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Problem installing Ubuntu with Flashdrive

Asked by Stefan

I have troubles installing Ubuntu. I have the Acer Aspire TimelineX 3830TG with Win7 64bit. I downloaded the latest version of Ubuntu (11.04) and the USB Installer 1.8.6.2. to create my bootable Flashdrive.
I want to have Win7 and Ubuntu at the same time on my laptop. It Flashdrive is booting, just the installation seems broken. I get the following error message:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/imag0460u.jpg/

Is my Flashdrive broken? Or did I do something wrong? Anyone knows what this error means?

Thanks for any advice!!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you MD5 test the ISO you downloaded?

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Stefan (stefanschiessl) said : 		#2

Where can I find the checksum for the ISO? Couldnt find it on the webpage :(

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enubuntu (mr.tennents) said : 		#3

Use this:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/natty/release/MD5SUMS

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes

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Stefan (stefanschiessl) said : 		#5

The checksum for ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386 seems to be correct :(

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#6

Could you check with another medium.

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svens (svens) said : 		#7

This is a corrupt MBR.

Boot XP and run "fixmbr"

Win 7 has an utility "bootrec.exe"

Linux has: these 2 useful commands:

sudo apt-get install lilo
sudo lilo -M /dev/sda mbr

All of these will attempt to reinstall the master boot record.

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Stefan (stefanschiessl) said : 		#8

Is there any way to get the bootrec.exe without a win7 cd? They dont ship that with a new laptop :(
I tried google but wasnt a great help. My laptop hasnt got a dvd drive, so I cant burn a Repair Disk ...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#9

Run a too, make sure the RAM is healthy

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#10

Check if recovery partition do allow you to repair Windows boot.

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