No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found!

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It may be a problem in the USB stick. Some sticks won't boot directly as if they were a CD drive. Try the manual formatting strategy, as described on: USB Flash Installation Media

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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Kokizzu over 1 year
I have copied, as usual, the iso into usb disk (/dev/sdc):
```
sudo dd bs=4M if=archlinux-2014.08.01-dual.iso of=/dev/sdc
```
But when I boot to my new PC, it shows:
```
ISOLINUX 6.03 6.03-pre18* EHDD Copyright (C) 1994-2014 H. Peter Anvin et al
No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found!
```
I have also tried for archlinux-2014.05.01-dual.iso and manjaro-xfce-0.8.10-x86_64.iso, but it shows the same result.

I have tried to rename syslinux folder, syslinux.bin, syslinux.cfg to isolinux, as suggested here using isomaster, then dd back to usb, but it won't boot at all.

Note: this never happened on my previous PC.

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33

How do I solve this problem?
- garethTheRed over 9 years
  
  Have you looked at your USB boot options in the BIOS/UEFI?