[clug-talk] Can not do an install since will not recognize my USB

[sean halter]

Hi

It will boot from the USB now, but, I get the OS running rather than the
install?

So, I seem to be closer but still not there.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks


On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Jesse Kline <jesse at kline.ca> wrote:

> Hit escape at the bios screen. This should give you a list of available
> startup drives. It will likely not be called Kingston, but rather something
> like USB card reader. Either way, you can try the various options and see if
> any of them work. If you are able to select it, but it is still not booting
> up properly, you may have written the data to the drive improperly. Try
> following the instructions at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromImgFiles
>
> I had problems using usb-creator, which shipped with the last version of
> Ubuntu, but usb-imagewriter worked as expected.
>
> Jesse
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:17 PM, sean halter <sean.halter at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> ASUS eee1000 Ubuntu 8.04
>>
>> I am trying to do a clean install (having OS problems). I have the OS on a
>> USB drive but when I do start up it won't recognize the USB drive.
>>
>> I have done the F2 thing and set the start up order such that it should
>> recognize the USB first but, when I do that it no longer recognizes it as a
>> Kingston drive.
>>
>> What can I do?
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