Booting from Ubuntu ISO... Won't work!

[heisthegaffer]

Hi all

Fresh install of win 10 but want to dual boot with either Ubuntu or Zorin but despite setting bios to boot from DVD it ignores this (or appears to) and boots in to Win 10.

The DVD has both Ubuntu and Zorin on as ISO files.

What am I doing wrong?

[driver67]

You need to burn the contents of each ISO file to a single DVD each.

[droopsnoot]

Exactly that - you can't just copy the ISO image to the DVD, on my Win7 machine I can right-click on the ISO file and choose "burn disc image", I imagine Win10 has that or a newer version of it.

The ISO image contains (or used to contain, it might be different now) a minimal boot image in a specific place to allow it to boot.

[Mr E]

driver67 said:

You need to burn the contents of each ISO file to a single DVD each.

You need to burn the disc as an image, not just copy the iso file to the disc.

Any reason you can’t boot off usb (same trick, just easier)

[heisthegaffer]

Thanks all.

I did try to boot from USB but didn't work. Can I 'unwrap' the ISO rather than have the ISO on the USB stick?

[Mr E]

What are you using to burn the image onto usb/optical disc?

[heisthegaffer]

Mr E said:

What are you using to burn the image onto usb/optical disc?

USB dragged and dropped and dvd, Windows built in burner

[Mr E]

heisthegaffer said:

Mr E said:

What are you using to burn the image onto usb/optical disc?

USB dragged and dropped and dvd, Windows built in burner

You have to create a bootable volume from the iso image, not just copy the file over.

[Dave.]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=iso+to+usb+windo...

[Paul Drawmer]

and...make sure the BIOS is set to look at the DVD for a o/s before the HDD. Else it wall always find the existing o/s first and reload that.

[Penelope Stopit]

Out of interest, Is there good reason to not install Ubuntu to an HDD alongside Windows 10?

[heisthegaffer]

Penelope Stopit said:

Out of interest, Is there good reason to not install Ubuntu to an HDD alongside Windows 10?

Hi there, I just wanted to see what Zorin was like vs Ubuntu before installing and when I decide, I will install alongside Win 10.

Thanks for everyone's help, ended up using rufus to put on my USB stick.

[Penelope Stopit]

heisthegaffer said:

Penelope Stopit said:

Out of interest, Is there good reason to not install Ubuntu to an HDD alongside Windows 10?

Hi there, I just wanted to see what Zorin was like vs Ubuntu before installing and when I decide, I will install alongside Win 10.

Thanks for everyone's help, ended up using rufus to put on my USB stick.

Thank you I now understand what you are up to, Debian is also a real nice OS, you probably already know this

[AJB88]

Penelope Stopit said:

Out of interest, Is there good reason to not install Ubuntu to an HDD alongside Windows 10?

If he can't get it to boot from an ISO then chances are the dual boot install will become Ubuntu only install very quickly as he wipes Windows.

[eltawater]

If you just want to have a wander around each one to see which you'd prefer, I would suggest installing virtualbox instead and pointing that at each ISO file to boot instead.

[TameRacingDriver]

I was under the impression it was possible to run Linux from within Windows 10 with the latest update? If so that would be my choice.

[heisthegaffer]

Thanks for everyone's help, all sorted now.

Will have a play around with both Zorin and Ubuntu.

[Slushbox]

I have a creaking Asus Celeron laptop, came with W10 Pro. Nothing wrong with either, other than constant update nags from Windows.

Tried Linux Mint, 'twas Ok. Tried Ubuntu Mate. Can be configured to look like almost anything from menu, it also liked my printers. V.fast on older hardware (with an SSD). Has little 'dock' thing to amuse the cat. Nice to use.

HNCY - Has Not Crashed Yet.

One more distro for the Suck it And See list.

https://ubuntu-mate.org/