Questions tagged [iso]
Questions about how to use/mount/burn/create ISO images.
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Burned DVD essentially has no content and the DVD is not bootable when creating on Mac OSX
I have been unsuccessful when burning downloaded ISOs to a DVD on OSX - the burned DVD essentially has no content and the DVD is not bootable. I've tried Ubuntu versions of 11.x and 12.04 with no ...
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Boot from ISO partition using Grub2 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Using a bootable live cd disk image mounted on the hard drive
I have a few dozen disk images (ISO's) that I use as a technician, ie: MS DaRT, BackTrack, Acronis, etc. I would ...
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How do I install MATLAB via the ISO?
I am trying to install MATLAB R2010b to Ubuntu 12.04. I have the ISO file. First I copied it to my PC and then extracted it. Now it seems like I should run the install script. But I could not do that. ...
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AVI files dont play in VLC from ISO mounted disk
I noticed this problem many times and I would like to know if there is any solution.
So when I mount ISO files and try to watch some AVI files I got vlc errors.
If I copy and paste the same files from ...
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How can I Integrate Ubuntu 32 and 64 bit into a single DVD [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
DVD with both 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu
I have both 32 and 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04 iso, but how can I integrate them (both 32 bit and 64 bit) into a single DVD with a menu to ...
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Xubuntu - Download Error with Wubi
09-17 13:01 DEBUG CommonBackend: Could not find any ISO or CD,
downloading one now 09-17 13:01 DEBUG TaskList: New task get_metalink
09-17 13:01 DEBUG TaskList: ### Running get_metalink...
09-17 ...
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Problems with mounting .ISO files
I'm using Precise, with GNOME. I've attempted to install some retro,
multi-cd games (KOTOR1) via .ISO images and WINE,
but I can't get the ISO's to mount correctly. First I tried GMountISO, which ...
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How to mount an ISO (or NRG) image and rip it as if it were a physical CD?
I have an ISO (created from an NRG with nrg2iso) backup of a beloved game from my youth: Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand (1998). I with to relive those better times by listening to game's ...
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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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Ubuntu not starting
I have already burned Ubuntu to the disk. But after restarting I am not getting the language selection screen or any other option to install or try Ubuntu.
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Why does the size of Ubuntu 12.04 ISO increase once fully downloaded?
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 three times (32-bit) and on all occasions the 'download' under 'tool' gives the size as 695 MB during the process of downloading. But when it is completed, and seen in the '...
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How to create bootable usb from pre-installed Ubuntu?
I am a new Ubuntu user. Whoever helped me assumes that I've actively downloaded Ubuntu and so have an ISO. But I got Ubuntu pre-installed, and want to create a bootable USB backup.
No idea what to ...
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Ubuntu CD Installer crashes with "erron5 input/output error"
I had 12.04 installed on a Satellite l635. I wanted to start over with a fresh install because I had experimented with a bunch of different things, and computer was getting glitchy and random freezes. ...
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Burning Snow Leopard DMG on Ubuntu
So I have a SL Copy of Mac OS X Snow Leopard.DMG and I am running Ubuntu 12.0.4. I tried burn the DMG to a DVD using CD/DVD Creator however when I try, it comes up with a message saying
'The size of ...
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How do I make a bootable USB stick from an ISO image? I'm running Kubuntu 12.04
Why won't kb3 (in Kubuntu 12.04) recognize a USB drive and allow me to burn an ISO image to it?
kb3 is the default iso burning application and it gets generally good reviews. But it pops up a dialog ...
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New 12.04.1 ISO filename
I use a program called yumi from pendrivelinux.com to load all my Linux distros from a USB thumbdrive. They just updated their installer to support the newest 12.04.1 released a couple days ago.
It'...
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Can I upgrade 10.04 to 12.04.1 with the desktop image?
I am running Ubuntu Lucid and would like to upgrade to Precise, using the normal ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-...iso image.
So far I have tried upgrading with the CD but was not given the choice. Searching ...
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Burning Ubuntu ISO onto a CD [duplicate]
I've downloaded ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso via Chrome. Once that was done, I wanted to burn it onto a CD but I can't find the .iso file.
When I opened the Downloads folder, the .iso extension ...
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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
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Can I create a LiveUSB from Ubuntu 12.04 without having the original ISO file? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I easily remaster Ubuntu?
I have 12.04 installed but I would like to create a 12.04 .iso file to put on a USB and run Ubuntu 12.04 of that. I do not want to download ...
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Using apt-get from ISO on vmware
I'm trying to install VLAN using apt-get but I get this error:
E: Unable to locate package vlan
I'm not connected to the Internet at the moment as I need to tag my Ubuntu server to the VLAN first. ...
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Apt-get on a virtual server with no internet
I've been trying to install a GCC compiler on a Natty,10.04 64 Ubuntu server.
I don't have an internet connection on it, I can only transfer files to it indirectly.
I've tried mounting an image of ...
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Can't burn ISO to CD
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS which was installed with WUBI.
My Windows became corrupt, so I need a installation CD to repair it. I downloaded the ISO image and took 'Open with Brasero' (I also tried '...
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How do I burn a DVD ISO using the terminal?
I have a DVD ISO file and I want to burn through the terminal.
We have many command formats but I am unable to choose the best & safe one. so please give me a best command to burn the ISO through ...
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How do I install 12.04 after mounting the ISO in Windows?
I would like to turn my Windows 8 desktop into a server. I downloaded the Ubuntu Server 12.04 server ISO and mounted it in Windows, but I don't get the option to install it?
How can I load up or ...
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Why and where to create a loopback file for live persistence session?
I currently help QA team in ISO testing, but I stumbled on a test-case that required some extra research. I just learned about persistence from this wiki page.
Ctrl+F to "Using a loop-back file." ...
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Cannot open a Live CD made using InfraRecorder
I tried to burn the Ubuntu ISO file onto a CD using InfraRecorder and I followed the instructions at How to burn a CD on Windows.
When it was finished, I inserted the CD again to check if it had ...
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What are the differences between "md5sum" and "sha256sum"?
Why we need two tools for verifying ISO . is there any specific things to consider between them ?
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PCSX not loading after new game start
I am running pcsx on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, and I tried running Chrono Cross as an .iso file. As soon as I start the new game, the screen goes black and it does not load. Any advice?
I installed pcsx ...
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How do I re-install 11.10 and wipe out 12.04?
I have had nothing but problems with 12.04 and want to return to 11.04.
I do not want to try to fix it at this time and want to go back to what worked well for me.
Can someone point me to the ...
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Mounting iso images to play on wine
I would very much like to be able to mount iso images on my file system while getting wine to detect them as if they were real cd/dvd images inside the cd/dvd drive. As of this day I haven't been able ...
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Reinstalling Ubuntu from Ubuntu
I already have Ubuntu, and I was told that if I re-install the software that it would wipe the hard drive. I clicked start download and a status bar filled up and said that the download complete but ...
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Specifying a local iso to vmbuilder for KVM
I am trying to specify a local .iso image of the Ubuntu OS I would like to use to create a virtual machine of. According to vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --help, (and this post) you are allowed to specify an ....
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How Do I Install Another Distro Over Ubuntu? [closed]
I am pretty new at this, and I understand this is a pretty novice question but I am wanting to erase Ubuntu on my laptop (not enough RAM or hard-drive) and install a smaller distro over Ubuntu.
I ...
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How do I make an ISO from a disc?
I have a disc here, and I need to take an ISO image of the disc. Is there a piece of software I can use to get the image from the disc, or does Ubuntu ship with one?
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Why do I get rsync error 20 when trying to customize Ubuntu?
when trying to customize my ubuntu desktop live iso i'm coming across an rsync error in the first stages of the tutorial.
when I execute:
sudo rsync --exclude=/casper/filesystem.squashfs -a mnt/ ...
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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 winrar ...
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I would like to install Ubuntu on a new HDD, which unzipped files do I burn to CD?
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 from the official site and it arrived as a ZIP file. Unzipped and got a lot of folders, totaling up to over 700 MB. There isn't any ISO image in the extracted content. So ...
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How to build an "orignal" Ubuntu installer/live iso image?
Where to I find the scripts to bootstrap and create an normal Ubuntu installer/live iso image?
Or in other words, how are the (X)Ubuntu default installer/live images build?
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How do I install a Windows program in an ISO into Wine?
I have a file named X.iso. In this file there is a Windows application named X that I want to install then use. How can I install a Windows application file named X that is embedded in an ISO file ...
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What is the best free program to burn DVD movies from DVD movie files that are present on the hard drive the way ImgBurn does it in Windows?
Evaluating burning programs is difficult: it takes more time to find how things really are, and meanwhile the errors are very unpleasant. Also, a lot of people, in Linux as well as in Windows, seem to ...
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Are the Ubuntu ISO images updated From release .ubuntu.com
Just got idea from this(may not be related though) question however.
Are the ISO images from the official site updated with updates in Core Ubuntu system , like Kernel Updates , desktop Environment ...
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Where can I download Quantal 12.10 Alpha 2? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where can I get the latest Ubuntu Alpha or Beta?
I can not download the image through the link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview/Alpha2
the error is "...
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How do I easily download Ubuntu ISOs via bittorrent from the command line?
I want to download an Ubuntu ISO, preferably over bittorrent, and verify its integrity.
Currently, the following steps are required:
start web browser, go to ubuntu.com, find download link
find gpg ...
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How can I download Windows 7 DVD installers from Ubuntu?
I have rights for a free license of Windows 7, given by my University, and I need it now. According to Microsoft's instructions, to download the Windows DVD image I must:
download a Secure Download ...
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Can't to run games .ISO on PCSX(Ubuntu 12.04)
I try to run ps1 games on PSCX using by .ISO file And i already set SCPH1001.BIN.
but stuck on this error:
CD ROM failed
The CD does not appear to be a valid Playstation CD
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Creating a Custom ISO
I've got the OK at work to drop some Windows machines and install Ubuntu on them. I will be installing Precise on them, as it is an LTS. What I would like to do is create an ISO with certain packages ...
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Why dd is not a reliable command to write bootable .iso files to USB thumb drive?
One answer here indicates that Ubuntu .iso s are not expected to boot if copied with dd to a USB thumb drive. Why do some Linux distributions have the option to directly write their bootable .iso file ...
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iso file not recognized by Win7 or pendrive installer
When I follow the CD instructions from ubuntu win7 gives "selected disk image isn't valid" and pendrive installer doesn't see the .iso file. I can see it with windows explorer. Any ideas?
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How can I get magnet links for Ubuntu?
Torrent files are increasingly being replaced by magnet links, "mini torrent files" in concise and plain-text form that can be simply copy pasted around. Those link to the actual .torrent file "in the ...
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