I was trying to install Ubuntu14.04.1 using Unetbootin. I downloaded the .iso file and followed the steps as outlined in the official tutorial.   However after I select the Unetbootin option from the  boot options, nothing happens. It gets stuck at this screen , which says   Try (hd0,0): FAT16: No UBNLDR  Try (hd0,1): NTFS5: _  After searching the web for this issue, I couldn't find anything conclusive. Am I missing something here?   Also, the .iso image that I downloaded has the name "ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64 ". Can this be the cause of this? My system is a Win7 system with Intel Centrino, 3GB RAM.   I found a thread where somebody posted about the issue in Vista, and it mentioned setting the boot device correctly.     I tried to run the bcdedit command, but I'm not sure how to get the GUID of Unetbootin.  I saw another thread with the same issue that is currently unanswered :    Can somebody help me here.
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I would like to see a full how-to guide on how to install Ubuntu.
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I want to install Ubuntu on my dad's computer. The trouble is his computer will not boot from the live cd. I think the trouble has something to do with the bios. It is an Acer,model number 4520 and currently it has Windows Vista on it. How do you find bios on this computer? Here are some more details about the computer:   120 GB harddrive 64x2 dual core processor up to 384 MB NVIDIA GetForce  Thank you all in advance for your kind and generous support.
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I was running Ubuntu 17.10 on my mac (mid-2010) as a dual-boot with Refind as the boot manager. It was functional albeit non-optimal drivers for wifi and video card.  A day ago, the Software Updater app gave me the option to upgrade and I took it. It completed the install and clean up fully but I was unable to do a final restart due to power issues. Anyway, after the power issues were sorted out, I booted my laptop, only to find that it wouldn't boot into the OS and would get stuck in a loop at a screen which was filled with lines of code that made no sense to me.  So, I rebooted with option key and booted into recovery mode and ran check disk and fix broken packages and then resumed boot. Then it booted into the OS fine. I rebooted again, and then it went back to the screen with lots of lines of code which no sense. I tried the same thing again with the recovery mode again. And this time when it booted I picked the proprietary Nvidia drivers. Now when I boot, there is just a blank screen and I cant boot into recovery mode either because there is an error in EFI screen option.  So I boot into OS X and download the ISO file for 18.04 and make a bootable USB stick and boot into that from the EFI screen. Now, it boots and once past the orangeish blue bionic beaver wallpapers, it gets stuck in a loop at a message called setting locale.  So, at this point, I can neither boot into my HDD Ubuntu install nor into the Live Disk.  My next plan of action is to try and get an ISO of a previous version and try booting form that. I'd like to avoid that if possible and stick to 18.04.  EDIT 1: I flashed Ubuntu 17.10 onto the USB storage, and that boots fine. I'll try 18.04 once again. Also, I'm using Unetbootin for flashing the USB storage.  EDIT 2: This keeps cycling over and over when I live booted from a freshly downloaded copy of Ubuntu 18.04 ISO file flashed in to a USB:    Keep in mind that when I do this on the same USB with the ISO file for 17.10.1, live boots perfectly fine.   EDIT 3: I've given up. I'm doing a clean install of 17.10.
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Today I tried several times to install Ubuntu but I have some GPU problems.  I have a bootable stick. When I boot in UEFI mode all its normal but the installer isn't able to install the boot loader.  When I boot in leagacy mode I'm able to install Ubuntu but only when I unplug my GPU GTX 1070.  When I don't do that, I get an this initialization error from the installer:  3.021954] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown chipset (134000a1)   I installed Ubuntu normally without the GPU. I installed the drivers, rebooted, shut down, pluggeed in the GPU and tried to boot but it got stuck at:  /dev/mapper/isw_bdifbbjbai_Raid0p3: clean, 191449/8855552 files, 1677252/34500448 blocks   What should I do? When I unplug the GPU I can boot easily, but I need my GPU! :D  My PC has a GTX 1070 GPU, i7 4790K CPU, and two hard drives:   250 GB M.2 SSD, which contains Windows 10 and its boot loader. 2 TB RAID-0 WD, with 1,85 TB for Windows 10 files and 150GB where I installed Ubuntu and its boot loader.
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I need to create a Windows installation USB drive from an ISO file. I used UNetbootin which seems to be the only tool that can write non-Linux images.  The USB disk boots (sort of), but it gets stuck at the very first stage. A UNetbootin splash screen appears that keeps counting down from 10 to 0, and then restarts.   The screen looks like this:    Is there a way to make Windows boot from a USB image created on Linux?
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I am not exactly new to Linux, but I am facing problems trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on my Dell Inspiron 14z pre-installed Windows 8 with Secure Boot nand UEFI mode. **I have followed all the prescribed steps of your post regarding Ubuntu installation one of this forum's post  **.  I am able to boot to LiveUSB mode via UEFI mode. But when going through the installation process, partitions don't appear at all on the 4th slide of the install process. So I just press "Install" just to see what happens. There is a pop-up window which says "No root file system defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu."  I have created three partitions on Windows 8 of which one is entirely free(100 GB) and formatted and ready to be installed on. Please help me resolve this issue. Thanks and cheers
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I have the ISO image file (that is, *.iso) and I am trying to boot my  installation with this image. Is it possible? I know how to mount my ISO image to my filesystem (on my host machine), but I don't think VirtualBox boots an OS from a location on my file system.  I've even tried to mimic mounting, such that VirtualBox thinks it has to boot from the CD drive, but this failed.   What is the correct way to boot an OS from an ISO image in VirtualBox?  My host machine is Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) and my VirtualBox version is 4.1.4.
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I've never used Ubuntu before. Just heard from some friends. "IT'S GREAT!!!", they used to say. So i decided to try it. I downloaded WUBI, and ran it but 'twas takin' too much time. So I decided to download the .ISO Image file separately. It couldn't download more after 150 mB, and got interrupted (and cancelled) itself. I just went to , and further went to , and searched for my question. After having found a related one, which told     "try the torrent way"   So I downloaded it through the torrent. And after that when I opened the .rar file, there wasn't any .ISO image file; just some folders with names like .disc, boot, ISOLINUX, etc. I searched for the .ISO file but nothin' there: ANYONE HELP ME, PLEASE!!! or this will drive me into never thinkin' about Ubuntu again.
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These instructions () doesn't work for Ubuntu Server iso. Doing dd if=ubuntuserver.iso of=/dev/sdb doesn't work either. In both situations, after the Ubuntu Server installer boots correctly, it says it hasn't found any CD drive and stops.  I've a USB stick where I've put the content of Ubuntu Server iso on it. I've configured Syslinux (with no APPEND parameter) pointing to vmlinuz+initrd present in "install" folder. The installer boots correctly but it hangs with an error saying it doesn't find the CD-ROM.  If I replace the vmlinuz+initrd with the "hd-media" ones (available ) I get another error: installer can't find any iso file anywhere (which is logical because I don't have any iso, I have the expanded tree on sdb1).  So I can't boot Ubuntu Server 16.04 from a USB stick.
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I have an Acer Aspire One netbook with an Intel Atom CPU and 1GB of RAM. I've been using Ubuntu and a few other distros on it with no problem for two years now. I have used both Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu 14.04, 14.10, 15.04 and 15.10 flawlessly, with casual distro changes (Arch Linux, openSUSE, Linux Mint, elementaryOS, Debian). No problems at all. But today I decided to move back to Xubuntu, so I grabbed the &quot;mini&quot; installation ISO from ubuntu.com, wiped out the Debian Jessie partition and installed the system there. After the installation was completed, I installed the &quot;xubuntu-core&quot; metapackage and rebooted. But the system got to a &quot;Started Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes.&quot; message and sits there, with a blinking cursor. I could access other TTYs by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Fx and even startxfce4 (as root), but that issue was really annoying me. So I downloaded a Lubuntu 16.04 ISO from lubuntu.net and went to install it. As I didn't have a DVD or USB drive available, I put it in a backup partition and booted the Lubuntu installation media with GRUB2, using set root=(hd0,msdos4) loopback loop /lubuntu-16.04-desktop-i386.iso linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/lubuntu-16.04-desktop-i386.iso config noprompt noeject initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz boot  But it also got stuck in the exact same message. The difference is that now I can't change TTY, but I think it's because it's a live media. Some people suggested it may be a graphics driver problem, but I'm not sure. I also saw a similar problem with some Mageia folks. Can someone help me?
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I am trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 on my Dell XPS 15 9570.  I have followed the steps provided in the .  However, I have stumbled on an issue.   When I boot from USB I am immediately directed to the "Try Ubuntu" option. I do not manage to choose "Install Ubuntu"    I connect to WiFi here. And then open the Install Ubuntu 18.04 icon from the desktop.   I select the language and the keyboard   I then press "Continue" on the following window:  I get to the following window:    If I try to press "Install Now" it tells me:  When I try to press "change" or "+" the Install window closes.     I suspect the issue is that I need to change the drive to ACHI mode. But, I don't know why that would help and why can't it see the drive now.  I have create the bootable USB using Rufus 3.3 and then I have formatted it and tried again using UNetbootin. Same issue.
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I have downloaded Ubuntu 10.10 and burned the ISO but it will not boot.   I discarded problems with the ISO, as I've downloaded from the official website with no errors, and burned it with no errors. I discarded problems with the burning, as looks like it was recorded with no errors here and later in another computer. I discarded problems with my DVD reader as other cds boots fine.   I'm currently using Ubuntu 9.10, I know I can upgrade via internet, but I have this same problem with my Windows XP cd, so I really would like to discover what's going on here.. My Ubuntu 9.10 cd boots just right, but the new one not.  What else can be? Or what more precise tests can I make to discover where's the problem?   --More info  What happens when I try to boot with the Ubuntu 10.10 cd is that it behaves like there's no bootable cd in the drive. It just don't find the boot on the cd, and start the HD system.  My notebook is an Amazon PC Intel Celeron 1.5 with 2Gb memory, a DVD-RW driver, HD samsung with 260GB.  --update  If you put the media agains the light and see the other side, does that means that it's a bad quality dvd media? (it's a Philips)
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I have been trying to install ubuntu (I tried 12.04LTS, 12.10, 12.10-secure-remix) using the wubi installer on Windows 8 and all the three times ran into the same problem showing some cannot find /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr when I tried to start ubuntu.  I tried to change the boot settings from UEFI to Legacy and then my laptop restarted and showed that "No operating System Found".  I then tried to install Ubuntu using a cd and after a lot of effort and using boot repair,etc. I landed into a new trouble. When I select UEFI on, the laptop loads Windows and windows too does not detect ubuntu. When I select Legacy mode, it starts ubuntu, shows me an option to start windows 8 but gives an error showing windows failed to load.  So in legacy mode, i am able to use only ubuntu and in UEFI mode, I am able to use only Win8. Please explain any process of starting windows in legacy mode (which I tried without any success) or starting ubuntu in UEFI mode.
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I have an Ubuntu 12.04 / Windows 7 dual boot. After installing Ubuntu my computer reboots straight to Windows. There is no option to boot Ubuntu.  Specs:   OS: Windows 7 Home Premium     CPU: Intel i5 2500k     mobo: ASUS P8Z68-V Pro     GPU: GeForce GTX 570      SSD: Corsair 120GB (Windows 7)     HDD: WD 1TB      I select the USB drive in the BIOS and boot to it and choose install. I select to manually configure partitions, partition the 200 GB of unallocated space on my 1 TB HDD into 16 GB swap file, 30 GB / ext4, and 154 GB /home ext4.   I made sure that the bootloader is installed on the Corsair 120GB SSD (where the Windows boot is) and the installation goes smoothly.  When I reboot after the install it runs through the BIOS straight into Windows. I have tried upwards of a dozen times and I have also tried with Linux Mint. I have also redownloaded the ISO and used two different programs to create the live USB.   The installation seems to have gone well, as after the installation I can see the partitions I have created in Windows Device Manager.       I currently run Lubuntu on my laptop, but it is not a dual boot. I'm assuming this is a bootloader issue and I am assuming that inside those partitioned files in my screenshot there is a working Ubuntu 12.04. I just have no way of getting to it.    Update: (copied from comment)  I booted using my Ubuntu live USB and used the Boot-Repair tool suggested in .   Upon opening the tool I saw that it was recognizing my SSD as a removable drive and defaulting to install on the HDD. Once I realized that I was able to force install onto the SSD. My computer can now boot Ubuntu.
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I have an installation of Ubuntu 15.04 that has been working fine for some weeks. Today, my box locked up to the point I had to power it off in order to clear the error. When I did so, it stopped booting.  When booting, it comes up and displays a cursor and nothing else.  I tried following the advice here:  but when I do so, it gives me this error:  Installing for i386-pc  platform. grub-install: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible. grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists.   Any advice as to what to try next?
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I'm attempting to install Ubuntu 14.04.1 (the only version I have handy) onto my old Compaq Presario R3000 (this Ubuntu was recommended for this computer). The installation has stalled at about 60% and hasn't moved in an hour.  The message at the bottom says: Configuring bcmwl-kernal-source (i386).  I have no experience with Ubuntu (or with Linux, for that matter), coming from a strictly-Windows background). Can anyone offer some advice?
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How would I go about creating a CentOS 7 bootable USB drive with Windows? I've read  and it says that Unetbootin and Universal USB installer won't work for CentOS 7. In addition, I've already tried dd for Windows, and that didn't work properly either - booting from the USB drive resulted in a "Machine Check Error".