<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Gordon,</div><div><br></div><div> I have a 2gb thumb drive with kubuntu 13.04. I installed it on a Toshiba Satellite that originally had vista on it, been using it since last summer. (I also just installed it on a "much older" Dell Latitude, originally had xp; but couldn't get the wifi to work with xfinity, otherwise it worked fine with an ethernet cable.)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Jan 11, 2014, at 12:25 AM, gordon webb <<a href="mailto:gordonwebb1@yahoo.com">gordonwebb1@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div id="yiv1909421285"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"><div id="yiv1909421285"><div id="yiv1909421285yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389416540688_6331"><div class="yiv1909421285yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389416540688_6229" id="yiv1909421285yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389416540688_6330" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;">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 id="misspell-9" class=""><span>failure</span></span> with computers. <br><br>Gordon<br clear="none"><div id="yiv1909421285yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1389416540688_10"><span></span></div><div class="yiv1909421285yahoo_quoted" id="yiv1909421285yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1389416540688_12" style="display: block;"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <div class="yiv1909421285yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389416540688_3341 yiv1909421285yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389416540688_6231" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"> <div class="yiv1909421285yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389416540688_3342 yiv1909421285yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389416540688_6232" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div class="yiv1909421285yqt6985906226" id="yiv1909421285yqt71202"><div class="yiv1909421285yqt3098308483" id="yiv1909421285yqt13026"><div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Friday, January 10, 2014 11:46 PM, john thiels <<a href="mailto:jthiels@gmail.com">jthiels@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv1909421285y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1909421285"><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" target="_blank" href="http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer">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" target="_blank" href="http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/">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 class="yiv1909421285gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv1909421285gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Adam Behnke <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:abehnke@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:abehnke@gmail.com">abehnke@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
<blockquote class="yiv1909421285gmail_quote" 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 class="yiv1909421285HOEnZb"><div class="yiv1909421285h5"><div class="yiv1909421285gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv1909421285gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Jeff Hanson <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jhansonxi@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jhansonxi@gmail.com">jhansonxi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
<blockquote class="yiv1909421285gmail_quote" 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" ymailto="mailto:gordonwebb1@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:gordonwebb1@yahoo.com">gordonwebb1@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"></div></div><blockquote class="yiv1909421285gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div><div class="yiv1909421285yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389416540688_3347 yiv1909421285yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389416540688_6237" 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" target="_blank" href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick">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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