Originally Posted by
nothingspecial
I`m trying to install Ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop with a broken cd drive. I get the error "couldn`t find kernel /ubnkern" or something similar.
The laptop is currently running Ubuntu 8.04 but it`s messed up (my fault I just love to tweak).
It will boot from usb because I tried some manual instructions (copying the content`s of a cd onto the pendrive, putting syslinux on it, editing the syslinux.config files etc) and it nearly worked.
Should I be selecting Hard Disk on the bottom left dropdown where it says type? (I want a clean Gutsy install over the whole laptop).
The instructions at the top of this thread are for windows. Should I be doing something different from Ubuntu?
Thanks.
Since you used custom instructions, did you also remember to copy the kernel file at (paths relative to the ISO/USB drive contents) /casper/vmlinuz to /ubnkern, and the initrd file at /casper/initrd.gz to /ubninit, since that's where UNetbootin expects those files to be? It seems like syslinux, which has been configured to go by UNetbootin's default paths, is not finding them. Otherwise, try changing the syslinux.cfg to this:
Code:
default unetbootin
label unetbootin
kernel /casper/vmlinuz
append initrd=/casper/initrd.gz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
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