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I've only had to install linux from usb once before. And it went smoothly. This time I cannot seem to get a usb stick to boot. Various usb sticks, various distros, various programs to make said stick. Help me out, what is the obvious thing I'm missing?
where sdb is the USB stick. If that doesn't work, there's something wrong with the iso file.
Sorry. I wasn't clear. I'm trying to make this USB from the wife's Windows laptop. (She needs windows for some weird accounting and inventory softwares I can't get to run on linux.) So I've got rufus, usb writer, unetbootin, and etcher. I've got about a dozen random distros, though that's more just trying to get something to boot. All the ISOs can't be corrupt.
With secure boot disabled, legacy boot should be enabled. When you boot hit the Esc key to get the various options including F9. Hit the F9 key and you should see several options including the name of the flash drive manufacturer, Sandisk, Lexar, Toshiba or whatever it is. I just got a low end HP and that's the only way I could boot a flash drive.
If your having probs with multiple distros, it's most likely NOT the iso's you're using... unless you have crappy internet that keeps disconnecting & interrupting your DL's.
Unetbootin is really buggy too, so try a different program for writing the images/files. dd... or if you don't have access to Linux, give "Rufus" as try. It's the best out there at what it does. It'll set it up for you how you want it - no matter how you plan on installing & booting Linux (EFI, UEFI, VM, live-boot, etc.).
Distribution: HP-UX, Red Hat, Fedora, AIX, Solaris
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Hi there, I would suggest trying to use UNetbootin to create your image. I have had a couple issues trying to use DD, mostly on Ubuntu 14.04, and have found luck using UNetbootin. If your PC can see the USB in the boot menu, there's an issue with your image. I would suggest formatting the USB (after moving needed data of course) and using UNetbootin to create a new image on your USB. Good luck!
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