USB Startup Disk Creator Fails to Install Bootloader

[Amichai Rotman]

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.


1. Why?!
2. Is there a way to install it manually?

Could ot find any solution on AskUbuntu

Please help!

I need it for tomorrow...

Amichai.

[compdoc]

> I am trying to create an installation USB stick for Ubuntu 14.04.3.



How are you creating the usb stick? There are many programs for that, but only a few work well...

[J]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Amichai Rotman <***@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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[Grizzly]

16 February 2016 at 2:21, J wrote:
Re: USB Startup Disk Creator Fails (at least in part)

>On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Amichai Rotman <***@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.

I'cew always used universial USB Installer (currently ver 1.9.6.3) it works
fine for all Ubuntu distros I've tried, only downside (for some) is it runs on
Windowz


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[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:07:37 -0000, Grizzly wrote:
>only downside (for some) is it runs on Windowz

Since Linux users usually don't have access to a Windows install and
this is an Ubuntu mailing list, recommending Windows software as a
replacement for a kind of software that is available for Linux too, is
completely inappropriate.


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[Grizzly]

16 February 2016 at 9:15, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
Re: USB Startup Disk Creator Fails (at least in part)

>On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:07:37 -0000, Grizzly wrote:
>>only downside (for some) is it runs on Windowz
>
>Since Linux users usually don't have access to a Windows install and
>this is an Ubuntu mailing list, recommending Windows software as a
>replacement for a kind of software that is available for Linux too, is
>completely inappropriate.

Sorry, but as the OP expressed problems the the software he had U thought that
at least this would help it is on a Linux web page

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/


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[Oshadha Gunawardena]

>
> >On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Amichai Rotman <***@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.
>
>
Hello Amichai,

If you follow the steps accordingly to create the USB bootable try updating
the BIOS. Also take a little time look at UEFI (
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI) and make sure you take the
necessary according to your firmware/hardware.

[Amichai Rotman]

Thank you all!

I'll try J's method :-)

Amichai.

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

> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Amichai Rotman <***@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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[Colin Law]

On 16 February 2016 at 10:46, Amichai Rotman <***@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 <***@gmail.com>:
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Amichai Rotman <***@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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