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Dieter Matuschek
Advanced Cruncher Germany Joined: Aug 13, 2005 Post Count: 142 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is scheduled for April 17th according to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseSchedule
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uplinger
Former World Community Grid Tech Joined: May 23, 2005 Post Count: 3952 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Version 12.04 is the latest Long Term Support (LTS) version of Ubuntu.
If you are looking to install a new OS, I would wait for 14.04 to be released in a few days. If you can wait a few days you don't need to worry about upgrade from 12.04 or 13.10 to 14.04. Just my opinion of course. Also, I think the new images you download from their site are going to require a DVD to be burned to. I Know the latest 12.04.4 from their site is over the 700MB limit for a cd-r. Also, another way to get your version is to pull up a terminal and type in 'cat /etc/lsb-release' Example output: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS" Thanks, -Uplinger |
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Former Member
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Thanks uplinger.
Yes, I will wait for 14.04 I was not able to get Linux to the computer. Since I can't burn DVDs I tried to use a USB stick, but the computer keeps saying boot error. I don't know why. I also tried formatting the USB stick first, but maybe that made it worse. I need to know how to make the USB stick work. |
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Dieter Matuschek
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I need to know how to make the USB stick work. Here is a step by step plan to do this: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntuAsk not what the world can do for you - ask what you can do for the world. |
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uplinger
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Dieter,
I think you were going down the right path, but just in case jr1 was creating the Ubuntu boot USB from a windows device, here are the instructions for that. http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows They also have instructions for Mac as well. http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-mac-osx Thanks, -Uplinger |
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Former Member
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I need to know how to make the USB stick work. Here is a step by step plan to do this: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntuThat is how I made the USB Stick, but it will not boot. The computer says Boot Error. How do I format the stick? There are so many options, and extension types, and first I formatted the volume. The second time I formatted the stick without a volume. |
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Former Member
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uplinger, no I was trying to make the USB stick on my Ubuntu computer. Then I was trying to make it boot on a Dell computer that has Windows Vista.
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Dieter Matuschek
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Former Member
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It has an option to boot from a removable drive, and I selected that.
----------------------------------------The USB stick lights up and starts blinking, but the computer stops and says Boot Error. When I first bought the USB sticks a long time ago, I used them on WinXP, so I tried to format them and erase them in my now Ubuntu computer. Maybe I messed them up trying to format them without knowing about Volumes, partitions, extensions, etc. When I right-click the USB stick and select Properties, down at the bottom it says filesystem type: msdos Is it supposed to say that after I formatted the USB drive with my Ubuntu Linux? [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Apr 15, 2014 2:11:31 AM] |
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Former Member
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Ok I have an update.
I just tested the USB stick on my Linux computer, and it does work, it Will boot Linux. It must be something wrong with the Dell computer that has Windows Vista. |
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