Ubuntu

Hello
I have tried pendrivelinux.com and unetbootin to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in a flashdrive. Each time it quickly jumps to run from usb drive before I can touch it when I set boot with F12 to usb.
Then after about ten seconds it seems to freeze. I have to hard boot.
I have formatted the 4GB stick and set it to 2 GB.
I have tried to solve this and GRUB 2 has been mentioned in some of the readings but I know nothing about it.
I do not know why I cannot intstall Ubuntu but wouldd very much like to be able to use it but not install it in my pc.
It would be handy if the pc would not boot.
Why can't the flash drive work?

Hello
I used a dvd-rw I made from a Ubuntu iso and it worked with my laptop. It still will not work with my desktop.

I have changed the desktop BIOS boot to cd/dvd but still no luck.
The pcs are both Win 7 x64, i5,1T + 650GB , Intel 3.30GHz + 3.0 GHz, which makes them quite similar.

Do you have any idea why one will run of the dvd and the other will no?
Any ideas to try to remediate this sue as I really want to run Ubuntu off the desktop.?


Thank you
Peter

Try Linuxlive USB http://www.linuxliveusb.com/, its another app to make a live USB image, I use it and it works pretty well.
Both unetbootin and pendrivelinux did not do so well for me when using Windows 7

Originally Posted by Ralph Bromley

Try Linuxlive USB http://www.linuxliveusb.com/, its another app to make a live USB image, I use it and it works pretty well.
Both unetbootin and pendrivelinux did not do so well for me when using Windows 7

>>Thank you for the recommendation.
I have made note of Lili and when my enthusiasm returns, I may try to use Ubuntu.
To avoid a dual boot, or actual installation, I have to learn to use a vm so I have some work to do.

Did you try Wubi yet?
Wubi is a windows installer that actually installs ubuntu to try out and runs like a traditional windows program installer, its not perfect but it will allow you to try Ubuntu in a dual boot like situation but without the need to shrink your windows drive.

I am taking a respite because the chase to get Ubuntu has been tiring.
I really need to create a VM so that the family machines are not compromised.
Thank you for your support and I will be back.
Peter

Dont stress yourself.
as for a VM client try virtualbox thanks to its relative ease of use and setup.
Vmware might be better but its a bit rough to set up if you are new to virtual machine software

Originally Posted by Ralph Bromley

Dont stress yourself.
as for a VM client try virtualbox thanks to its relative ease of use and setup.
Vmware might be better but its a bit rough to set up if you are new to virtual machine software

>>HI Raplph
I appreciate that and will chat soon.
Peter

By the way I noticed you are an IE user, you do realize there is no IE in Linux right?
Firefox is the standard browser in Ubuntu, you can install chrome and opera but not IE at least not directly especially 9 as it wont work.
IE8 works but dont expect miracles from it, remember this is another operating system here so dont expect it to work like windows in the slightest.
Program installation is different in it, there is honestly no flash or java preinstalled and you will have to install things like google chrome in order for them to work (flash support is dead on linux thanks to those morons at adobe, its only going to be maintained in chrome now and the one for firefox is going to be dead soon so if you never used chrome before better learn)
You can get plenty of tutorials online though plus I am willing to help in the learning curve.

Hi Ralph
First, may I ask if the VM like Oracle box installs like any other program and needs to be uninstalled if you do not need it? I installed the Oracle VM but later had to use Revo to uninstall it as it was not working out. I did not know it resided on the hard drive or would not have double clicked it..

Secondly, I had no idea about MSIE 9 and Firefox. In all I have asked and read that point was never surfaced.

You have been more than supportive. I have Ubuntu 12.04 and Oracle's VM on my desktop as downloads. I am not sure what to do with them as I have to weigh the use vs. the poblems to our family machines.
I have tried to copy tutorials etc with no luck and am afraid to clutter the family pcs.
But let me read up a bit more and decide what I'll do. Thank you for beiring so helpful.