ISO-image is an archive file (also known as a disc image) of an optical disc, composed of the data contents of every written sector of an optical disc.
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How to identify and replace broken files in a corrupted Ubuntu ISO?
So, this isn't exactly an issue running Ubuntu, but rather with installing it.
Every time I try to download the Ubuntu ISO (from any source) it seems to end up corrupt. That is, the MD5 sums are ...
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copy dvd to iso: brasero and k3b reports success but fails
I started brasero and chose to copy the dvd to image file.
Brasero reported success.
Playing file in VLC, working flawlessly until unexpected exit at approx. 1 hour 28 mins 20 sec. No error message.
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How to burn iso to usb device?
I want to burn windows iso to usb device in Ubuntu , how can i do it ? I know how to burn iso-ubuntu to usb device, but windows iso it's not the same.
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Can I upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 via an ISO image? [duplicate]
I want to upgrade to 13.04 beta, but I don't want to upgrade through the terminal as I can't download 700mb from home, but I can download an ISO image from where I go to school. Is it possible?
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Installing Puppy to a USB drive through Ubuntu 12.04?
I'm looking to install Puppy Linux Slacko to a new USB drive I literally found on the ground. Figured I'd re-cycle it, and the thing had no data on it anyway.
Since it's just barely not big enough to ...
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Is Ubuntu 12.04.2 64-bit the same for AMD too? [duplicate]
I have a ASUS K55VM-SX086D 64-bit. I was downloading Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS 64-bit, but was confused the 64-bit version also includes AMD too, and I have an Intel motherboard. So:
Is Ubuntu 12.04.2 ...
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Startup disk creator will not recognize my iso files, how to I fix this?
I have downloaded the Backtrack 5 R3 ISO (also an Ubuntu Studio 12.10/Ubuntu 12.10 ISOs) and I would like to burn it to a disk (4.7GB DVD-ROM I have) but I can't seem to get Ubuntu to recognize it.
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Can I install Ubuntu from an ISO file on Windows?
I've mounted the ISO file using a virtual drive application. When I open the virtual drive with the Ubuntu ISO mounted, I only have the option of restarting to be able to do anything. However, I ...
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How do I burn the 12.10 790MB ISO to a CD?
How do I burn the latest 12.10 790MB ISO to a CD?
My burning software says insert a disk but 700MB CD's are too small. I tried a DVD and that didn't work either. Please help.
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Installation with freezes at copying files [closed]
Okay so I have seen a lot of similar issues but nothing exactly the same. I decided today to go from a WUBI installation to a full blown ubuntu-only install. I downloaded the 12.10 iso / burned it to ...
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Deleted Partition, cannot install the ISO/boot a DVD
I have been reading many posts about this correction. Like many others, I deleted the partitions with the Grub and can only access this command. I have the ISO to re-install, but cannot figure out how ...
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How can I get the grub menu on boot?
This is for a friend's Toshiba Portege laptop with Ubuntu 10.4.1 on it. They want the original Windows XP for tablet PC installed; they do have the disk, but the Portege seems unable to boot from a ...
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How do i boot any ISO from a USB flash drive?
So I know in my bios theres this settings in USB labled "Emulate device" HDD/CDROM/FDD
But im not even sure I understand what it means and I cant find it on the internet.
Do you remember the old ...
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Where can I find testing version of ubuntu in development [duplicate]
I am looking for testing version of Ubuntu 13.04, I have looked in this question Alternate ISO image for current unstable (alpha/beta) releases but the links in the answer did not show me the place to ...
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How do I burn multiple Ubuntu isos on one DVD?
I always find it a waste putting a 790MB Ubuntu iso on a 4GB DVD, and I was wondering how to put multiple operating systems on one DVD with a grub menu.
I know it is possible, but I just don't know ...
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Why can't I burn ISO images on Ubuntu?
I'm having trouble burning iso files on ubuntu. I just downloaded an image file and when i insert my blank DVD-R in my laptop CD/DVD Creator opens up.
It tells me to drag a file to the window so i ...
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Make Bootable USB disk for DBAN?
I am confused how to make it, found DBAN here. I have an empty USB -disk and DBAN.*.iso. How can I do it with Ubuntu?
I followed the instructions here to create the bootable ISO for the DBAN. I ...
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how to boot hiren's boot ISO FROM GRUB2 [closed]
I'm trying to boot hirensboot iso from grub2 but the result is that when I choose the menuentry hirensboot in grub2 it opens the first screen with the list of all the possibilities, in this point no ...
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Why won't Startup Disk writer write the latest Ubuntu ISO to DVD-ROM? (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)
I downloaded the Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop ISO from the Ubuntu website, md5 checked it and its fine. However, when I put a Sony DVD-R AccuCORE 4.7GB disk in, Ubuntu recognizes it and allows me to write my ...
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Blank Screen - Only wallpaper shows up [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu from wubi in the ISO and chose the option run alongside windows. I installed it on a separate hard-disk. After I login just a blank screen shows up (shows a wallpaper and moving ...
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How to create a bootable USB with multiple ISO images in it
What I want is to create a bootable pen drive that shows GRUB menu and I can select any of the several bootable systems from there to install/run. I have several ISO images that I want to install in ...
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How to Customize a ubuntu install CD and (not a liveCD) create a new ISO for PXE boot?
My requirement is as below.
I would first install ubuntu 12.04 on a rack server using an ISO image.
Install certain packages like kvm, openvswitch etc:-.
I should be able to repackage everything to ...
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Invalid or damaged bootable partition [duplicate]
I downloaded Ubuntu from the Ubuntu website and copied it to a pen drive. On booting it I'm getting an error stating Invalid or damaged bootable partition. How can I resolve this problem?
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How to burn iso of a program on USB?
I want to burn the iso of a program (specifically the MatLab iso) on to a USB stick with ubuntu. just to make it clear
what? burn iso of program
where? on USB stick
using which OS? ...
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ubuntu-12.10-desktop “amd64” and “i386” .iso [duplicate]
Now when i tried to download Ubuntu for win7 installer, it gave me an iso with "amd64" in it, assuming that it's based on the processor, so i decided to check for any other downloads and found "i386", ...
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.iso to SD card
Unetbootin does not recognize my SD card.
Is there any alternative to install an .iso file to SD card?
I'm not trying to install bootable ubuntu, don't recommend using built in tool
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How to install with Wubi when it says “Could not retrieve the required disk image files”?
I tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 with the Wubi installer while running Windows, because my PC does not accept my BootCD as a bootable medium.
But Wubi showed me this error:
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Wubi won't use my 64 bit desktop iso
I downloaded ubuntu-12.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso and wubi.exe from http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/. I saved both the iso and wubi in the same folder. However, when I try to install Ubuntu wubi starts ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 won't boot from usb - isolinux.bin missing or corrupt
This was an official 64-bit download from the Ubuntu site, so it's kind of sad to see even that's not working.
I made a bootable Ubuntu 12.10 USB stick with USB Image Writer (mintstick) on Linux ...
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Is it possible to burn an ISO disk along with some documents
I want to burn Ubuntu boot disk on a DVD along with some documents I need. This way I can launch Ubuntu on someone else's computer in case I need to work. This would allow me to have important notes ...
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USB becomes unreadable after putting the .img on it-Mac
I am trying to put Ubuntu on my USB to install it on my MacBook Pro, but after following step 8 of this Ubuntu guide it becomes unreadable and it doesn't show up while rebooting my computer and ...
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Ways to make persistent iso-bootings from hard disk
Here I asked How can I save settings when booting an ISO file from HARD DRIVE.
After trying different combinations around Sadi's solution, the only thing that has worked for me is to place the ext2 ...
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I get several “broken file” errors when creating my boot stick
While creating my boot stick I get 199 separate errors during the ISO extracting process that all say data error in (insert file name here) file is broken then it sticks on 99% of the ISO extraction ...
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Disk Image Mounter: Value too large for define data type
I have a genuine iso file of AutoCAD ~2.5gb, I can mount it in windows with traditional application like Poweriso & Alcohol but while in nautilus the error mentioned in title occurs.
Now how can ...
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How to resolve dd failure with Input/output error on multiple CD-Rs?
When trying to make .iso images of CD-R's I get the following error with always the same number of records regardless of what's on the CD-R. The CD-R is a VCD and plays just fine in VLC.
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Installing programs to LiveCD/USB?
I want to have an Ubuntu LiveCD or LiveUSB with a program (Cisco Packet Tracer) installed on it that’s always there every time I boot.
Anyone knows how to do this?
(Preferably as an image as I ...
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How to avoid keyboard reconfigurations when live iso-booting from hard disk?
I am booting from an ISO in HD with persitence, using this menu entry in grub2:
menuentry 'ISO Booting - Ubuntu-64bit.iso live' {
set isofile="/home/user/Desktop/ISO/Ubuntu-64bit.iso"
loopback ...
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Can`t install ubuntu 12.10 from usb stick
Have a laptop with x64 amd, 3 gig ram, win 7.
Downloaded the desktop iso file 12.10 x64 from ubuntu website.
Also universal usb installer and unetbootin win.
When I finished the first step => load the ...
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What to do to install Ubuntu 12.10 in Virtual PC?
After starting the VPC with the ISO captured it gets to the loading screen, everything seems ok and then the loading screen turns green. That is, after some seconds it changes to a screen covered by ...
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How to modify Ubuntu Precise .iso preseed?
I'm trying to modify the installation sequence of Ubuntu Precise. I need add a repository package inside de iso.
I make my own apt repository mirror and add my own packages with reprepro includedeb. ...
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How to defragment .iso to boot from it?
When I try to boot from an iso (Ubuntu), I get
Iso for emulation should be in one continuous location
How can I defragment the iso?
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How do I boot Ubuntu ISO from Windows 8
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad S230u Laptop/Ultrabook with Windows 8 pre-installed on it. It doesn't have a CD/DVD Drive. I read another question that was similar to mine, but it involved using a Live CD, ...
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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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How to install Windows 7 inside Virtualbox of Ubuntu?
I have already dual systems : Windows 7 and Ubuntu installed on my laptop. The Windows 7 had been installed when I bought this laptop, and I don't have a CD.
I just installed VitrualBox under Ubuntu, ...
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Roxio won't let me burn Ubuntu ISO to USB drive
I'm trying to burn Ubuntu 12.10 to USB drive. I downloaded the Ubuntu image fine and I want to burn it with Roxio software.
But when Roxio opened up, it gave me only one option for burn the ISO image ...
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How can I manually save and restore configuration for ISO bootings?
From time to time I boot from ISO files saved in my hard disk. It boots and executes much faster than the live-cd. I would like to save a minimum configuration so that I don't have to configure it ...
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Having trouble booting ubuntu 12.04 desktop from usb in windows 7
I have written the image onto my usb drive. Everything went through, however once i restart my pc, it wont read the disk. Do i need to open safemode to boot? Or should I reformat the drive and rewrite ...
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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 to install ubuntu from iso on hard disk itself?
I've already got a fully functional ubuntu workstation up and running.
Now in case i have to reinstall ubuntu due to some reason or other, i want to have an entry on the grub menu itself that points ...
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How can I install ubuntu from the ISO in Windows?
I don't have a usb stick or discs available to boot from, so is there anyway I can use the ISO image to install from within windows?
I tried using the Windows installer but the download keeps ...
