4:53 PM 8/17/2017
I screwed up!
I don't recall what I did last time I installed Trisquel (3 years ago) maybe
I burned the ISO on a DVD disk.
but I don't have that DVD now and my son has all my burnable DVDs so I can't
make another.
But, really I didn't think it would matter.
I have the Trisquel ISO on my HDD, I'm all set, right?
WRONG!
I bought a USB 16 GB and copied the triquel ISO to it thinking I could use
the USB memory stick.
But there is no executable file and the reboot failed to stop at the plugin
USB Trisquel ISO!
This is where I went confused and stupid...
Why didn't that work? Okay, maybe I need to change the BIOS boot to recognize
the USB first!
So I tried several changes to my ASUS AI command module (and frankly I don't
remember the original settings after those efforts failed) - so that was a
SHOCKER!
Sigh, All the tutorial and the documents fail to explain how to step by step
complete this.
And I screwed up my BIOS settings... Well I'll park the bios settings for
later, if ever - because the windows still works and I am too frustrated to
focus on that atm.
So I search the archives here at https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/
and found a method to create a LiveUSB by downloading Pen Drive Linux's USB
Installer:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/#button
So another download, and install to burn the ISO image onto the USB - well I
never...
That ISO burn took a long time to setup the USB (I guess USB sticks are
slow).
Okay the USB still has over 12GB free space so looking good, now let's
reboot.
Drum-roll please, now for the moment of truth...
Oh my, another monumental fail!
I only wanted to get some hands on exp. with the shell and terminal before my
Trisquel Laptop arrives.
I was willing to ignore the internet (as stated above in the previous
compatibility failure years ago) and simply practice with the command line
and apps included on the ISO image.
Now I have screwed up my custom BIOS setup and still can't run Trisquel.
Sadly, I now have to ask for assistance installing Trisquel on my windows PC.
Because trisquel will be on my home-network eventually this challenge must be
faced (and hopefully Trisquel will manage my home network and OS shared on
the other computers too) after I become proficient with the bash terminal -
which is why I failed to wait for my laptop to arrive - I want to learn by
typing at the command line.
LOL, Ha-ha I apologize for the long story but I needed to get it off my
chest.
Please point me to the step by step USB installation that will work for me
and my sandisk 16GB 2.0 USB memory stick and Windows 7 Home Premium ASUS BIOS
64bit desktop PC.
It is okay to laugh, I simply have difficulty with Trisquel, but I wish to
learn.
