gold_finger,
I think I did not make it clear enough on what I want and what I did. I had Windows 8 on this laptop. I wanted to dedicate the laptop entirely to linux, and I choose LL. I used Universal-USB-Installer and selected Ubuntu. Since LL is based off Ubuntu, I figured that was the best choice as there was no LL option available. I then was able to boot into LL using the USB (don't have a CD/DVD drive) and start the installer. Then right at the end of the install I got a message saying grub could not be installed and hence upon restart, could not boot into LL. I tried other tools like Unetbootin and the ones suggested in this post. Either I would get the same result (grub wont install) or the USB wont boot. So I figured in the mean time I'd install xubuntu. I do like it, but still inclined to install LL as my sole OS for this laptop. I asked the question if LL was okay for a decent laptop, because I wanted to make sure it utilizes the full potential of the hardware and the fact that most folks were using it on a older systems. "Linux Lite is also great for reviving that old laptop or desktop you gave up on a few years back"- This gave me the impression that it was designed specifically to cater to low end machines.
I will check on the legacy boot. However, I did see that I could change from UEFI to legacy in the boot menu for my acer aspire v5. If you could let me know, step by step, how to make a bootable LL usb from Windows or Xubuntu and any other important steps, that would be great.
skar
I think I did not make it clear enough on what I want and what I did. I had Windows 8 on this laptop. I wanted to dedicate the laptop entirely to linux, and I choose LL. I used Universal-USB-Installer and selected Ubuntu. Since LL is based off Ubuntu, I figured that was the best choice as there was no LL option available. I then was able to boot into LL using the USB (don't have a CD/DVD drive) and start the installer. Then right at the end of the install I got a message saying grub could not be installed and hence upon restart, could not boot into LL. I tried other tools like Unetbootin and the ones suggested in this post. Either I would get the same result (grub wont install) or the USB wont boot. So I figured in the mean time I'd install xubuntu. I do like it, but still inclined to install LL as my sole OS for this laptop. I asked the question if LL was okay for a decent laptop, because I wanted to make sure it utilizes the full potential of the hardware and the fact that most folks were using it on a older systems. "Linux Lite is also great for reviving that old laptop or desktop you gave up on a few years back"- This gave me the impression that it was designed specifically to cater to low end machines.
I will check on the legacy boot. However, I did see that I could change from UEFI to legacy in the boot menu for my acer aspire v5. If you could let me know, step by step, how to make a bootable LL usb from Windows or Xubuntu and any other important steps, that would be great.
skar