[NBLUG/talk] Installation problem
Michael Tucker
mchltckr80 at gmail.com
Sun Oct 6 23:44:58 PDT 2013
You could alway run oracle's virtualbox and use a virtual machine with your
current network settings since they seem to work on xp. I don't know what
your resources are like, but one advantage to a virtual machine is that you
can manipulate your image and settings without having to switch between OS'
s. Also you can clone your vm's and experiment with changes too. Sorry to
hear that your nic isn't being installed properly with ubuntu. Good luck
with the install.
On Oct 6, 2013 11:31 PM, "Alan Bloom" <n1al at sonic.net> wrote:
> On 10/6/2013 10:59 PM, Michael Tucker wrote:
>
>> Just a side note, are you able to connect to the internet at all in the
>> live mode?
>>
>
> No, the Internet works under Windows but not under Ubuntu.
>
> When you start up I believe it will give you two options, to
>> try ubuntu or to install it.
>>
>
> I chose to install it. But I notice if I exit the install program I have
> a live Ubuntu window so it must load it as well. I get the error window
> popping up that says I have no LAN connection.
>
> And another question I would have is are
>> you using wlan0 or eth0?
>>
>
> I'm using a wired LAN connection.
>
> So right now I am running the UNetbootin program again, but this time I
> told it to load the distribution from the Internet instead of using the
> .iso file I had already downloaded. It looks like it will take another
> hour or two. There is no DSL or cable where I live so I get my Internet
> via microwave link. Download speed is supposed to be 3Mbps but it is often
> less than that depending on loading.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
>> On Oct 6, 2013 10:56 PM, "Michael Tucker" <mchltckr80 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:mchltckr80 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> You might have a corrupt image. Try downloading it again and then
>> reinstalling. I have found that if I download over wifi sometimes
>> the image gets corrupted, if you can try to download over a
>> hardwired connection. Hope this helps.
>>
>> On Oct 6, 2013 10:53 PM, "Alan Bloom" <n1al at sonic.net
>> <mailto:n1al at sonic.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Michael,
>>
>> That worked. I was able to boot from the thumb drive.
>>
>> However I can't seem to get the Install program to work. After
>> selecting the English language I see a screen that says that I
>> do have the required 4.4 GB of disc space but do not have
>> Internet connectivity (no doubt since there is no driver for the
>> LAN card).
>>
>> But I proceeded anyway and chose "Something Else" for the
>> Installation Type. Then I tried all different combinations of
>> settings in the next menu, but every time I try to actually
>> install onto /dev/sda5 I always get an error message:
>>
>> No root file system is defined.
>> Please correct this from the partitioning menu.
>>
>> I never saw a "partitioning menu" or a place to define a root
>> file system.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/6/2013 8:23 PM, Michael Tucker wrote:
>>
>> Good evening Alan,
>>
>> To load your iso onto a thumb dive using windows I would
>> recommend
>> software from here: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.**__net/
>> <http://unetbootin.**sourceforge.net/<http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/>>.
>> You should be
>> able to overwrite existing linux installations on said
>> partition once
>> you create a proper thumb drive to boot from. Hope this helps.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Michael
>>
>> On Oct 6, 2013 7:40 PM, "Alan Bloom" <n1al at sonic.net
>> <mailto:n1al at sonic.net>
>> <mailto:n1al at sonic.net <mailto:n1al at sonic.net>>> wrote:
>>
>> I used to have Ubuntu Linux dual-booted with Windows XP
>> Pro but some
>> time ago, after one of the automatic Ubuntu updates,
>> the network
>> card stopped working. (It still worked fine under
>> Windoze.) I
>> spent many hours trying solutions I found on the
>> Internet but was
>> never able to solve the problem. I think it was
>> version 11.something.
>>
>> So now I am trying a clean install using Ubuntu 12.04
>> LTS. I
>> already have two partitions set up on the hard disc and
>> I want to
>> install Linux on the second partition. I tried using
>> the installer
>> program from the Ubuntu web site, but that insists on
>> placing it in
>> the same partition as Windows (as a Windows directory).
>>
>> If you just do the normal download from the Ubuntu web
>> site, what
>> you get is a .iso file. I tried putting that on a
>> thumb drive and
>> booting from that (the computer is set up to boot from
>> USB). When I
>> do that I get a "boot:" prompt, but when I hit the
>> ENTER key, I get
>> an error message, "Could not find kernel image: linux".
>> I tried
>> extracting the .iso file to the same thumb drive but it
>> wouldn't
>> boot from that either.
>>
>> I also tried to store the .iso file to a CD-ROM but it
>> is 4 or 5
>> Mbytes too large to fit on a CD.
>>
>> I would be happy just to purchase the 12.04LTS CD from
>> Ubuntu if I
>> could be sure it would work.
>>
>> Again, what I am trying to accomplish is to install
>> Ubuntu into an
>> already-existing partition on the hard disc.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
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