need help in Montreal install ubuntu on acer aspire A0A150 near mcgill will pay $50

M$nomoremary · 07-25-2009, 04:45 PM

Hi there i need help asap to install ubuntu or other option ie linux4one on acer aspire a0a150. I am near mcgill, only here till 29th of July. will pay someone to come over and show me how. I have an external drive i'd like to install it from. please advise me of your email address if you have previous experience doing this and let me know of your availability. Please accept my apologies if this is not the correct forum to ask for this help in or let me politely know where else i should pursue this request. thanks for your time linuxs guru's.
Mary

linus72 · 07-25-2009, 04:56 PM

Welcome to LQ!
LOL
I can't "come over"
but installing ubuntu is gravy
why can't you install it?

M$nomoremary · 07-25-2009, 05:06 PM

I need help as i can't figure out how to get ubuntu on the acer or linux4one. have linux4one on ext usb hdd and researched on how to make it bootable and lack the knowledge to put the info together and make it work. not a linux guru, just seeking the help of one.

linus72 · 07-25-2009, 05:08 PM

ok
now
are you trying to install from a cd
a usb
or a net install?

I assume the acer has a cd drive?

It's resally easy
but is there a operating system already on the lappy or no?

M$nomoremary · 07-25-2009, 05:14 PM

laptop is pooched, had virus, tried to restore xp from acer restore partion (fat) that was prob compromised. don't want M$(xp) on this laptop anymore. its a netbook with no cd drive, i have usb ext hdd or usb flash drive as options. need to make the ext drive work for installing and ubuntu or linux4one.

linus72 · 07-25-2009, 05:21 PM

OK
check this out

Even someone with no experience can do this

http://www.techdigest.tv/2009/04/how_to_install.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne110L
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/a-much-eas...ick-or-hd.html
http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/installing

now, what pc are you on now?
do you have access to a usb now?
are yoon a windows pc now?

M$nomoremary · 07-25-2009, 05:31 PM

thank you. i will check out those links right now. iam working on my macbook right now. and have access to another pc that doesn't have a cd rom drive. my mac does have dvd/cd drive but neither pc does.

linus72 · 07-25-2009, 05:36 PM

you can put netbootcd on a small usb and install any distro via internet

you wanna net-install or install from cd/dvd?

M$nomoremary · 07-25-2009, 05:56 PM

i have loaded netbootcd on usb flash drive and booted acer off of it and have window that displays
Loading FreeDOS
ROOT FAT KERNAL GO!
_

can i install off the OS ubuntu off the ext hdd? and not network?

linus72 · 07-25-2009, 06:08 PM

damn your quick

how did you put netbootcd on usb?

M$nomoremary · 07-25-2009, 06:13 PM

downloaded it on my mac and copied it to the usb flashdrive. looked for instructions on there site but saw none. acer pc is display the message i said in last reply, but its still at a flashing prompt and i can't seem to do anything more with it.

linus72 · 07-25-2009, 06:21 PM

you gotta install syslinux to the usb
and set the usb boot flag active

I have no idea how to do this on a mac

if you have access to a pc
download Unetbootin for windows and install netbootcd
to usb using unetbootin
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

FredGSanford · 07-25-2009, 08:43 PM

If you have an external cd/dvd drive. You should be able to go into the BIOS setup (I think you press the F2 during bootup) and tell it to boot from external device. Download and burn ubuntu or whatever ISO file you want to cd/dvd disc using your Mac. Do not copy the ISO file to cd/dvd disc but create Image.

Boot the newly burned cd/dvd disc and it should start the installation process.