USB Startup Disk Creator Fails to Install Bootloader

[Amichai Rotman]

Thank you all!

I'll try J's method :-)

Amichai.

2016-02-16 9:21 GMT+02:00 J <dreadpiratejeff at gmail.com>:

> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Amichai Rotman <amichai at 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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