Re: [tlug] Upgrade to 12.04

[Nick Bikkal <ipod.bikkal@example.com>]

Scott,

I'm going to try this, thanks. Question. Have you tried Fedora or any other distributor than Ubuntu? Does anyone like any other version of Linux for any other reason?

Nick

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On May 13, 2012, at 11:48 PM, Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com> wrote:

> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 09:59:34PM +0900, Nick Bikkal wrote:
> 
> 
>> I have Unetbookin. On a USB. I also have Ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso.part on it. How do I open it? I try booting from the USB & get a Unetbootin blue screen with many options, none of which work. It starts with 'Default' and goes down a whole list.
> 
> I just have the unetbootin executable on my hard drive, then run it with
> sudo unetbootin
> 
> The fact that the iso says .part at the end indicates that you haven't
> downloaded the entire file.
> 
>> From 8 something to 12, you're talking 4 years. I would back up the
> important stuff somewhere and do a fresh reinstall.  
> 
> However, you will first have to download the complete iso image, not
> something with part on the end.  Having both unetbootin and the iso on
> a USB is something I haven't tried.  
> Format the USB stick, put Unetbootin on your hard drive, download the
> entire iso to your hard drive, then run, as root, unetbootin and install
> the iso image to the USB stick.  From there, boot the computer with the
> USB stick and if you hit default, it should eventually boot into an
> Ubuntu 12.04 desktop with option to install.
> 
> 
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