Questions tagged [live-cd]
Questions related to live CDs, which allow you to test drive Ubuntu without installing it.
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How to change user id for live user?
Web search found How can I change my own user ID?. However there is no 999 (ubuntu) user in /etc/passwd in distro iso file (in casper/filesystem.squashfs), home folder is empty. AFAIK it means live ...
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How to create an Ubuntu live iso that does not install os but runs a simple script
Goal: Create an Ubuntu Server 20.04 bootable ISO that:
Does not install Ubuntu
Obtains an IP and network settings via DHCP
Just runs a bash script after boot
Drops to a shell once the script has ...
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Cannot install Ubuntu 11.04 or 11.10 on Acer Aspire M3970
I cannot install Ubuntu 11.04 or 11.10 on my new machine, not in 32-bit or 64-bit, and not from CD or USB drive.
I tried to unplug all devices connected to USB, but nothing changes.
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Secure boot not enabled and disk partition in install type not shown
I have an ASUS Q400A notebook which originally came with Windows 8, but I reformatted the hard drive and it is now running Windows 7 as the main OS.
I was able to run both Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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When using Ubuntu live CD, files and folders cannot be copied or moved due to permissions
I want to use an Ubuntu live CD and copy a folder between my two Windows hard disks.
However, I get an error saying that I don't have permission to do it.
How can I do this?
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Using a bootable live cd disk image mounted on the hard drive
I want to mount the contents of a boot-able CD image, like Ubuntu rescue remix, to a partition of the hard drive.
So I can have an entry in Grub to boot to the contents of that disk, http://www....
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How can I prevent someone from resetting my password with a Live CD?
Recently one of my friends came over to my place, within 15 minutes he hacked my account using a Live CD and reset the password in front of me. I was baffled to see such a thing. Please guide me to ...
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How to convert Ubuntu VirtualBox VM to .iso format? [duplicate]
I have configured Ubuntu 20.04 in VirtualBox. I have installed some software and applied some settings.
Now, I want to convert this image to a .iso image so that I can install this customized Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu doesn't support USB wifi card in LiveCD mode - any way i can fix this?
Been trying to test out Ubuntu in livecd mode, hoping to install it but whenever im in livecd mode my USB wifi card simply just isn't supported. everything else seems to work, but just not the wifi. ...
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How to Headless Install Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop Environment for the Raspberry Pi 4 using UART Pins (TTL to USB Serial Port)
I want to install Ubuntu onto my Raspberry Pi 4 using the desktop release build, not the server release build, because I do not have the time for the Pi to install all the huge packages and massive ...
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Unable to locate package chntpw
To overwrite a Windows 7 password, one can boot from a Ubuntu LiveCD and run chntpw.
Unfortunately, installing chntpw is not so easy:
$ sudo apt-get install chntpw
E: Unable to locate package chntpw
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Using tar command to backup file
I am using a live cd to take backup of a file.This was my problem.
Now I want to use tar to backup a single file Phone academics where I have accumulated other files and I want to create the backup in ...
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How do I pre-install a program on a Live CD to boot? [duplicate]
I would want "program.deb" to be pre-installed to a Ubuntu Live CD.
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How do I read a Windows XP hard drive using Ubuntu on a cd?
I downloaded Ubuntu onto a cd and booted my laptop with it. When it was loading up it said something about checking filesystems. I just let it run until it was done. It then gave me an option to try ...
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ubuntu LiveCd enable user login
I am customizing Ubuntu 18.04 and want to boot from a USB drive. As the LiveCD does automatically log in, I Want to enable user login while booting. Can someone pls help me to enable user login for ...
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Customize XFCE on Xubuntu custom Live CD [duplicate]
I followed https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization and my custom iso worked, it booted and I have apps I installed and a few scripts I added. I'd like now to customize the GUI: keyboard ...
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how to custom ubuntu live CD with gcc installed
I want to make an Ubuntu image with gcc so that I can run gcc directly after the system is installed. The version of Ubuntu is Ubuntu Server 20.04.2 LTS. How can I package the gcc related installation ...
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What does Ubuntu Live CD use to merge multiple *.squashfs files, from the casper directory, to single unified filesystem, UnionFS or AUFS? Or else?
Answer to this would really help me out with the master thesis.
I created custom Ubuntu 18.04 Live CD .iso image that comes preinstalled with certain packages (NodeJS, Chrome, Java, MongoDB).
However ...
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How to use Cubic to create a custom Ubuntu live CD image?
How do you install Cubic and use it to create a customized Ubuntu live CD *.iso file that can be burned to CD/DVD or copied to a bootable USB?
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How to use ubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso as a live CD
I am planning the upgrades of my MythTV box and laptop from 16.04 to 20.04 via 18.04. I have downloaded the .iso images for both releases, burnt them to a DVD, and tried them on the laptop prior to ...
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Is the download live dvd image of Ubuntu up to date?
Is the live DVD image of Ubuntu on official site of Ubuntu up to date? Because I could not install Ubuntu 14.04 from live CD because of black screen.
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Can I cancel dd command and rebuild partition table?
I am attempting to fix the partition table on a 1 TB hard drive. GParted on my live disk sees the drive as being "2 TiB"... It is clearly labelled as 1 TB on the outside.
I started a low level ...
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Use Livecd to recover ubuntu
I accidentally deleted /usr/share. My system is unbootable now.
I have a backup of /usr/share in the form of simple copy and paste. But my linux ubuntu 20.04 system is un writeable upon booting with ...
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Backup installed packages from LiveCD
I recently messed up when trying to install an application which resulted in me doing a chown command that requires a reinstall of Ubuntu.
I would ideally like to backup all the installed packages I ...
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Install Ubuntu 20.04 DESKTOP with Software RAID 1 on two disks
So I have looked far and wide (but maybe not enough) for the answer. Historically, you could avoid the LiveCD and use the alternateCD / text installer to configure software RAID 1 on two internal ...
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Boot Live CD into 'Try Ubuntu' by default
I am creating a custom live CD based on Ubuntu 15.10. When the user sees the first boot screen (and doesn't press a key), it will automatically boot into a GUI menu where the user can choose 'Try ...
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LiveCD ver 20.4.1 for AMD64 does not run
Live CD loads and runs on a multi-core AMD-64 box. The same CD over on my single-core AMD64 is giving me no joy. I end up with a splintered screen with horizontal lines, no menus and I have to bomb ...
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How to reset the root password of the Ubuntu system on Live CD?
Recently I got a customized Live CD image of Ubuntu 18.04.3 to install a customized Ubuntu system on a Hyper-V virtual machine on my Windows computer.
However, I have only obtained the password of a ...
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Ubuntu LiveCD install stuck on "creating user" step
I've been STRUGGLING to install Ubuntu (as dual-boot with an existing Windows XP installation, on a different drive and partition) for a couple of days now. I've already checked the md5 hash for the ...
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Is it possible to convert live CD to alternate CD using Jigdo?
Can I use Jigdo to convert a Ubuntu live CD to an alternate CD with minimal download? The CD image I have is ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso.
Is it possible? Or should I have to download the ...
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Why does Ubuntu CD contain a "pics" folder with Debian-related images?
There is a "pics" folder on the Ubuntu CD, containing some PNG files, which are apparently a part of an offline HTML document about Debian. Just curious, is there any use of them somewhere in the live ...
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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 can I create a bootable iso from an extracted Ubuntu 13.04 iso?
I have an extracted copy of Ubuntu 13.04 iso (live CD), but if I burn it directly it will not boot. Is there any way to create a bootable iso so that I can burn it to a DVD or USB flash drive?
I ...
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error: file ‘/boot/' not found while running ubuntu 16.04 live CD on MacBook Air (64bit) in either EFI boot mode or MBR boot mode
I burned a fresh copy of Ubuntu 16.04 on DVD (as well as USB) and am trying to boot a live version of Ubuntu. The system ends up eventually booting fine, but during the initial boot phase before ...
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Installation problems through Ubuntu bootable CD
I used InfraRecorder to burn Ubuntu on a CD and boot my computer, and I also managed to get the Ubuntu logo to pop up after booting from the CD I made.
I did the manual installation, but at the end ...
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Problems with creating an encrypted livecd that works on USB/DVD/CD
Summary of the Problem
I've created a custom ram-only Ubuntu image that refuses to boot over USB on any device. Before I encrypted it and used a loop device, it worked well. With the encryption setup,...
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Virtual machine into ISO
Can i customize an ubuntu image with a new theme, background and programs etc... and then convert it into an iso so i will be able to install the same operating system on a physical computer? I was ...
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How to access hard drive files from liveCD?
I don't know what files or file types are there on the hard drive nor do I know the file system in which the hard disk is written on. I am not able to view it in the home folder after booting from the ...
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GNURadio Live CD installed on HDD adding persistence [closed]
I installed gnu radio live cd on my hdd as a third OS on my laptop. Now I can boot in all three of them. But I want the Gnu radio to have persistence as in each time I boot it starts as a live OS.
Is ...
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Ubuntu Live Session Installation Problem
Problem: Can’t install a live session of Ubuntu 18.04.3
What I’ve done:
a. Downloaded the install program twice and burned it twice to 2 different DVDs with disk verification.
b. Allowed both ...
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Live CD not live DVD
I have a very old PC that currently has no functioning HDD and only a CD-ROM drive (no DVD-ROM).
There is no way to boot it from a USB drive.
Can I still get a Ubuntu Live CD image that could be ...
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How to install Ubuntu LTS (18.04) on a system for which disk drivers are existing only i the most recent, non-LTS version?
I am holding in my hands a cool ASUS UX481F (ZenBook Duo) that works surprisingly well out-of-the-box (including network and disk) with Ubuntu 19.10 live USB, but the Ubuntu 18.04 both liveUSB and ...
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Can't install Ubuntu 13.10 from 12.04 lts [duplicate]
I have ubuntu 12.04 lts installed on my hp pavilion and I want to try 13.10. When I try to boot into the livecd, I get the purple ubuntu splash screen, then a blackscreen where some text flashes (to ...
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Problem mounting .ecryptfs home folder after entering correct passphrase!
I have and encrypted home folder on my previous OS (Lubuntu 18.04) which is not bootable now and need to recover it from Live OS. When I run following command to decrypt my home folder:
sudo ecryptfs-...
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Is there any Linux based ubuntu installer like wubi?
I have a kali live CD and I'd like to install ubuntu on my HD, unfortunately I have no USB drives so I was wondering if there is some wubi like installer for Linux, or an alternative way to install ...
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Safe to remove...?
I'm trying to customize a LiveCD, but I can't manage to fit it on a normal CD. So I investigated, and came across a few files of which I don't know if it's safe to remove them.
Maybe you can help me ...
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How to install program from Live-CD chroot?
I am using Lubuntu 13.04.
How can I install programs from a Live CD from chroot?
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How to convert existing ubuntu installation into iso [ GUI ]
I reed this How to customize the Ubuntu Live CD?
but it's so hard to go throw all these steps & I'm asking for GUI
I have an installation of Ubuntu with a system size over 21 GB
I need to ...
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LiveCD shows options, but computer hangs after choosing one
Today, my computer stopped booting from its SSD, so I am now trying to boot from a USB LiveCD image.
I downloaded the 64b LiveCD image, put it on a 64Gb USB stick.
I can tell my BIOS to boot from ...
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How to run the GParted Live CD image?
I downloaded the gparted-live-0.26.0-2-i686.iso from the Live CD page and added to my VM:
A double click on the CD icon on the Desktop only opens the image folder. The option "Open With Run Software" ...
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