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EABonney
Aug 10th 2010, 02:56 PM
I am trying to install Kubuntu Netbook remix on my new Asus EEE Netbook. I did not purchase a usb cd drive so I am trying to do this from a usb thumb drive. I have attempted to create this usb drive with the start up creator on my desktop, with the usb-creator.exe from the ISO I downloaded and from unetbootin-windows. All three have created the usb fine, but the drive is not bootable. When I attempt to install the bootloader information with wubi it fails indicating that there was an error retrieving the installation files.

I have verified the checksum so I know that the integrity of the ISO I downloaded is good. I also thought maybe the usb thumb drive was bad, so I tried on a different one and I even tried on an SD card. All have failed to boot from them. Anyone have any other suggestions short of purchasing a usb cd drive?

Thanks,

-Eric
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dibl
Aug 10th 2010, 03:06 PM
At times, it does feel like black magic -- especially these new Sandisk sticks with the faux CD on them.

There are links and my favorite techniques in this: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3107512.0
EABonney
Aug 10th 2010, 08:08 PM
At times, it does feel like black magic -- especially these new Sandisk sticks with the faux CD on them.

There are links and my favorite techniques in this: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3107512.0

Yes all my usb drives have this faux auto run cd thing on them. Could that be what is causing the issues? I have even tried formatting them and nothing. Thanks for the link, I will check it out.

I was able to install kubuntu with wubi but only inside Windows. I just want to zap windows entirely, I have no use for it at all. :)


-Eric
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EABonney
Aug 10th 2010, 11:11 PM
I figured this out and it seems it my or may not have been any issue with the usb stick after all.

I just finished doing the usb-creator from inside kubuntu and putting it on an SD card. I then saw something from the BIOS during boot up that said hit esc for a menu. Inside that menu I was able to select the SD card as the boot drive and now I am happily installing kubuntu on my Netbook and killing off windows 7!

Thanks for the help though.

-Eric
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