[rohimirre]

hi there guys,,

i wanted to try ubuntu 7.04,, so i looked for some guides on how to boot ubuntu 7.04 from my usb,, and i found this guide on the net,, http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/09...stent-install/

i followed the guide in the bottom of the page,, the one saying "using windows to prepare and move the files to the usb stick"

i used a desktop with windows xp,, and i was able transfer all the file needed to my usb stick (hp 2gb usb stick),, then i tried to boot my acer aspire one from my usb stick with the ubuntu files,, but when it boots i always get a black empty screen with a message from the upper left hand corner of my screen that says "error 17",, i tried 2 times but still got the same error,, don't know where i went wrong,, so i tried to boot my ubuntu usb on the desktop with windows xp,, but unfortunately i still got the same message of error but this time it said "error 21",,, still the black empty screen,,,

do you guys know where i went wrong,, and i would like to ask if you could assist me in any way,, thank you in advance again,,

p.s. i would like to take this opportunity to THANK EVERYONE on this forum for always helping me out in any problem that i encounter,, i really appreciate all your help guys,, and i hope that you guys will never stop on helping me and the other users here,, thank you so much again for everything,,^_^ (wow, im soo dramatic,, but it's true,, i really appreciate your help,,) Godbless everyone in this forum and may we all find solutions to our tech problems,, ^_^ good day,,

[lotuseclat79]

Hi rohimirre,

Did you go into the BIOS and reorder the boot order to make usb boot first before CD and then hard drive - on both laptop and desktop?

My Intel motherboard BIOS boot order can be changed to reflect a USB device as first in boot order - check to see if you can do it on both your laptop and desktop.

-- Tom

[rohimirre]

yes i changed the boot order from desktop and laptop,, but the usb doesn't boot the ubuntu,, instead i get that black empty screen with the error 17 on laptop and error 21 on desktop,,

[lotuseclat79]

Hi rohimirre,

Did you perform the boot compatibility test here for both laptop and desktop?

Why 7.04? Why not 8.04?

Also, what boot loader do you use - Lilo, Grub?

-- Tom

[Rich-M]

You can download that in Live-cd form and then boot to the cd to run it. Have you thought about that?

[lotuseclat79]

Hi rohimirre,

Grub Error 17. Or, you may be able to try: Stupid solution for Grub error 17[.

I think that fixing the MBR with a Live CD may be able to fix Error 21. Look/Search in the other threads here in this forum for posts by valis (very recently) which describe how to do that.

-- Tom