[WLUG] Msg. "Failed to install boot loader" when making Start up USB

[john thiels]

I'm going to ask some maybe stupid questions and make some stupid
assumptions but here goes:

Is your BIOS set to run from a USB key?

When you made the USB key, what did you look at it on?  Your windows
machine or on Ubuntu?

The  wubi.exe file is your Windows installer and won't open on Ubuntu--it
looks like the Ubuntu machine is interpreting it as a possible zip file or
unknown file.  If you put your USB key into a Windows machine to install
Ubuntu, what happens?

BTW, this is not a "start-up" USB key, like a live distro on a stick where
you can just start up Ubuntu on any computer and then turn if off and it is
a Windows computer again.    wubi.exe is an installer program (see:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer)   You could run
an .iso with a VM (forgive me if I have the term wrong but I did this a few
years ago).  Do you want http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ so that you can
have a live Ubuntu distro on a stick?  That won't use wubi.exe but will
maybe do what you want.

Hope this is helpful.

Best,

John




On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Adam Behnke <abehnke at gmail.com> wrote:

> In which method was the live USB created? Also, which ISO did you use
> (regular ubuntu or another flavor)?
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's possible that the error message is a secondary symptom to some
>> earlier problem.  Does the USB drive have enough space for the Ubuntu
>> install?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:25 PM, gordon webb <gordonwebb1 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello All
>>>
>>>
>>> When making Start up USB I got the message "Failed to install boot
>>> loader". I am thinking this is why I have been unable to do an install on
>>> my labtop. What do I need to do to make a working start up USB stick?
>>>
>>> I am using a Dell Ispiron 530 with Ububtu 12.04 to creat the start up
>>> USB and following the directions at:
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...n/FromUSBStick<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick>
>>>
>>> When I looked at what got saved on the USB stick their are 9 folders, 3
>>> sheet icons, and one icon with gears labled wubi.exe. I clicked on the
>>> wubi.exe icon and the following came up in an "Archive Mannager" box:
>>>
>>> An error ocured while loading the archive.
>>>
>>> Archive: /media/FF0B-3D95/wubi.exe
>>> [/media/FF0B-3D95/wubi.exe]
>>> End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
>>> a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
>>> latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
>>> the last disk(s) of this archive.
>>> note: /media/FF0B-3D95/wubi.exe may be a plain executable, not an archive
>>> zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of
>>> /media/FF0B-3D95/wubi.exe or
>>> /media/FF0B-3D95/wubi.exe.zip, and cannot find
>>> /media/FF0B-3D95/wubi.exe.ZIP, period.
>>>
>>> Gordon33
>>>
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