Re: [tlug] New member

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

On 05/12/2012 08:31 AM, Nick Bikkal wrote:
> Mario,
>
> First, thank you for your help. I do things by the seat of my pants.
> Right now nothing works. Ubuntu 12.04 was working well and was installed
> on a pen drive. I had previously taken my old Windows XP off the
> computer. I now wanted to run Ubuntu straight off my HDD. I did
> something and now I have nothing but a useless pendrive. I didn't know
> how to use the GRUB so I believe I don't even have it on my pendrive.
>
> I think my mind is stuck on learning how to properly program or load the
> files onto the pendrive so as to make it bootable then to totally load
> it on to the computer.
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
> Nick
>
> On May 11, 2012 6:03 PM, <mariod410@example.com
> <mailto:mariod410@example.com>> wrote:
>
>     Nick,
>
>     What error is it throwing when you try to boot?
>
>     You can still boot off the pen drive, yes?  If so, boot up, mount
>     your drive partition(s) and make sure GRUB is installed correctly.
>       Take a close look at
>     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
>
>     Peace,
>     Mario
>
>     Sent from my shiny
>
>
>     On May 11, 2012, at 15:45, Nick Bikkal <ipod.bikkal@example.com
>     <mailto:ipod.bikkal@example.com>> wrote:
>
>      > Hello to all,
>      >
>      > This is Nick Bikkal. I'm new or maybe a returnee to TLUG. I
>     recently deleted windows off my AA1 and installed Ubuntu which I had
>     running off a pen drive. I pushed luck & tried to get Ubuntu to boot
>     off the HDD. Now I can do nothing on the net book. I can't run
>     anything on it. I'm sort of new to Linux, I haven't had much
>     experience but I'm not new to the computer world.
>      >
>      > I'd like to get Ubuntu only on the net book, if possible. Someone
>     please help.
>      >
>      > Thank you all,
>      >
>      > Nick
>      >
>      > Sent from my iPhone

Nick,

What downloading and installation options are available to you?

I'd look at reinstalling the OS first and making a more careful check 
for the most appropriate image.

"Netbook" = "no CD/DVD"?  You have a USB 2.0 port?

There are a number of products appropriate to different devices and 
installation options offered on the Ubuntu site.  You can choose a more 
appropriate product there.  There are several notebook / netbook 
specific options but I forget whether they are added after the first 
boot or at initial install -- my ThinkPad had no trouble getting what it 
needed, so I'm a little slow on this.

Do you currently have a way to download either a CD iso or a USB drive 
installer image?  And do you have the necessary hardware to reinstall 
it?  If not, do you have a way to retrieve an image file attached to a 
mail from this site and to install it to a USB drive?

(Sorry, "pen drive" is a term I only hear from contacts who are native 
speakers of Spanish and Italian and live in Southern European countries. 
It is a mystery to me.)

--
CL