thegeo
September 10th, 2016, 02:32 AM
Hi,
I got a crappy little Dell Inspiron a few months ago that only has < 25gb of hard drive space. Windows 10 was taking up most of the hard drive. It was ok until I decided to install Android Studio and learn app development. Then it was not so ok.
I downloaded Ubuntu GNOME v16 and used Netbootin to make a bootable flash drive, because this thing doesn't have a CD-ROM drive. I then killed Windows 10 entirely (I'm a *nix fan for many years and hated Win 10) and installed Ubuntu on the hard drive. No need for imaging. It's practically brand new and didn't have much on it anyway.
I noticed in the BIOS that I have 2 options for booting: UEFI or legacy. If I want it to boot to a flash drive, I have to set it to legacy and specify the boot order. You get the idea.
Now when I try to boot the machine from the hard drive from the Netbootin menu, I get a message telling me that there are no bootable devices.
At this point, I'm more than a little annoyed. I've been doing a lot of research, and I can't find any answers that seem to apply to my particular situation. Was Netbootin the wrong choice? Is there something else out there (that, at this point, runs on Linux) that's better suited to making a bootable flash drive for this laptop?
Again, we're not talking about dual boot. This is now strictly a Linux machine, which is what I want. And I specifically need something with GNOME for Android Studio. Ubuntu GNOME should be a great choice because of the small size.
Thanks for any light you all can shed on this. Sorry I'm a bit rusty with all things *nix. It's been years. I am SO impressed with Ubuntu, though! I love it and want to use the full install, not just taking it for a test drive from the flash drive!
Sincerely,
The Geo
I got a crappy little Dell Inspiron a few months ago that only has < 25gb of hard drive space. Windows 10 was taking up most of the hard drive. It was ok until I decided to install Android Studio and learn app development. Then it was not so ok.
I downloaded Ubuntu GNOME v16 and used Netbootin to make a bootable flash drive, because this thing doesn't have a CD-ROM drive. I then killed Windows 10 entirely (I'm a *nix fan for many years and hated Win 10) and installed Ubuntu on the hard drive. No need for imaging. It's practically brand new and didn't have much on it anyway.
I noticed in the BIOS that I have 2 options for booting: UEFI or legacy. If I want it to boot to a flash drive, I have to set it to legacy and specify the boot order. You get the idea.
Now when I try to boot the machine from the hard drive from the Netbootin menu, I get a message telling me that there are no bootable devices.
At this point, I'm more than a little annoyed. I've been doing a lot of research, and I can't find any answers that seem to apply to my particular situation. Was Netbootin the wrong choice? Is there something else out there (that, at this point, runs on Linux) that's better suited to making a bootable flash drive for this laptop?
Again, we're not talking about dual boot. This is now strictly a Linux machine, which is what I want. And I specifically need something with GNOME for Android Studio. Ubuntu GNOME should be a great choice because of the small size.
Thanks for any light you all can shed on this. Sorry I'm a bit rusty with all things *nix. It's been years. I am SO impressed with Ubuntu, though! I love it and want to use the full install, not just taking it for a test drive from the flash drive!
Sincerely,
The Geo