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Questions about how to use/mount/burn/create ISO images.

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On downloading Ubuntu Desktop, the .iso files gets converted to a zip file

I tried downloading ubuntu desktop for setting it up as a VM on my windows 10 machine. After it downloads, the ISO disk image gets converted to a zip. Extracting the zip for installation doesn't help ...
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ISO for backing up linux

I am interested in backing and restore my linux file-sytem to an external ntfs drive in an extremely fast way, not interested in compression but needs a compression method to preserve its file ...
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Do I need to check the integrity of a Ubuntu install? [duplicate]

I want to install Ubuntu, and I'm switching from Windows 10. I've heard that some people will check the integrity of the ISO image. Should I do this and if so, why?
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What Is The Replacement For ubuntu-defaults-builder?

To make simple adjustments to the iso (e.g. change background add a few packages) I used to be able to do: ubuntu-defaults-template ubuntu-defaults-mydistro <modify a few config files> dpkg-...
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Integrate autoinstall config into Ubuntu server ISO

I would like to automatically install Ubuntu Server 20.04 using autoinstall config file. However, official Ubuntu documentation describes two options. One is to serve this file over http. Other option ...
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Is it possible to create custom ISO with Cubic and use autoinstall?

I would like to prepare custom Ubuntu 20.04 image. The idea is that system after automatic installation will include some custom network configuration, Docker and some Docker containers running. My ...
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Is there a complete USB bootable iso available

I need a complete USB bootable iso to be able to set up my computer with only Wifi available.. Netgear USB wifi. There seems to be missing a lot in the basic USB iso installation to be able to get to ...
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Ubuntu netboot USB not appearing on iMac Startup manager

Apologies if this question is inappropriate for this forum I am not sure whether I should be on the Apple or Ubuntu StackExchange. I am trying to turn an iMac mid 2010 21.5" into a home server by ...
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Check finished errors found in 1 file

I build custom ISO Ubuntu 20 according to this article. After the custom ISO is ready, I install the OS from it, and at first, the error appears: Check finished errors found in 1 files. Could you tell ...
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Custom Ubuntu Desktop ISO with programs & settings?

I'm a web developer that uses Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 as my main development OS. I've had to install and configure Ubuntu multiple times lately due to a few issues with different PCs along with the fact ...
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How to make an iso from current ubuntu install

It looks like all the answers here are about discontuinued software and I would like to know how to do this in 20.10
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Live ISO not booting, unable to install on old notebook

Hey guys I am trying to install Ubuntu 20.04.1 on an old Compaq Presario C700. The p/n on the back is FW081LA#ABM also C780LA appears there. The cpu is an Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 Here is a foto of the ...
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Xubuntu 20.04 minimal installation

After having used Xubuntu minimal installations from the netboot (mini.iso) image in multiple previous versions of Ubuntu, I noticed that the netboot installer is no longer actively supported. I would ...
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Cannot rebuild ISO according to Ubuntu Documentation (11/2020)

Earlier this year (around April) I could: Download a Ubuntu iso (in my case Ubuntu 18.04) Extract its contents to a folder Make changes (if needed, specifically preseed some basic commands, no deep ...
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How to download Ubuntu 20.04 in a bash script, and store the ISO file on a USB memory stick. Also, it must act as a bootable DVD

I want to download Ubuntu by execute the script. I need to create a script, and download Ubuntu ISO to my computer and put it on a USB memory stick, and make it act as a bootable DVD.
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Cannot find netboot mini iso for Ubuntu Groovy 20.10

Cannot find netboot mini iso for Ubuntu Groovy 20.10 For the i386 architecture, you can download it here http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/groovy/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini....
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Installing Ubuntu server create problem in my Dell R540 [duplicate]

My problem is that when i started install ubuntu server in my server machine(Dell R540), it starts showing me the problem that "there was a problem completing the installation" and it ...
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How do I build a custom Ubuntu ISO that can be booted from USB and used without modification?

I have a very specific and fairly unusual need. I'm trying to set up a customized version of Ubuntu Studio to run a preconfigured version of Jamulus. This is similar to the JamulusOS project on ...
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How do I create a bootable iso file from my current Ubuntu 20.04 machine?

I am running Ubuntu 20.04 and I have my entire dev environment set up on this. I need to make some hardware upgrades and need to reinstall Ubuntu. However I would like to take backup of my entire ...
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Gnome Disk Image Mounter Permission Issues

I am trying to mount an ISO but am getting permission issues: I have tried running disk-image-mounter as root which works, but while in nautilus, under other locations I see the image but am unable ...
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Unable to boot Gparted Live using grml-rescueboot

I installed grml-rescueboot, placed Gparted iso file into /boot/grml then ran grub-update. Now there is a corresponding menu item in GRUB but choosing it does nothing i.e. the GRUB menu comes back ...
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how to create an ubuntu usb installer from an .iso file [duplicate]

I've tried with the startup disk creator app but without success. What terminal program could I use? its man pages work well? thanks in advance!
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How to mount .iso file

I'm trying to mount an .iso file of type data to see what's written there, through a linux server on my virtual machine (ubuntu), since when I try to open it through Notepad++ or a similar program it ...
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Where is the ISO file? [duplicate]

I have recently downloaded Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop,but instead of .iso file it gave me a zip. Where can I find the .iso file?
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Why is there no option to download 32 bit or 64 bit for Ubuntu? [duplicate]

You go to official site to download ISO image. There is only one "Download" button. No option to choose between 32 or 64 bit. My PC is 64 bit, I don't want to download 32 bit version.
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install ubuntu 20.04 - locks up during installation

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 20.04-desktop-amd64 from an iso onto, well, anything. 18 minutes into the installation it is performing it's "copying" action and it stops. I've tried installing ...
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Check error with 20.04-desktop ISO

When using the ISO for Ubuntu 20.04, checking the SHA256SUM (from here - https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/SHA256SUMS), and creating a bootable USB, the following message appears briefly at the end of ...
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Create a LiveCD Distrobution .iso From Scratch

What have I done: Started with the Ubuntu Mini.iso 20.04 I have basically created a custom build in a VM environment I have installed xfce4 as the the Desktop engine. I have installed Nemo and set it ...
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How do I change the OS Name in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS [duplicate]

I am making a distro. I have tried using. Cubic to customize the ISO. I go into settings, and the os name is Ubuntu 20.04, not primeOS. What do I do?
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burning CDs or DVDs and ISO files in ubuntu 18.04

I am running ubuntu 18.04 LTS and I notice there is no cd/dvd burner. I write click on a file and there is the option to open with disk image writer. I can write to a hard drive but not to the CD/...
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how to burn iso onto dvd?

Unable to burn iso onto dvd, ubuntu startup disk creator doesnt show my dvd drive Observation 1.DVD drive is mounted as read only On windows and ubuntu , when I try to burn iso into disk ,it just ...
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Boot Ubuntu ISO pure From RAMDISK/MEMDISK

i want boot ubuntu iso file pure from ramdisk/memdisk so hdd only used for copying or extracting the iso image to ramdisk, so partition is not locked by system cause used by iso file.....i was read to ...
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How can I set LibreOffice to use ISO 8601 date format?

I need LibreOffice to use ISO 8601 date format, but it falsely shows MM/DD/YY when it should correctly be showing YYYY-MM-DD. To reproduce I do: Open a new LibreOffice document and choose Insert->...
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Seeding files in ubuntu server ISO

I'm working with an ubuntu-server-install ISO. I've a file.tar.gz file that I want to have in the system after installation of ISO. Where should it be placed in the mounted ISO, so that it can be ...
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"SquashFS error: unable to read data cache entry". When installing latest 20.04 ISO from Ubuntu on VMWare Player, during EasyInstall

I downloaded the latest 20.4 ISO (ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso) from Ubuntu.com and tried to use it to create a new VM in VMWare Player using EasyInstall, on Windows 10 Home 64bit, using default ...
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I am trying to make a distro. Is there a possible way I can change “Try Ubuntu” button time something else?

I am trying to make a distro. Is there a possible way I can change “Try Ubuntu” and “Install Ubuntu” in the live iso, to something else? The buttons you press, I want to change what they say. I want ...
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20.04 booting .iso from GRUB menu

I'm trying to boot a Ubuntu .iso image from GRUB. In Full Circle magazine, #157 page 61, they describe how to do this. It doesn't work. I edited /etc/grub.d/40-custom, and added the following... # ...
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How do I convert between .pbp and .iso?

I have some homebrew PSP games in eboot pbp format, and I would like to convert these to .iso format for RetroPie. How do I do this?
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md5sum check fails - typo in filename?

When booting into ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso it starts to check the disk for errors and says that 3 files are missing. Iso file is sha-validated. When browsing the iso from both 7-zip on Windows ...
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how to generate ARM64 Ubuntu Server ISO?

I want to install a Ubuntu Server ISO like http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/releases/18.04/release/ubuntu-18.04.4-server-arm64.iso with a custom kernel. Are there tools to regenerate ISO with new ...
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Use Persistence for Ubuntu Live ISO's Booted from HDD (not USB)

I have been able to successfully boot various 20.04 ISO's such as kubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso from my hard drive using GRUB2. However, I have not been able to get the persistent kernel option to ...
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Trying to create a bootable CD

Windows 10, brand new HP Laptop. Downloaded: lubuntu-18.04.4-desktop-i386.iso.torrent Tutorial says to right click and Mount>. Windows 10 does not know what this file is. If I rename it and drop, ....
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I installed ubuntu from ISO on usb, and when it boots it only goes to grub menu [closed]

I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a Dell XPS 15 and it said "install successful, click restart" and when I restart it just opens the grub> menu. Why is that? How can I just load ubuntu and use my computer?
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I'm trying to verify my ISO for Ubuntu in windows 10 using WSL Bash command line, Im not getting a DSA key no matter what I do

I just want to know if I have no DSA key just an RSA key if my ISO is ok. I ran everything, It says the ISO is OK when I check it and verifies with the RSA key but is this OK with no DSA key or is ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 | App to make live ISO?

I need an application similar to Pinguy Builder (which creates an installable ISO image of your current system) that works on Ubuntu 20.04 If there isn't one, is it possible to downgrade, make the ...
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Looking for ANY Linux version with 32 bit ISO to make a LiveUSB

In order to dedicate an old Thinkpad R-51 to run a distributed computing program called "Folding@Home" it was recommended to do it under Ubuntu 11.04. I am having real problems as follows: The R51 ...
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Ubunto .rar file is downloading instead of .iso [duplicate]

I am trying to download Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Desktop) for Virtual box to run it on windows, but .rar file is downloading instead of .iso file I can not find any solution for this. Can someone kindly ...
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Install a guest Win10 in VirtualBox in Ubuntu 20.04 from ISO

I have followed the instructions here (and posted many places else in various forms, 1) to boot from an iso image of Win10 under VBox in Ubuntu 20.04. I get Fatal: Could not read from the boot medium!...
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Preseed Disk partition - Use existing partition with out create new partition - Patman ubuntu ISO

I have working on the Ubuntu upgrade from 14 to 18.04 ISO. So in my system already having two partitions: /dev/sda1 Ext4 / /dev/sda5 swap I want to be use existing partition (sda1) to install the ...
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Ubuntu ISO download file from mirror hash checksum is not the same as original

This is my first post. I downloaded the ISO file from the Ubuntu website which automatically redirects to some of its mirrors and I performed a checksum. The hashes were not equal to those expressed ...
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