trouble installing !

I created the USB installer on my pc, following all the instructions that i saw (formatting..etc..etc..)

I put it in my AAO, and hit f12

pick the usb flash drive

and i get a screen that says

SYSLINUX 3.63 Debian-2008-07-15 EBIOS Copyright (C) 1994-2008 h. Peter Anvin
boot:
(at this point, i've found no instructions in needing to do anything, so i hit enter and it replies)
Could not find kernel image: linux
boot:

... I ran a file check on the cd to make sure it was intact, I've formatted the usb drive 3 times, and reinstalled to usb

no luck

maybe i have the wrong version? i followed links from pc magazine

ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso

any help would be appreciated

 

The simplest way is to use unetbootin. It is availble for both Linux & Windows.

If you are doing this from windows;

insert thumbdrive
double click on my computer
sellect and right click on thumbdrive
format using fat32(do not quick format)
run unetbootin

 

thanks, it worked

 

alright new problem i had a hardwire connection to the internet before, i installed all the updates thinking it'd get the wifi going, or whatever... rebooted the system

now the the connection is disabled, and i've tried a bunch of crap to turn it back on, no go

no wifi

so i'm kinda stuck

 

See the wiki. Scroll down to "Install Wifi."

 

the problem is, i can;t get the wired connection to work either, so i can't pull anything off the net to fix the wifi

it worked (the wired internet) until after I patched, now it won't connect

 

In exactly the same situ here - so I wait with baited breath for someone to reply with the solution (that hopefully doesn't involve a complete reinstall!)

 

Instead of the standard Intrepid 386 ISO, you might want to try The MID USB image.

Below is a mirror picked at random.
http://mirror.uoregon.edu/ubuntu/releases/intrepid/
The version of Intrepid I am referring to is about half way down the page.
All mirrors should have this img file.

I currently use Linux4One on my AA1.

 

i get wired internet under .7 not .11

but um, not convenient, wired connection isn't really in a spot where i can do a lot of work, so this still sucks, i'm at the point where i'm gonna look for a way to uninstall linux and try and another distro, this sucks and no remedy i can find for the problem

 

so if i used that, i'd have to delete the 8.10 unbuntu i already hve installed?

 

Hopefully the link below will help so reinstall/uninstall is not necessary.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne

 

well i got .7 working wired/wireless
(thanks for all the help thus far btw!)

is .11 not fixable at this time?
or should i be able to repair it since i got the files installed on the . 7

 

actually it translated into .11

awesome!

i'll try and see if its all working

 

.7 connects to my wireless without any problems

.11 sees the wireless, but can't connect

any ideas?