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Pendrive USB Ubuntu installation - black screen on boot [duplicate]
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My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
I see many posts on this, but no solution.
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my 16GB USB flash drive ...
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Live USB doesnt recognize any bootable file on usb. Booting from usb gives disc error
Windows is screwed up and I cannot register it on my computer (product on HD doesn't match product previously on motherboard). So I decided to just run Ubuntu instead. I put the Ubuntu .iso file I ...
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How do I clear everything (data, viruses) from a thumbdrive?
Say I used some thumbdrive on a public Windows computer and I copy some data to my Ubuntu computer with it. I cannot be completely sure that the Windows computer was clean, and it might have put ...
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I installed Ubuntu onto an external usb drive, can it be used on multiple computers?
I installed the 12.04 iso with unetbootin to a flash drive then booted into the liveusb and installed onto an external hard disks. works flawlessly so far.
My question is; Am I able to boot to it ...
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Is it possible to have Windows 7 installer files and Ubuntu installer files on the same bootable USB drive?
I would like to know whether it is possible to have Windows 7 installer files and Ubuntu 12.04 installer files on the same bootable USB drive so that if I choose to boot a PC with such a USB drive, I ...
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Regular installation or Live USB with Reserved Space?
I recently just got a another 8 GB flashdrive (I have a total of 3 flashdrives, 18 GB of total usable space) and I want to install Ubuntu and boot it on a computer to do some coding and Robotics ...
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Flash Drive greyed out, won't mount
When I insert the USB flash drive, it does appear on the menu of places, but greyed out. When I right click on the drive and select mount, it does not mount and remains greyed out. How do I correct ...
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Cannot boot from Thumbdrive
I created a bootable thumbdrive following the instructions and changed boot order of my laptop to USB first. My laptop still boots into Windows. What am I doing wrong?
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I wonder if my two new USB stick run to slow [closed]
I have bought a two Kingston USB sticks, with 8 Gb & 32 Gb I wonder if they run to slow. It seems that the biggest run faster with Ext4.
Question: Do these two USB stick run enough fast or are ...
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fs flushm command cleared firefox history!
I had a corrupted mount point for a USB Flash Disk. Based on some reading, I installed "openafs-client" and used "fs flushm" command. The USB issue got cleared but my entire (unlimited) Firefox ...
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Why did my USB drive suddenly stop being detected?
I wanted to format my usb, so I opened disk-utility to format. But the formatting process wasn't complete and gave me some error. Now my usb isn't detected; please help.
Please find the screen shot ...
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Can I Install grub on an USB and make it a rescue disk?
Can I Install grub on an USB and make it a rescue disk?
Question: Is it safe to run the following commands?
sudo grub-install /dev/sdb (where sdb is my USB drive)
update-grub2
Question: Would ...
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12.04 doesn't recognize pendrive
I have new pendrive which I've used few hours ago. Now my Ubuntu (12.04) doesn't recognize it. USB ports are right because other devices plugged to them works.
When I check lsusb, it returns:
Bus 001 ...
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Can I disconnect an ejected drive even if it is still spinning?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04. When I unmount (eject) USB disk, the power LED is always "ON" & I can feel disk is still spinning after 10 Minutes.
This means disk is not unmounted from system? is it ...
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unable to format usb 1204 [daemon inhibited ]
i try to format my usb 1st time its work all data gone but i can't save any file at this usb .
then i try to check is it working or broken here the report
santos@santos:~$ sudo badblocks -v ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on pendrive
I've got a problem with installing Ubuntu on Pendrive.
Steps I made:
Downloaded ISO from Ubuntu site.
Burn it on DVD.
Run PC from the DVD (pendrive is plugged in).
Followed instruction on the ...
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Install Ubuntu 12.04 from Pen drive, now will not boot [duplicate]
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My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
I installed ubuntu 12.04 desktop amd64 to the following:
AMD A8 3870K (CPU + GPU)
ASUS F1Aff-M ...
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Iso size versus Disk size
Hi guys I have a curiosity.
Some days ago I installed an ubuntu on a flash disk. Then I took an image of its ext4 and swap area via dd. However, after a while I decided that I should move this ubuntu ...
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USB flash drive mount issue
I have a 4GB USB flash drive, which used to work fine. Recently, though, my mother had a problem with her HP winXP laptop. She tried to re-install XP using a Dell recovery disk, which would not ...
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Persistent file on USB
I've created a persistent file (4GB) on the USB drive I boot off of. Correct me if I'm wrong but will creating this persistent file, allow changes in the Ubuntu environment?
If so, after each ...
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Help with installing Ubuntu from usb stick
I used my desktop computer to create a bootable usb drive on a 8gb flash drive. I placed the usb in my laptop, which has no current OS, and I received the following error:
syslinux 4.06 EDD 4.06-pre1 ...
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want to make swap file from my ubuntu live (on flash drive) to my main hard disk
Can any one tell me why the following order gave me unexpected number of arguments?
>>>>> fallocate -l 6g /media/309AFD059AFCC87C/ubuntu live drive program files/6g.swap
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How can I get Thunar's volume management notifications without Thunar running?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with Thunar installed.
I really like Thunar and its removable drive management notifications. They pop up when I insert a removable thumbdrive. However, to get those popups, ...
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Is there another way to verify Ubuntu 12.04 settings for Flash Drive handling than System Settings?
I have two identical Acer tablet Netbooks with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed, and being new to Ubuntu, I have tried hard to keep their settings in sync, so I know better through changes if the system ...
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Not able to copy files to USB
Recently I am encountering a problem while copying files to Pen drives. The copying as it reaches the end it stalls and continues for a long time. The problem occurs at the end of copying. Can anybody ...
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Showing “boot:” trying to install ubuntu from usb stick created with pendrive
I am trying to install Ubuntu on my laptop which is a "Dell Inspiron N4010" model. I already have Windows 7 Ultimate and Fedora 17. Now i need to install the Ubuntu over Fedora. So i create ubuntu USB ...
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Can I install to a USB key, but place the swap partition on my hard drive?
Is is possible to do a normal install to a usb key, but place swap partition on internal hard drive?
My Lenovo laptop has 4 primary partitions including 2 recovery. I want to do the above so that I ...
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Ubuntu doesn't see my USB hard drive
I have a 500 gb USB hard drive NTFS partitioned that worked till yesterday, but today it doesn't work at all. It doesn't show up on my Ubuntu machine, now in Windows XP or Windows 7, I tried several ...
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Prevent the guest account from accessing a particular flash usb pen drive key?
My pen drive is very important to me. I have a 32GB one, with Ubuntu 12.04 on it. On then pen drive, I created two partitions; one ext4 for Ubuntu (5GB) and the other partition is fat32, so that ...
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Can I install Ubuntu to my 32 GB USB pen drive?
I want to install Ubuntu like how you would to a hard drive so I can use it as a portable system. I do not want a Live install; I want something where i can install updates, install drivers, and ...
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Don't have permission to write / copy from my flash usb?
I have installed ubuntu 12.04.
So, i don't remember very well what i did to make my flash usb, unwritable.
Anyways it happened after i have installed gnome shell, and now i don't know how to ...
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Show USB drives in launcher, but not mounted internal partitions
Well the title pretty much says it all. I have partitions that appear in the launcher when the system mounts them, just like when a USB key is plugged in.
I do not want these mounted internal hard ...
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Recover mail from thunderbird
With the update from 10.04 to 12.04 my PC froze halfway the update and the only option was to push the power button.
When i start it now i get the ubuntu starting screen but nothing else. I can get ...
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Is there a way to install Ubuntu on usb pendrive as normal instalation (not live cd)?
I would like to use Ubuntu from a pendrive, but I read that it works like a live cd. I would like it to keep my files and new packages I install.
Is there a way to install Ubuntu on the pendrive as ...
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Unable to use same USB key between Ubuntu and Windows
I have a 16gb USB key. I'm unable to use it properly between Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I formatted it as an NTFS drive in Windows (did a full format, not the 'quick' option). Once I write to it with ...
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How do I use dd to write a bootsector to a flash drive?
I developed a bootsector and I tried to use dd to write the data. This resulted in the corruption of files and I had to reformat my entire flash drive. This bootsector was designed for FAT32 in mind. ...
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Risk of failing to use “Safely Remove Drive”
What happens when the user selects "Safely Remove Drive" when the drive is a USB Flash Memory device and what is the risk if the user simply pulls the drive without selecting that operation?
I am on ...
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How to make your ubuntu filesystem read-only
I wonder whether there is a way to make my ubuntu read-only when I mount it on another linux system. Let me clear what I want. I have a usb stick on where my ubuntu is installed. However, the problem ...
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Adding mount options to auto mounted usb hard-disk
I am trying to set up access control lists for an external ext4 hard-disk.
I know that if it is an internal hard disk then I have to edit /etc/fstab to add option acl. But I have no idea where the ...
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Ubuntu's .iso is read as .rar on Windows. Should I install it on a USB Drive assuming it's an ISO? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How burn or mount an ISO file?
I'm trying to make an install with a USB Drive with ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso.
However, it is showing on Windows Vista 32bit as a ...
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Problem with Terminal while creating a bootable USB stick on OS X
I'm following the instructions to create a bootable USB stick on OS X and everything is fine until step number 8: I have executed sudo, entered my password and now nothing is happening.
I tried to go ...
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Setting the /home partition in a drive through a LAN
I want to install Ubuntu and I would like to set my /home partition in an external USB hard drive that is directly connected to my router, and access my data through the LAN connection. Can it be ...
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Why doesn't my USB 3.0 PCI-E card work (VIA chipset)?
I have a logilink PCIe USB3.0 interface in my computer.
Unfortunately there are no drivers available at the website of logilink.
Is there any possibility to use this interface on ubuntu?
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Can I dual-boot Windows using a USB? [closed]
Virtualbox doesn't like it and it seizes up even caused me to force shutdown a couple times tired of restarting and would like a side by side using Ubuntu 12.04
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Ubuntu doesn't copy video files to Sandisk USB Flash drive
I recently purchased a new SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32 Gigabyte flash drive. I tried to put movies on the flash drive, and it seems to work, but when I plugged it into the PS3, the video files did not ...
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Sometimes 12.04 will mount phone as USB storage when I plug it in, and sometimes it won't
This is one of those low-grade irritations that's really starting to bug me. When I plug a phone in (I've got two phones to try) to a USB port, sometimes the system finds it and creates the /dev/ ...
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Accessing DVD or USB drive [closed]
When I insert a DVD or USB drive into the computer it does not open. Are there additional drivers that I need to install? I know the USB drive is working because I installed Ubuntu using it.
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Problems with making a bootable USB Drive on a Mac
I am following these instructions to create a Bootable USB Drive for me Mac and this is the output I get on step 8.
new-host:~ Jason$ sudo dd if=/Users/Jason/Desktop/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-amd64.dmg ...
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External USB hard drive makes noises when the computer is turned off [closed]
I have an external USB hard drive of 500GB. I can't tell what model it is exactly, as nothing specific is written on it and I don't have the box anymore. I use it as a backup disk. It works absolutely ...
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Creating a bootable flash without overlayfs
I want to create an USB stick to carry my Ubuntu everywhere around with me. It's not intended to spread Ubuntu by installing it everywhere, but rather for running my configured system on any computer ...
