Problem reinstalling Xubuntu 16.04 - SOLVED

[Colin Law]

On 23 Jul 2017 2:48 p.m., "Anton Matsiuk" <denixx.baykin at gmail.com> wrote:



вс, 23 июл. 2017 г., 15:39 Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>:

> On 23 July 2017 at 13:19, Anton Matsiuk <denixx.baykin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I've tried to install ubuntu server 16.04.2 on my second pc a week ago,
> and
> > when I ran installation from flashdrive, burned thru unetbootin, an
> > installation warned me that I may be in trouble with unetbootin-burned
> > usb-stick.
>
> What do you mean that the installation warned you that you may be in
> trouble?
>
> Colin
>

I just saw some text about "It looks like you made this usb-stick with
unetbootin, be aware, that you may get troubles, but we are warned you,
that many users had reports about this tool".


Oh, that's interesting. Of course unetbootin is not the recommended tool on
Ubuntu, it is startup disc creator. That used to have problems but now it
seems solid.

Colin





> > I have never had problems with LiLi USB Creator, so I powered down PC,
> and
> > burned the same USB-stick with same iso from win 7 VM I had somewhere in
> > VirtualBox. After that I have not seen that warning.
> >
> >
> > чт, 20 июл. 2017 г., 10:10 Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> On 19 July 2017 at 23:27, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 12:17 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> On 19 July 2017 at 08:04, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>> After running into the same drop-into-busybox problem trying to
> >> >>> install my new HP laptop from the same Patriot flash drive I created
> >> >>> via unetbootin, I decided to use a DVD.
> >> >>
> >> >> Had you tried the boot option to check the files on the flash drive?
> >> >>
> >> > Early on, and I've re-installed that flash drive a few times as well,
> >> > all with the same image.  No help there.
> >>
> >> Strange
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I have a couple of other drives I can put it on and see it that helps,
> >> > but hopefully I won't need it before 16.04.3 or later comes out, or
> >> > (preferably) never.
> >>
> >> You don't need to re-install when going to 16.04.3, the normal day to
> >> day updates will ensure you end up with virtually the same system as
> >> re-installing.
> >>
> >> >
> >> >>> Worked flawlessly.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> It seems, at least for me, the unetbootin Xubuntu flash drive is NOT
> >> >>> installable.  It has failed in every system I have.  Looks like I'll
> >> >>> be trusting the still more ubiquitous DVD install image until
> further
> >> >>> notice.
> >> >>
> >> >> Do you mean you used a different image or just burned the same image
> >> >> onto DVD instead of flash?
> >> >>
> >> > Same image burned onto a DVD.  If I knew where my first one of these
> >> > was, I'd have used it, but...
> >>
> >> I wonder whether it is a problem to do with USB on that particular PC,
> >> though I have no idea what.
> >>
> >> Colin
> >>
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