th1
February 20th, 2012, 01:38 PM
Can't use a cd drive and can't boot from usb..
So, I was trying to install xubuntu using the hdd 'as an usb stick'
I have:
xubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso
unetbootin-windows-568.exe
I run unetbootin select the iso, install, A message in unetbootin says that I should reboot and select unetbootinin the boot menu. I reboot
My C: drive has a new name: '(C:) Install Xubuntu' and a red cirle as the icon.
I reboot and XP starts normally, no boot menu... treid F8 but 'windows xp professional' is the only OS option
am I missing something?
c: drive has windows installed. I have a E:\ drive (which is a partition from the main drive, where I wanto to install xubuntu)
my specs are:
1.66 ghz amd
756mb ram
nvidia geforce4 64mb :D
EDIT:
boot.ini, before unebootin:
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /noexecute=alwaysoff
[spybotsd]
timeout.old=30
AFTER:
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /noexecute=alwaysoff
[spybotsd]
timeout.old=30
C:\ubnldr.mbr="UNetbootin"
EDIT":
I found this, as it seems everything should be working -_-
[B]Hard Disk (frugal) install mode
On Windows, UNetbootin modifies boot.ini (on 2000/XP), or uses bcdedit (on Vista/7) to add a boot menu option titled UNetbootin. This loads the GRUB4DOS bootloader, which is installed at /ubnldr and /ubnldr.mbr, and this in turn reads boot menu entries from /unetbtin/menu.lst. The installation .exe file is copied to /unetbtin.exe, and this is added to autorun upon the next bootup. When run, this will uninstall UNetbootin by deleting the extracted files (which is recorded using /ubnfilel.txt and /ubnpathl.txt) and removing the UNetbootin boot menu entry.
So, I was trying to install xubuntu using the hdd 'as an usb stick'
I have:
xubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso
unetbootin-windows-568.exe
I run unetbootin select the iso, install, A message in unetbootin says that I should reboot and select unetbootinin the boot menu. I reboot
My C: drive has a new name: '(C:) Install Xubuntu' and a red cirle as the icon.
I reboot and XP starts normally, no boot menu... treid F8 but 'windows xp professional' is the only OS option
am I missing something?
c: drive has windows installed. I have a E:\ drive (which is a partition from the main drive, where I wanto to install xubuntu)
my specs are:
1.66 ghz amd
756mb ram
nvidia geforce4 64mb :D
EDIT:
boot.ini, before unebootin:
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /noexecute=alwaysoff
[spybotsd]
timeout.old=30
AFTER:
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /noexecute=alwaysoff
[spybotsd]
timeout.old=30
C:\ubnldr.mbr="UNetbootin"
EDIT":
I found this, as it seems everything should be working -_-
[B]Hard Disk (frugal) install mode
On Windows, UNetbootin modifies boot.ini (on 2000/XP), or uses bcdedit (on Vista/7) to add a boot menu option titled UNetbootin. This loads the GRUB4DOS bootloader, which is installed at /ubnldr and /ubnldr.mbr, and this in turn reads boot menu entries from /unetbtin/menu.lst. The installation .exe file is copied to /unetbtin.exe, and this is added to autorun upon the next bootup. When run, this will uninstall UNetbootin by deleting the extracted files (which is recorded using /ubnfilel.txt and /ubnpathl.txt) and removing the UNetbootin boot menu entry.