USB Startup Disk Creator Fails to Install Bootloader

[Colin Law]

On 16 February 2016 at 10:46, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:
> Thank you all!
>
> I'll try J's method :-)

Just make absolutely sure you have got the /dev/sdX right.  If you get
it wrong you could overwrite your main disc.

Colin

>
> 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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