Select what partition to boot on startup.Īlso, the touchscreen works but I haven't been able to figure out how to calibrate it so it is useless. The puppy linux 4.3 default instal on a Fujitsu lifebook p1120 works great though you have to manually: If you don't screw up like I did you are done at this point because you can install Puppy Linux 4.3 over the Ubuntu partition. įrom here I rebooted to Grub using in my previous post. You just need to simply change the name of the ISO file and /dev/sdXY. Mkdir /tmp/install_cd mkdir /tmp/installer sudo mount the_livecd_iamage.iso -o loop /tmp/install_cd sudo mount /dev/sdXY /tmp/installer sudo rsync -a /tmp/install_cd/ /tmp/installer sudo umount /tmp/install_cd sudo umount /tmp/installer Recreated a swap partition ~400 MB Swap Partition.Ĭopy CD contents over to the new partition using the command Created a ~200MB EXT3 Partion to copy puppy files. I used Ubuntu's GParted to disable the 600MB swap partition. Use gparted or any other program to creat a new partition that is at least have 750m. 97 I could just run the commands to boot off the partition I want but the partition table is maybe broken now =( however I don't know how to get my puppy linux installed from here. I am currently booting from TFTP to a menu at least which does nothing until you download the. Right now I have my tftpserver up and running following tutorials from: ( this is the ONLY available option now since the boot loader is messed up ) However, I was unable to install it and now I have to figure out how to get the PXE boot to work on the machine. On boot I had to wait for that special time to press:įrom there I specified the following commands according to my partions: Then, reboot the device, remembering to select the USB as the boot drive if it’s required (usually set via the BIOS).Ok I was able to boot into Puppy Linux from my partition using command line grub, but first I had to read all the documentation at: To use the installer on a computer just remove it from your current PC and insert it in to the one you wish to install Ubuntu on. It will inform you when it’s done and tell you whether it succeeded or encountered an error. That’s it! Etcher takes care of the rest of the process. If you have more than one external drive, SD card or USB stick attached make sure that you have selected the correct drive before proceeding. If it doesn’t, click the ‘Connect a drive’ button to select a device. Click “Select Drive” and choose the your flash drive you connected earlier.Įtcher will automatically select an external drive with ample free space. If you downloaded this through a website (e.g., ) then it should be located in your ~/Downloads folder.ĥ. Launch/run Etcher on your desktop and click on the “Select image” button. Etcher will scrub the drive clean as part of the installer-making processor.Ĥ. Important: If you have any data on the flash drive be sure to back it up right now. Attach a 2GB (or larger) flash drive to your computer img file for any operating system, e.g., Android x86, Linux Mint, Fedora or Hannah Montana Linux (hey, it’s up to you).ģ. ![]() ![]() Download the latest Ubuntu image from the Ubuntu website.Īlthough this guide is written for Ubuntu 16.10 you can use any compatible. Once you’ve given it the relevant permissions you can double-click on the AppImage to run it.Ģ. If you’re using Ubuntu (or another Linux distribution) you do not need to install the app. ![]() Download the latest Etcher release from Etcher.io and install it (if required). This makes it an ideal tool to recommend as the following steps will, more or less, be the same no-matter which operating system you are reading from!Īnd although plenty of other apps exist that do a similar job, we find Etcher the easiest tool to use to create a USB installer for Ubuntu.ġ. It is available for all major desktop operating systems: Windows, macOS and Linux. Create a USB Installer On Any OS Using EtcherĮtcher is a free, open-source image writing tool created by Resin.io. It shows how to make a bootable Ubuntu USB drive using an open-source, cross-platform image writer called Etcher. This guide is more universal and, we think, much simpler. We wrote a similar guide to this one back in April though, in that guide, we covered different solutions for each operating systems, Windows, macOS and Linux in turn. That’s in my opinion of course, but computers are increasingly being sold without an optical disc drive, and besides: USB drives are re-writeable and reusable. If you want to do a clean install of Ubuntu 16.10 when it lands next week, or install it on a different computer, then a bootable flash drive is the way to go.
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