Alternative Installation methods? [SOLVED]

[Alamue]

So, after a brief attempt at trying the UNetbootin USB method of doing a USB install (And failed, even with a USB Jump drive) I am wondering if there are any other options? Must be configurable within Windows, preferably without a Blank DVD. I do have a 4 GB USB drive to be used.

I am also wondering if it might be possible to load Ubuntu 9.10, then upgrade to ultimate edition 2.5 from there? I can get Ubuntu 9.10 to install fine with my jump drive.

EDIT
This is what I have come up with to see if it might work, please let me know of any issues I might encounter.
I download and install Eultimate Edition 2.3 (Last one UNetbootin worked for) then upgrade to 2.5. Anyone see any serious issues with this?

[TexasMike]

Alamue,
It is not advised to upgrade from one version of Ultimate Edition to another. I know that TheeMahn is working on a way for this to be accomplished in the future, but at this time the upgrade of one version to another is froth with major problems and is not recommended.
BTW: I used the Unetbootin (the windows version in Win XP Pro) from this link, just a couple of days B4 Xmas to install Ultimate Edition 2.5X64 with incident or error" from my SanDisk 4.0GB thumb Drive:
http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.html.

You might also refer to this Post by TheeMahn, for some guidelines...

Let me/us know if this info helps... we are here to assist you...

[Alamue]

I might have gotten it figured out,

I seem to have forgotten that You cannot use NTFS file systems for booting Linux. I managed to get Ubuntu 9.10 for netbooks installed onto my Mini 12 using the USB Installer V0.2 for Ubuntu 9.10 Setup program. I am now seeing if I can use the Ultimate Edition iso to do it for my desktop.

UNetbootin would not work for any file system for any reason for me. This was using a first gen Kingston DataTraveler 4 GB Jump drive (Semi-old by now)

[Alamue]

Hit a new issue now.

I continue to get the following error right after the initial loading screen appears, it is

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(Initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system

Any thoughts?

EDIT I should also say, that doing a cat /casper.log I get a whole bunch of sr0 errors (I believe this is floppy) this being just an unable to mount error. When I try this with a straight ubuntu image, I get the same error, but a small speel about how it just dropped to busybox.

[Alamue]

Got it working ^_^

just did a total re download via a torrent, then selected it so that there is no persistences, and it worked. doing a main install now to my secondary 2 TB RAID 0.