Hello, I recommend you to play with live cd a bit whether the crashes are reproducible and try reporting if thats indeed possible in such a broken state you are getting. I know you can choose where to install grub during the install as well as choosing existing partitions with their mount points however i dont know if it can pick your files from other distros.
Greetings Peter Dňa 2.4.2012, o 23:15, Dave Hunt <ka1...@gmail.com> napísal: > Hi, > > I think the system was booting when I used the unetbootin method, but the > thing was acting as if I'd done an install from the cd to a flash drive, and > by-passed the special session from which I could install. It brought me into > a session with Unity 3d, and I could, sometimes, start orca. > > Per your suggestion, I jusd did a 'dd' to put the image onto my flash drive. > The resulting system has no persistent space but boots. I get the drums > sound, I hit 'ctrl+s', get orca, and hit 'try Ubuntu. I start orca in this > session. I log out, then hit 'ctrl+s'. I can go to this session selector > and get into Unity 2d this way. This Unity 2d session ran for about 5 > minutes, then the Unity Service Panel applet crashed, taking all the menus > with it, and leaving me with a system where I couldn't even switch apps with > 'alt+tab'. Assuming I ever get a sysgem that has reliable accessibility, and > no components crash, can I install this to my hard drive, leaving my user > data in place? If, for instance, I choose the 'advanced' option in the > installer, can I just tell the insaller to not format the partitions? If I > choose the same username I use with Trisquel 5.5, will my stuff be there when > I login? I've already backed up the files of interest to another machine on > my home network. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Dave > > > > > > On Mon, 2 Apr 2012, Peter Vágner wrote: > >> Hello, >> If you are afraid the image is not properly placed on to an USB drive you >> might try just dd the iso file on to the proper device while it's unmounted. >> I did it using this method and it worked. >> If you think the system is actually booting maybe the sound is muted on >> startup. >> You can try switching it on using the multimedia keys if your pc has some or >> you can blindly try to start a terminal and use alsa-mixer. >> I have used command >> Alsa-mixer -c 0 set Master 100% unmute >> >> Finally if you can conect the pc to the network using ethernet cable and >> have another spare computer you migh try installing an running ssh. >> To try starting the terminal when the live 2012.04 is booted you can- >> - press ctrl+s to start orca >> - assuming orca has started eventhough you cant hear the voice you should >> land in the orca window. >> - you can alt+tab once to focuss the installer window >> - in the installer window press tab key once to focuss try ubuntu button and >> space to activate it >> - finally wait for the desktop to reload and then press ctrl+alt+t to launch >> terminal. >> >> I know my advices are verry general. This is what i was trying to do in the >> past. >> >> Greetintz >> >> Peter >> >> >> Dňa 2.4.2012, o 17:36, Dave Hunt <ka1...@gmail.com> napísal: >> >>> Yah, I know, I said I'm giving up, but have trouble doing that. LOL. >>> >>> When I put 12.04 onto a flash drive, I used the unetbootin program, and >>> gave the system as much persistent space as the drive's capacity will >>> allow. When I start the resulting system, I never get the chance to choose >>> an accessible session (no drums or music ever sound). Should I do >>> something differently when making the usb system? I start with the >>> Precise desktop, found in the dailylive directory. Below is how I invoke >>> unetbootin to make this system (ignore line breaks). >>> >>> >>> Any thoughts? >>> >>> >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> >>> sudo unetbootin method=diskimage >>> isofile=/home/dave/Downloads/precise-desktop-i386.iso installtype=USB >>> targetdrive=/dev/sdb persistentspace=9999 autoinstall=yes >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list >>> Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
