Laptop not detecting bootable USB stick

[Nick T.]

Just tried booting the latest debian flashed on the USB drive with the 
same command and it boots successfully. I am gonna try to redownload the 
iso just in case something went wrong.

On 26/10/2014 09:32 πμ, blind Pete wrote:
> Nick T. wrote:
>
>> On 25/10/2014 07:07 μμ, Nick T. wrote:
>>> I am trying to install ubuntu server 14.04.1 on my laptop... I
>>> downloaded the 64bit version off ubuntu.com, checked the checksums(all
>>> matched) and used disk-destroyer to copy it on a usb stick (dd
>>> if=/dev/drive of=/path/to/iso). However when I tried to boot from my
>>> laptop it just failed saying that no bootable devices have been found.
>>> I tried rewriting it using disk-destroyer but same result. Got any
>>> ideas what is happening?
>>>
>> I reversed the sample command I typed in the email its dd of=/dev/drive
>> if=/path/to/iso typed too fast to notice that, sorry about that...
>> Anyways the problem is still the same
> Obvious question; does the computer's firmware boot from any other
> bootable USB sticks?  Sorry, I don't have any answers.
>