USB Missing Operating System

[mpaccione]

I believe I have an old operating system of netbook Ubuntu and I am trying to upgrade to the latest 11 version. My netbook doesn't have a cd drive. I have tried using UNETBOOTIN with my usb drive (2GB) and have encountered problems with the install.

When I boot in it says" missin operating system". Sorry I don't have time to search I am on vacation and internet is sparse. Please I am an absolute begginner some help would be greatly appreciated!

Also i am loading unetbootin with a iso image of the latest version.

THANKS

[Basher101]

Do you have windows currently installed? or is your hard disk blank at the moment

[DunZH]

Its possible your bios / motherboard doesn't support it.

You can use the disk utility under System>Administration and see if the drive has the bootable flag.

And you should go into your lappy's bios and make sure the boot order puts the usb before the hard drive.