<div dir="ltr">No problem. So some follow-up questions:<div><br></div><div>1) Is your HP laptop running? If so and you have internet, then try this: </div><h2 id="Upgrading_from_Ubuntu_10.04_LTS_to_Ubuntu_12.04_LTS" style="border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(174,167,159);font-size:24px;font-weight:normal;line-height:28px;margin:16px 0px 8px;padding-top:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Ubuntu Beta',UbuntuBeta,Ubuntu,'Bitstream Vera Sans','DejaVu Sans',Tahoma,sans-serif">
Upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS</h2><span class="" id="line-107" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Ubuntu Beta',UbuntuBeta,Ubuntu,'Bitstream Vera Sans','DejaVu Sans',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"></span><span class="" id="line-108" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Ubuntu Beta',UbuntuBeta,Ubuntu,'Bitstream Vera Sans','DejaVu Sans',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"></span><p class="" style="font-size:13px;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Ubuntu Beta',UbuntuBeta,Ubuntu,'Bitstream Vera Sans','DejaVu Sans',Tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:19px">
To upgrade from 10.04 LTS on a desktop system before then, upgrade over the network with the following procedure.<span class="" id="line-109"></span><span class="" id="line-110"></span></p><ol type="1" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Ubuntu Beta',UbuntuBeta,Ubuntu,'Bitstream Vera Sans','DejaVu Sans',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">
<li>Start System/Administration/Software Sources<span class="" id="line-111"></span></li><li>On the Updates tab, set Show new distribution releases: to Long term support releases only, then press Close.<span class="" id="line-112"></span></li>
<li>Press Alt-F2 and type update-manager -d<span class="" id="line-113"></span><ol type="1"><li>Click the Check button to check for new updates. If there are any updates to install, use the Install Updates button to install them, and press Check again after that is complete.<span class="" id="line-114"></span></li>
<li>A message will appear informing you of the availability of the new release. Click Upgrade.<span class="" id="line-115"></span></li></ol>Follow the on-screen instructions.</li></ol><div>This was found on: <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes#From_10.04_LTS_to_12.04_LTS">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes</a> and read those carefully. </div>
<div><br></div><div>2) If this doesn't help, which of the methods did you use to make your USB stick on this page? <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#Install_and_run_usb-creator">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#Install_and_run_usb-creator</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div>J</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 12:25 AM, gordon webb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gordonwebb1@yahoo.com" target="_blank">gordonwebb1@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hello John<br clear="none"><br>Yes the BIOS is set to boot from the USB on the HP G60t-200 lab top it had 10.04 Ubuntu.<br><br clear="none">The USB KEY was created on the Dell Ispiron 530 that was reciently updated with Ubuntu 12.04.<br>
<br>I do not have a windows machine.
I had so much trouble with microsoft on the HP lap top and the Dell came with Ubuntu.<br><br>I want a USB flash stick to do an install on the HP lap top. Their are so many problems with the lap top an install is my biggest hope.<br>
<br>Thank you for the questions as I am not real <span><span>failure</span></span> with computers. <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>Gordon</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br clear="none"><div><span></span></div>
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<div><div><div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On Friday, January 10, 2014 11:46 PM, john thiels <<a href="mailto:jthiels@gmail.com" target="_blank">jthiels@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div>
<div><div><div dir="ltr">I'm going to ask some maybe stupid questions and make some stupid assumptions but
here goes:<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Is your BIOS set to run from a USB key? </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>When you made the USB key, what did you look at it on? Your windows machine or on Ubuntu? </div>
<div><br clear="none"></div><div>The wubi.exe file is your Windows installer and won't open on Ubuntu--it looks like the Ubuntu machine is interpreting it as a possible zip file or unknown file. If you put your USB key into a Windows machine to install Ubuntu, what happens?</div>
<div><br clear="none"></div><div>BTW, this is not a "start-up" USB key, like a live distro on a stick where you can just start up Ubuntu on any computer and then turn if off and it is a Windows computer again. wubi.exe is an installer program (see: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer</a>) You could run an .iso with a VM (forgive me if I have the term wrong but I did this a few years ago). Do you want <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/</a> so that you can have a live Ubuntu distro on a stick? That won't use wubi.exe but will maybe do what you want.</div>
<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Hope this is helpful. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Best,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>John</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div><br clear="none">
<br clear="none"><div>On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Adam Behnke <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:abehnke@gmail.com" target="_blank">abehnke@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">In which method was the live USB created? Also, which ISO did you use (regular ubuntu or another flavor)?<br clear="none">
</div><div><div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div>On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Jeff Hanson <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:jhansonxi@gmail.com" target="_blank">jhansonxi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">It's possible that the error message is a secondary symptom to some earlier problem. Does the USB drive have enough space for the Ubuntu install?<br clear="none">
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On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:25 PM, gordon webb <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:gordonwebb1@yahoo.com" target="_blank">gordonwebb1@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"></div></div>
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<div><div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><div>Hello All<br clear="none">
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When making Start up USB I got the message "Failed to install boot
loader". I am thinking this is why I have been unable to do an install
on my labtop. What do I need to do to make a working start up USB
stick?<br clear="none">
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I am using a Dell Ispiron 530 with Ububtu 12.04 to creat the start up USB and following the directions at: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...n/FromUSBStick</a><br clear="none">
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When I looked at what got saved on the USB stick their are 9 folders, 3
sheet icons, and one icon with gears labled wubi.exe. I clicked on the
wubi.exe icon and the following came up in an "Archive Mannager" box:<br clear="none">
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An error ocured while loading the archive.<br clear="none">
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Archive: /media/FF0B-3D95/wubi.exe<br clear="none">
[/media/FF0B-3D95/wubi.exe]<br clear="none">
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not<br clear="none">
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the<br clear="none">
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on<br clear="none">
the last disk(s) of this archive.<br clear="none">
note: /media/FF0B-3D95/wubi.exe may be a plain executable, not an archive<br clear="none">
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /media/FF0B-3D95/wubi.exe or<br clear="none">
/media/FF0B-3D95/wubi.exe.zip, and cannot find /media/FF0B-3D95/wubi.exe.ZIP, period.<br clear="none">
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Gordon33
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