Archive:HOW-TO:Install Kodibuntu from a USB drive

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See also: XBMCbuntu and XBMCbuntu FAQ

What you'll need

  1. A USB thumbdrive
  2. Download the ISO image of the latest version of XBMCbuntu from XBMC Downloads.
  3. Download a copy of UNetBootin.

Set up

  1. Prepare the thumbdrive by formatting it as a FAT32 device.
  2. Run the UNetBootin program and select the ‘Disk Image’ radio button. Then click the button at the end of the row to locate your ISO image file.
  3. Select the USB thumbdrive as target device to ‘burn’ the image to.
  4. Click the ‘OK’ button and wait until the image has been written to the USB drive.
    You now have a bootable USB memory stick ready to install XBMCbuntu.
  5. Go into the BIOS of the system you'll be installing and change the boot options so that it boots first from the USB drive.

Install

  1. Insert the USB drive into one of your machine's USB ports and boot it up. You should see a GRUB bootloader screen, with ‘UNetBootin’ at the top. Select the option to install XBMC Live.
  2. Once the installation starts, answer the questions for country, language, keyboard type, etc.
  3. You may see a red screen informing you that the installer was unable to detect any network. Just select the ‘continue’ option for now, you can fix this later.

Next you will see the setup screens for which drive/partition to install to. Select your preference and continue. Wait for the installer to complete installation and answer any questions that may be prompted.

When the installation finishes, remove the USB drive and select ‘continue’ to reboot the system.

Resolving problematic installs

  1. Boot your system with the installer thumbdrive and select the "Try Ubuntu" option. This should boot into XBMC.
  2. Click the Shutdown menu in XBMC (lower-left corner) and select "Exit"
  3. You should be presented with a log-in screen. Click "Other..." and enter xbmc as the login and select XBMCbuntu from the dropdown menu (below the Login field).
  4. Click "Login" and you will be prompted for the Password; just leave it blank.
  5. Click "Login" again and the XBMCbuntu desktop should be displayed.
  6. On the top-left corner of the desktop should be an icon to install Ubuntu. Double-click the icon and, hopefully, you'll get the installation wizard this time.
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