Ubuntu 14.04 installation with USB flash drive problem

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Solution 1

if you are using ubuntu now, try the application "startup disk creator"

if you are currently on windows, i have found an application called "rufus" works very well

if you still cant get the USB to boot, it may be a problem with your bios configuration being incompatible how the USB was formatted... Such an issue woud be beyond my expertise...

Solution 2

another method is to use dd.

cat /proc/partitions Plug in the flash drive
cat /proc/partitions and write down the name of the drive that it is sdx (not sda!)
cd /path to 14.04.iso
sudo dd if=14.04.iso of=/dev/sdx (note the lack of a number for the partition.)

This WILL erase all data on the flashdrive.

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Alen

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Alen almost 2 years

I have problems while trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 using USB flash drive. I tried to create bootable usb flash drive with UnetBootin and startup disk creator but when I boot from flash drive I get Error 8001 reading sector 'some_number'

Do I need to set some boot options or what?
- Konner Rasmussen about 10 years
  
  unetbootin should handle all of this automatically... It simply installs grub to the USB and configures it to boot to the files included in the ubuntu ISO... if you do not get a grub screen, it is most likley a configuration issue with your bios (possibly outdated PC which doesnt support some forms of USB formatting)
- Alen about 10 years
  
  I get grub screen, I select Install option and then that error message appear. As I said in my comment bellow I installed Ubuntu 13.10 with usb with no problems so my PC is not outdated
- Konner Rasmussen about 10 years
  
  aslo... related question: askubuntu.com/questions/449271/…
- Konner Rasmussen about 10 years
  
  are you booting into eufi mode? (in my pc you can select something like [EUFI: PNY USB] or [PNY USB] and change their boot order)
- αғsнιη almost 10 years
  
  Your flash drive is missing, try with another USB stick flash drive and use Universal USB Installer to create bootable.
Alen about 10 years

I tried startup disk creator but still same issues. Btw I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 which is installed using flash drive with no problems.
Konner Rasmussen about 10 years

@Alen Have you tried a different usb?
Alen about 10 years

Eventually I burned dvd and installed Ubuntu
Konner Rasmussen about 10 years

you should put that in an answer, and accept it
Alen about 10 years

It's not an answer, I have a problem with usb, not dvd
Alen about 10 years

I made it from Ubuntu 13.10 so there was no antivirus applications