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I've got a new Asus x550V notebook without OS preinstalled. The only thing on this laptop is FreeDos. For some reason Installation though USB stick does not working.

I followed all of the steps I found to try and get the usb drive to boot. I've change my Bios boot option priority to USB and it still does not give me the option to install though USB.

I can only enter Freedos. So I burned a DVD with a downloaded .ISO file from ubuntu. I changed my boot options to give the DVD ROM priority but it still does not want to install ubuntu. I always end up booting FreeDos.

Do I need some kind of command to start booting linux? I am sorry for my english, I am kinda frustrated.

Braiam
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Jindra
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How exactly did you write the bootable USB? My guess is that your disk burner simply copied the files, there's a difference between just burning a USB and making it bootable (a bootloader needs to be written.) You might just need to try on another system and make sure that you use the program that Ubuntu recommends to write the startup disk (http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows), freedos is honestly not that useful. Your OEM should have installed Ubuntu for you:)

Trevor Gross
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