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I have an old eserver 325 (IBM) that I got second hand. It wasn't wiped clean before I got it, but I don't have the login details. I want to start fresh by loading up a new OS, Ubuntu. I saved a .iso file for Ubuntu (32 Bit) onto a USB Drive, stuck it in the server, hit F12 to get to the boot menu, and selected the removable device option. A black screen came up with a blinking line like in terminal/command line, but there was no text. The USB LED started blinking quickly and regularly, but after ten minutes of this, nothing had changed. I was expecting it to come up with a screen asking me about settings like language, but I think something is wrong. Any ideas on what the problem might be or how to fix it? Thanks!


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You don't actually save the ISO on the flash drive, you actually have to create a bootable flash USB with the ISO. You can use UNetbootin to create the bootable USB.



Now, I don't know for sure if the machine you have, can boot from USB. If that's the case, then you can create a bootable CD from the ISO, and try installing that way.



For more information on installing Ubuntu, see Ubuntu Docs


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