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Problems Booting Ubuntu From iMac!

I have a problem booting Ubunutu 13.04 on my iMac. When i start my Mac i'll hold the option key but when the menu that let's you choose startup disk, My Ubuntu USB dosn't show up ;( Please help me.
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live usb problems

I have made usb live 12.04 on 4gb pendrive. On first startup everything went wery well, but I started to had error messages about no free space. But I had like 2 gb of free space! Now on 2nd ...
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Trying to boot from USB on Asus q200e-bhi3t45 just brings me to grub menu

It's been a struggle every time I've tried to change my OS on this machine. I honestly don't even know how it works whenever it does. I've somehow managed to get Windows 7, Windows 8, Mint 14, Ubuntu ...
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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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Can't boot Chromium OS from USB! [closed]

I've recently downloaded the vanilla chromium os from hexxah and have written it on my usb stick. I followed every step and plugged it into my laptop. After I changed the boot order I managed to boot ...
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Four GUIs off USB Boot

I am booting Ubuntu on a mac off of a USB drive. When I start it up there is a black screen giving me the options to try Ubuntu, install Ubuntu, or 2 other options. I select try Ubuntu and four GUIs ...
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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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Can I make an already partitioned USB flash drive bootalble, without reformatting?

Can I make an already partitioned USB flash drive bootalble, without reformatting? 1st partition: 262MB FAT32 which I do not want to touch if I don't have to 2nd partition: 3.7GB which I plan to ...
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USB boot doesn't work

I have installed Ubuntu on a USB stick and tried to boot it on my PC, but when I did this all that happend was a flickering appearing, going on and on and on. Nothing happens. What can I do about ...
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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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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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How do I create a Windows bootable usb stick with Ubuntu?

I'd like to create a Windows 8 bootable usb stick, but I don't have a Windows machine with me to do so. So how do I do it with Ubuntu?
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USB Boot: Reboot and select proper boot drive

My computer seems to be having problems booting Ubuntu from a flash drive. I used Ubuntu's directions which have worked before for me. But now I am just getting the black screen, "Reboot and Select ...
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Issues Creating Bootable USB

I'm trying to get Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop onto a flash drive (formatted to FAT), to repair a Windows laptop I have. Per the Ubuntu site: I've installed the Pendrive Universal USB Installer. I had ...
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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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Lubuntu starts after second or third try (live-USB)

Is it normal reaction for Lubuntu 12.04 or not. After working in it Win don't loads right away too. What is a problem?
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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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Installing Leopard on a PowerBook G4 using Ubuntu [closed]

So I stupidly bought a USB on eBay with leopard on it to install on my PowerBook G4. Finding out afterward that I can't boot to a usb on this 12" 1.5Ghz 512MB with combo drive PowerBook G4. So I ...
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Ubuntu Gnome 3 and Windwos FAIL BOOT

I have a strange issue: I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.10 Gnome edition on a usb and every time I wanted to use this Ubuntu to plug my usb into my laptop and boot the usb enjoy the cool OS. I made a ...
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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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13.04 issue: Got blank screen after starting desktop using 13.04 usb start disk

My desktop is a SPX custom build machine and running Ubuntu 10.04 just fine. I just made the USB boot disk out of latest daily build of 13.04. The machine can be booted and I see the usb disk has ...
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Creating a Bootable 10.04.4 USB using Universal USB Installer

The website told me that the operating system I need for my new netbook is: Ubuntu 10.04.4-desktop-i386.iso. I'm using the universal USB-installer piece of software to put in on a USB that I can ...
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How to move Ubuntu 12.04LTS from USB to HDD

Firstly I'd like to apologize if this sounds like a question already asked but the answers given were of no any help :/ Here's my situation. I bought a USB key with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from Canonical. ...
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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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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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Error booting full Ubuntu from external USB hard drive on desktop preloaded with Windows 8

I've just installed Linux for the first time, except I installed it on a Seagate USB Hard Drive (500GB, USB 3.0, 3 Partitions: 10 GB Ubuntu/1GB swap/The Rest NTFS) from a Live USB drive (4GB) made in ...
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USB Keyboard and Mouse no longer work after GRUB boot

My USB keyboard and mouse don't work when booting into Ubuntu 12.04. The keyboard is fine up until the boot loader (GRUB). I can select previous kernels or recovery mode. But regardless of the ...
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USB MULTIBOOT with GRUB and options [duplicate]

Is it possible to make an USB installer with the option of more than one release? I have a 16GB USB stick and I would like to have the choice to install either AMD64 or i386 or perhaps the option of ...
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Can't run Ubuntu from USB

There is no option to run from USB, The menu shows grub 2.0 and the only options available are try without installing and install Ubuntu.The boot menu is UEFI and i'm using the 12.10 x64 version.
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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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Booting Linux from a Mac

I have an external hard drive (usb) connected to my Windows pc with Ubuntu 12.04 (32 bit). When I want to boot Linux, I modify the BIOS to first look for a bootable drive on the usb ports. I have a ...
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Reinstalling Leopard on Mac [Running Ubuntu]

So I was stuck with the Prohibitary sign on my Mac... I gave up trying to reinstall Leopard as I didn't have the recovery disk I ended up burning Ubuntu to a CD and installing it I have no problems ...
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Mac boot from Ubuntu installed on a USB drive

I have a USB drive with Ubuntu installed on it (on a Live USB, it actually has Ubuntu installed on it), and it works seamlessly when I try to boot my PC from it. When I try to boot my mac (Mac Book ...
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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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Grub2 on hard drive chainload grub2 on USB

I'm taking steps to secure my laptop - from both a data security and physical security point of view. I currently have full disk encryption with LUKS set up through the installer - this is pretty ...
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My brand new HP notebook won't boot Ubuntu 12.10 from USB flash drive, but I can boot the USB flash drive from other computers. How can I fix?

My brand new HP notebook won't boot Ubuntu 12.10 from USB flash drive, but I can boot the USB flash drive from other computers. It will start to load on my notebook but when it gets to the Ubuntu ...
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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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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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error loading operating system, 12.04 installed on usb from OSX

I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS onto an 8gb flash drive just to experiment with Ubuntu. I installed it with a 64 bit live cd on a macbook pro 4,1 with OSX 10.6.8 and I'm attempting to boot to the usb ...
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Is it preferable to boot from an SD card or from a USB flash drive?

I recently purchased a Chromebook (ARM). It has an SD card reader and a USB 3.0 port, but I have neither an SD card nor a USB 3.0 flash drive! If I were to boot from Ubuntu on one of those two ...
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Making bootable usb in Mac OS 9?

So I have an old G3 imac with mac os 9.2 and mac os 10.1.5 installed on it. I would like to use this computer to make a bootable ubuntu usb stick. However when I followed the instructions for using ...
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trouble with installing ubuntu 12.10 from usb

I have recently built my own PC and I want to use Ubuntu as my OS, but when I try to boot Ubuntu up using my USB I get an error saying: no default UI configuration directive found I have tried to ...
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Bootable USB from Macbook Issues

I'm having a hard time understanding what this is supposed to mean. Note: OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically. I've tried to use the .dmg file but my ...
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ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386 live usb failed in booting 2 cases

after making it bootable, with help of universal usb putting a persistent file ,, ive downloaded wine, themes, application so this must be stored in my usb. but when i shutdown my pc then turning it ...
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Ubuntu won't boot from a USB on my Windows 8 laptop

Yesterday I set up Ubuntu on a 32GB Sandisk flash drive. I booted it up on my Windows 7 PC, and it works flawlessly. I haven't had any problems getting it to boot with USB priority on that machine, ...
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installing ubuntu with full disk encryption including encrpyted boot on i-USB Pendrive ii-A regular HDD

Hi how to install Ubuntu 12.04+ with full disk encryption including encrypted boot partition : a- to a USB drive ie. 16GB or 32GB b- to a HDD
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How to solve my problems with booting ubuntu from external usb drive?

my Ubuntu does not want to boot up from an external usb drive. It only happens for my stationary PC though, while it runs nicely for my asus laptop. Here goes the boot-repair: ...

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