[Trevorever]

Ok, I have successfully booted to the Linux Mint installer.

 

Download Universal USB installer and run. In the dropdown menu choose Linux Mint. Then choose where the Linux mint download is (probably in your Downloads folder). Choose you USB stick, check the Format box, and click the create button. Then try to boot to it.

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after downloading mint i do unzip it to a folder don't i?

[carolmarie4555]

after downloading mint i do unzip it to a folder don't i?

[Trevorever]

Nope, leave it the way it is.

[carolmarie4555]

okay, it will have all the drivers necessary for install?  before the boot device error i was having a drive error.

[carolmarie4555]

i just can't believe this got happy for nothing...  now it says: unknown keyword in configuration file: U-U-  no default UI configuration found!  Trevorever please tell me it is something very simple

[Trevorever]

That error was with when you were trying to install Windows 7? If you were using RMprepusb I suspect that may have been the problem.

It will have all the drivers needed to install. Sometimes Linux Mint doesn't have the correct network adaptet drivers, but that is rare.

[Trevorever]

i just can't believe this got happy for nothing...  now it says: unknown keyword in configuration file: U-U-  no default UI configuration found!  Trevorever please tell me it is something very simple

When does this come up?

[carolmarie4555]

right after the bios page select f1 to boot or f2 to set up..  i don't know why but my pc has forever gone to bios to boot instead of straight to os

Edited by carolmarie4555, 13 April 2014 - 03:42 PM.

[Trevorever]

When you reboot the computer, tap the 12 key and see if gives you a menu to choose to boot to usb.

If that does not work, disconnect the hard drive and then try to boot to the usb.

[carolmarie4555]

the bios is set to boot from the usb 1st then hdd 2nd.  and wahat is an UI configuration?

[Trevorever]

I just want to make sure that it is the USB stick it is trying to boot to.

If you get the same error with the hard drive disconnected, it might be time to try a different usb stick.

Edited by Trevorever, 13 April 2014 - 04:07 PM.

[carolmarie4555]

okay did that and still got this-- unknown keyword in configuration file: U-U-  no default UI configuration found!  i do have 2 other pendrives just always thought this was the better one...  i will follow your previous steps and see what happens next

[SleepyDude]

i just can't believe this got happy for nothing...  now it says: unknown keyword in configuration file: U-U-  no default UI configuration found!  Trevorever please tell me it is something very simple

 
Hi,
 
Maybe you want to try the solution posted here.

[carolmarie4555]

thank you Sleepy dude i tried using that with the first linux os i tried installing had problems with that attempt as well

[carolmarie4555]

OMG!!!! Trevorever you are wonderful...  of course i feel pretty dumb going thru this mess for almost 6 dats and it was my pendrive the whole time.  thank you so much.