rd Gen) laptop with win7(64bit) ultimate. I want to install ubuntu 12.04.2 (64bit) with USB for dual boot. I download it from ubuntu.com with named ...
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Help! Ubuntu 12.10 won't recognize or detect Netgear WG111T Wireless Adapter
I currently have issues installing my Netgear WG111T USB Wireless Adapter in Ubuntu 12.10.
At first I had the FATAL: No module found error with Ndiswrapper, then found out there was a bug in that ...
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Ubuntu Installation USB shuts down
Built a desktop with following hardware:
GIGABYTE AM3+ AMD 970A-D3 mobo
AMD FX-8150 8-Core Black
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB)
EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB
WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive
The system ...
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How do I install Ubuntu onto my USB drive? [duplicate]
I ran Ubuntu from a LiveUSB. I would like to actually install Ubuntu on my usb drive while I am running Ubuntu from the USB live. When I ran the installer (by clicking the "install" icon on the live ...
