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Subject: Re: USB Startup Disk Creator Fails to Install Bootloader
From: Amichai Rotman <amichai () iglu ! org ! il>
Date: 2016-02-16 10:46:20
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Thank you all!
I'll try J's method :-)
Amichai.
2016-02-16 9:21 GMT+02:00 J <dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Amichai Rotman <amichai@iglu.org.il>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am trying to create an installation USB stick for Ubuntu 14.04.3.
> >
> > Every time i try, with different USB sticks - I get an error at the very
> end
> > that the installation of the bootloader failed.
> >
> > Why?!
> > Is there a way to install it manually?
> >
> > Could ot find any solution on AskUbuntu
> >
> > Please help!
> >
> > I need it for tomorrow...
>
> For 14.04 and later, you should be able to DD teh image directly to
> the thumbdrive, rather than use startupdiskcreator (usb-creator).
>
> I've honestly never had much luck with usb-creator, it's always been
> very hit or miss as to whether or not it successfully makes a bootable
> disk, especially when trying to make a disk from a different release
> (e.g. making a 14.04 usb disk from a 12.04 version of usb-creator).
>
> These days, this works very well:
>
> sudo dd if=/path/to/ubuntu-image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4096
>
> where sdX above is the device of your USB stick when you plug it in
> (be sure to unmount it first).
>
> Success rate for me using dd directly is 100% whereas my success rate
> with usb-creator never got above about 30%.
>
> Alternatively, if you must have a GUI, unetbootin works just fine as
> well and has never let me down.
>
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<div dir="rtl"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">Thank you \
all!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div \
class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">I'll try J's method \
:-)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div \
class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">Amichai.</div></div><div \
class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">2016-02-16 9:21 \
GMT+02:00 J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com</a>></span>:</div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Amichai \
Rotman <<a href="mailto:amichai@iglu.org.il">amichai@iglu.org.il</a>> \
wrote:<br> > Hi All,<br>
><br>
> I am trying to create an installation USB stick for Ubuntu 14.04.3.<br>
><br>
> Every time i try, with different USB sticks - I get an error at the very end<br>
> that the installation of the bootloader failed.<br>
><br>
> Why?!<br>
> Is there a way to install it manually?<br>
><br>
> Could ot find any solution on AskUbuntu<br>
><br>
> Please help!<br>
><br>
> I need it for tomorrow...<br>
<br>
</span>For 14.04 and later, you should be able to DD teh image directly to<br>
the thumbdrive, rather than use startupdiskcreator (usb-creator).<br>
<br>
I've honestly never had much luck with usb-creator, it's always been<br>
very hit or miss as to whether or not it successfully makes a bootable<br>
disk, especially when trying to make a disk from a different release<br>
(e.g. making a 14.04 usb disk from a 12.04 version of usb-creator).<br>
<br>
These days, this works very well:<br>
<br>
sudo dd if=/path/to/ubuntu-image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4096<br>
<br>
where sdX above is the device of your USB stick when you plug it in<br>
(be sure to unmount it first).<br>
<br>
Success rate for me using dd directly is 100% whereas my success rate<br>
with usb-creator never got above about 30%.<br>
<br>
Alternatively, if you must have a GUI, unetbootin works just fine as<br>
well and has never let me down.<br>
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