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    Help needed trying to install Ubuntu on Dell Mini 9 with USB stick

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Sahin, Sep 9, 2009.

  1. Sahin

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    Title says it.

    I am quite frustrated. I cannot boot up the Ubuntu on the USB stick, to start the partition software to get rid of XP.
     
    Sahin, Sep 9, 2009
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    Make sure you appropriately resize the partition and format the stick every single time before you create the bootable usb with unetbootin.

    For example, with my asus eeepc I have to shrink the partition to about 700mb and then format it to fat16 before I even think about firing up unetbootin.

    Check out the dell mini forums and see what folks are having success with.
     
    v1k1ng1001, Sep 9, 2009
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