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

Sat Jan 11 00:57:19 EST 2014

No problem.  So some follow-up questions:

1)  Is your HP laptop running?  If so and you have internet, then try this:
Upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

To upgrade from 10.04 LTS on a desktop system before then, upgrade over the
network with the following procedure.

   1. Start System/Administration/Software Sources
   2. On the Updates tab, set Show new distribution releases: to Long term
   support releases only, then press Close.
   3. Press Alt-F2 and type update-manager -d
      1. Click the Check button to check for new updates. If there are any
      updates to install, use the Install Updates button to install them, and
      press Check again after that is complete.
      2. A message will appear informing you of the availability of the new
      release. Click Upgrade.
   Follow the on-screen instructions.

This was found on:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes#From_10.04_LTS_to_12.04_LTS>
and
read those carefully.

2) If this doesn't help, which of the methods did you use to make your USB
stick on this page?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#Install_and_run_usb-creator

J

On Sat, 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<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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