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CellBlock420 08-23-2012 01:48 PM
.exe's
 
Hey everyone, newbie here. I'm trying to run the Universal-USB-Installer.exe and am having some trouble. I changed the permissions on the file and still have no luck. When I double click on the icon all that happens is that the terminal opens with no blinking cursor or anything.
Anyone have any ideas?

byannoni 08-23-2012 01:55 PM
It is probably made for Windows, so you need to run it on Windows. Usually, '.exe' means it runs on Windows, not Linux.

ac_kumar 08-23-2012 02:08 PM
.exe are windows executable files.
for what purpose you are trying to install .exe software ?

byannoni 08-23-2012 02:10 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ac_kumar (Post 4762402)
.exe are windows executable files.
for what purpose you are trying to install .exe software ?
Universal-USB-Installer.exe is used to make bootable Linux USB's.

pixellany 08-23-2012 02:15 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by byannoni (Post 4762406)
Universal-USB-Installer.exe is used to make bootable Linux USB's.
Umm...so it does that on a Windows machine???

byannoni 08-23-2012 02:19 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by pixellany (Post 4762408)
Umm...so it does that on a Windows machine???
Yes

LinuxLover! 08-23-2012 02:20 PM
I'll take a wild swing and suggest maybe using Wine, assuming you want to run the .exe on emulated environment and not a native Windows machine.

CellBlock420 08-23-2012 02:45 PM
.exe's
 
Ok, guys, I guess I should've been a little clearer; lesson learned.
I have an old pc that I am running lubuntu 12.04 on because of severely limited ram resources.
Once I upgrade (probaly this coming week), I plan on installing ubuntu 12.04. I have the .iso downloaded and want to use the Universal-USB-Installer to mount the .iso on my usb stick. For some reason the installer doesn't come with a linux version that I know of.
So I need a way to run the .exe on linux or a linux version of the installer.
Or another way of mounting the .iso on my usb stick.
Hopefully this explanation is a little more in depth.
Thank you for the help guys.

LinuxLover! 08-23-2012 02:57 PM
Just use unetbootin:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Make sure the jump drive you burn the ISO's on is vfat

byannoni 08-23-2012 03:04 PM
Warning: THIS WILL ERASE YOUR FLASHDRIVE

You could do this if there is nothing important on the flashdrive:
Code:
sudo dd if=/path/to/iso of=/dev/sd<flashdrive_letter>

CellBlock420 08-23-2012 03:06 PM
.exe's
 
Once again, sorry guys. After I posted the last posting, I read about wine. I am currently installing wine as we speak.
Thanks for the help guys!
I'm sure you'll be hearing from me again in the near future.

John VV 08-23-2012 04:42 PM
why not just use the Linux tools ALREADY in Ubuntu
or
the native Linux tools that are in the ubuntu documentation

running a MS windows program in wine on Linux to make a Linux bootable usb ON LINUX to install linux

is very round about

just use
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
there is a Linux version
and windows and a Mac version

TobiSGD 08-24-2012 09:22 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by byannoni (Post 4762468)
You could do this if there is nothing important on the flashdrive. *THIS WILL ERASE YOUR FLASHDRIVE*:
Code:
sudo dd if=/path/to/iso of=/dev/sd<flashdrive_letter>
This works only with hybrid-ISOs. For some unknown reason Ubuntu has no hybrid-ISOs, so this will not work with Ubuntu.

byannoni 08-24-2012 09:30 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by John VV (Post 4762531)
why not just use the Linux tools ALREADY in Ubuntu
Good point, doesn't Ubuntu have a start-up USB creator specifically for Ubuntu images?


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