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

[john thiels]

Sorry for the extra message:  you can of course create a bootable USB stick
and run Ubuntu without unetbootin mentioned in my last message (see
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/try-ubuntu-before-you-install)  but
the wubi.exe is the windows installer (not for a live USB trial and newer
windows machines will not accept wubi.exe; you have to download a 64-bit
Ubuntu:  http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-with-windows



On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 11:37 PM, john thiels <jthiels at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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