error 15 file not found, Trying to install Ubuntu 9.10 from the hard disk(frugal install) External links Options

[cerebrum]

Hello,

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 9.10 from the hard disk(frugal install) using unetbootin and the error I get is
'error 15 file not found'

My current machine is a dual boot(ubuntu/windows xp) machine and my primary bootloader is grub 0.97. I run unetbootin on Ubuntu 7.10(gutsy) which is my current Linux version and I choose the diskimage I've downloaded and placed into /boot/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso
And I choose to boot from the hard disk.

The software versions are:
unetbootin 377
Grub 0.97

After I've rebooted all options appear on the grub menu, I choose unetbootin and I get the error message 'error 15 file not found'.

At the bottom of this text is the relevant part of my menu.lst(I can boot fine into all the systems, only when choosing the unetbootin do I get the error message 'error 15 file not found'). I've also noticed that in the /boot directory there are neither /boot/ubnkern nor /boot/ubninit which are two files referenced in the menu.lst. The only unetbootin related files in /boot are ubnfilel.txt and ubnpathl.txt which are both empty files. Thanks for any help.

title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=<details removed> ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=<details removed> ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

title Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1


### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST


title UNetbootin
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/ubnkern
initrd /boot/ubninit
boot

[was_jaclaz]

Use COMMAND LINE instead of a pre-made menu.lst entry.

If you have an "error 15" using the:

title UNetbootin
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/ubnkern
initrd /boot/ubninit
boot
it means that either (or both) (hd0,1)/boot/ubnkern and/or (hd0,1)/boot/ubninit cannot be found or accessed.

GRUB command line should be very, very similar to the grub4dos one:
http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/cli.htm
http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/basics.htm
cannot remember if [TAB] autocompletion is in GRUB too.

jaclaz

[cerebrum]

Use COMMAND LINE instead of a pre-made menu.lst entry.

If you have an "error 15" using the:

title UNetbootin
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/ubnkern
initrd /boot/ubninit
boot
it means that either (or both) (hd0,1)/boot/ubnkern and/or (hd0,1)/boot/ubninit cannot be found or accessed.

I used the command line, same problem. As I said neither /boot/ubnkern nor /boot/ubninit are on my file system. It seems that Unetbootin is simply not installing these files, what can I do about it?