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

[Jim Beckstrom]

Hi Gordon,

     I have a 2gb thumb drive with kubuntu 13.04.  I installed it on a Toshiba Satellite that originally had vista on it, been using it since last summer.  (I also just installed it on a "much older" Dell Latitude, originally had xp; but couldn't get the wifi to work with xfinity, otherwise it worked fine with an ethernet cable.)


On Jan 11, 2014, at 12:25 AM, gordon webb <gordonwebb1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello John
> 
> Yes the BIOS is set to boot from the USB on the HP G60t-200 lab top  it had 10.04 Ubuntu.
> 
> The USB KEY was created on the Dell Ispiron 530 that was reciently updated with Ubuntu 12.04.
> 
> I do not have a windows machine.  I had so much trouble with microsoft on the HP lap top and the Dell came with Ubuntu.
> 
> I want a USB flash stick to do an install on the HP lap top.  Their are so many problems with the lap top an install is my biggest hope.
> 
> Thank you for the questions as I am not real failure with computers.  
> 
> Gordon
> 
> 
> On Friday, January 10, 2014 11:46 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
> 
> 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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