Installation Help.

[KingPooh]

After attempting to run Vista and Windows 7 and both taking up massive resources on my modest rig I was referred to XUbuntu.

So I downloaded the .iso installer unpacked it and ran the installer, rebooted and Windows 7 still booted. No big deal, copied Ubuntu to flash drive and tried to boot from that, did not register, went to the Ubuntu folder in my c: and tried to get it working from there to no avail.

Help would be much appreciated.

[x1xmythx1x]

sounds to me like you have a grub issue.. try reinstalling grub from your xubuntu disc

[KingPooh]

Yeah, my Grub folder is empty. So I just reinstall everything, or how would I just install the grub portion?

[Moop]

If you're trying to install Ubuntu to your harddrive then you need to burn the iso file you downloaded to a cd. Then you boot from the cd to install. There's no "unpacking" of the iso involved. Burn the file as a image to a cd.

[KingPooh]

Do I absolutley need to boot from a CD? I don't have any on hand at the moment (I know they're dirt cheap). Is there ANY way to boot from a flash drive? Or just off the .iso file?

[Moop]

You can boot from a flash drive. Here is a link to some instructions. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

[sahabcse]

Hi

For fixing the grub issue, Follow the below urls

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http://sahabm.blogspot.com/2009/01/grub-fix-windows.html
http://sahabm.blogspot.com/2009/01/grub-fix-ubuntu.html
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Regards,
Sahab