| rmg51 | I never used this product, but if UNetbootin isn't working for you try something else | 00:00 |
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| rmg51 | http://superuser.com/questions/66948/how-do-i-place-a-bootable-iso-on-a-usb-drive | 00:01 |
| rmg51 | It should be noted that unetbootin fails at creating bootable media of some distributions - even those explicitely listed as supported. | 00:02 |
| rmg51 | from the last link ^ | 00:02 |
| jedijf | scottrigby: do it again - it's like dorothy in the wizard of oz = gotta click your usb 3 times and say 'i wanna go boot' | 00:03 |
| jedijf | redo the whole unetbootin thing | 00:04 |
| jedijf | and use downloaded iso | 00:07 |
| scottrigby | haha yeah. just finished DLing ISO (in a cafe w notsuperfast connection) | 00:08 |
| * scottrigby trying again | 00:08 | |
| scottrigby | oh one question | 00:09 |
| jedijf | unetbootin is great - when it works - have to keep doing - then try to boot - eventually there will be success | 00:09 |
| scottrigby | before i format this again, I'm gonna erase it. What format should I use? | 00:09 |
| scottrigby | MS-DOS (FAT) | 00:09 |
| jedijf | yes | 00:09 |
| scottrigby | ExFAT? | 00:09 |
| rmg51 | fat32 | 00:09 |
| jedijf | fat32 | 00:10 |
| scottrigby | sounds like a former lover | 00:10 |
| jedijf | greek yogurt all over keyboard now | 00:10 |
| * scottrigby \m/ (>.<) \m/ | 00:10 | |
| scottrigby | ok so MS-DOS (FAT) right | 00:11 |
| jedijf | Note that the USB drive must be formatted as FAT32; otherwise it won't be listed. | 00:11 |
| scottrigby | hmm | 00:11 |
| scottrigby | i'm trying to format from my mac, and it only gives those two options :p | 00:11 |
| scottrigby | can i format it from the PC? | 00:11 |
| jedijf | fat16 works too | 00:11 |
| scottrigby | IDK how to do that if so | 00:12 |
| jedijf | win xp right | 00:12 |
| scottrigby | yeah its literally only `MS-DOS (FAT)` or `ExFAT` from the mac disk utility | 00:12 |
| scottrigby | yeah XP | 00:12 |
| jedijf | fat is prolly 16 on mac and ok | 00:12 |
| rmg51 | try doing everything from Windows | 00:12 |
| scottrigby | hem, ok. Any tips on finding out how? | 00:13 |
| scottrigby | *hrm i mean | 00:13 |
| scottrigby | not hem. or him… or hymn | 00:13 |
| jedijf | http://tech.anoj.net/2013/01/fixing-unetbootin-on-mac-os-x-to-create.html | 00:14 |
| jedijf | for osx | 00:14 |
| scottrigby | oh cool ok | 00:15 |
| rmg51 | one last piece of advice.... | 00:18 |
| rmg51 | get a computer with a burner in it ;-) | 00:18 |
| jedijf | win might be easier | 00:19 |
| rmg51 | that's what she said | 00:20 |
| jedijf | right click my computer - manage - disk management - usb stick - format - select fat 32 | 00:20 |
| jedijf | and i have better luck with unet than usb creator | 00:22 |
| scottrigby | ok jedijf i followed steps up till #4 | 00:25 |
| scottrigby | because we're doing Lubuntu not http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/ | 00:26 |
| scottrigby | so not clear what the equivalent would be for `sudo dd conv=notrunc bs=440 count=1 if=mbr.bin of=/dev/rdisk2` | 00:26 |
| scottrigby | I'm thinking i may just skip that step and proceed with UNetbootin using the ISO | 00:26 |
| scottrigby | unless… you think that step really is a good idea anyway | 00:27 |
| scottrigby | yeah, doing step 4 :) | 00:28 |
| jedijf | scottrigby: that is the step | 00:29 |
| jedijf | that writes a mbr to the usb stick | 00:29 |
| scottrigby | gotcha. Guessign i want the one in bios/mbr/mbr.bin :) there are a few in there | 00:31 |
| jedijf | where it extracted to | 00:32 |
| jedijf | the syslinux.zip file | 00:32 |
| * scottrigby filgers Xd | 00:34 | |
| scottrigby | jedijf: oh, my ~/Downloads folder, but i got it i think… | 00:34 |
| scottrigby | at least i hope | 00:34 |
| scottrigby | i am using /dev/disk1 | 00:34 |
| scottrigby | though, that's the device | 00:34 |
| scottrigby | the mounted partition is /dev/disk1s1 | 00:35 |
| scottrigby | the example seems to refer to the disk though, not the partition path. so i think i did it right | 00:35 |
| scottrigby | we shall see! | 00:35 |
| scottrigby | so far so good! | 00:37 |
| scottrigby | it's the first time we see 'Install Lubuntu'! :D | 00:38 |
| scottrigby | ok so… after choosing this… are we literally booting from the USB, or did that format the PC? | 00:39 |
| scottrigby | we want the latter | 00:39 |
| scottrigby | so we don't need to run off the USB | 00:39 |
| scottrigby | it felt like it went a little too fast for that? | 00:39 |
| scottrigby | ok nm there's a wizard. | 00:40 |
| scottrigby | woo | 00:41 |
| scottrigby | ok so | 00:41 |
| scottrigby | jedijf: do we want… `Erase disk and install Lubuntu`? `Encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for security`? `Use LVM with the new Ubuntu software`? | 00:41 |
| scottrigby | I feel like we want option1 | 00:42 |
| scottrigby | oh dang. Yes we want option 1. Options 2 and 3 are optional extras | 00:42 |
| rmg51 | stay with the simple | 00:45 |
| jedijf | erase and install | 00:45 |
| jedijf | sorry getting out of bathing suit | 00:46 |
| rmg51 | tmi | 00:46 |
| scottrigby | lol | 00:50 |
| scottrigby | jedijf++ | 00:50 |
| scottrigby | rmg51++ | 00:50 |
| scottrigby | it totally workedddddddd | 00:50 |
| jedijf | let's hope the actual install works | 00:52 |
| jedijf | but first - boot live | 00:52 |
| jedijf | check wireless - audio - etc | 00:52 |
| jedijf | then if/when everything works install | 00:52 |
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| === scottrigby_away is now known as scottrigby | ||
| === scottrigby is now known as scottrigby_away | ||
| rmg51 | Morning | 09:39 |
| JonathanD | morning. | 09:44 |
| waltman | morning? | 11:09 |
| teddy-dbear | Morning people, dogs, turkeys and everything else | 12:04 |
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| scottrigby | afternoon? | 16:43 |
| jedijf | installed yet? | 16:48 |
| scottrigby | jedijf: yes he did :D we got kicked out of the cafe right when it asked about installing language, but yeah looks like all worked! | 17:13 |
| jedijf | sweeeeet | 17:14 |
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