re: unetbootin problems

[Qqmike]

I've tried but it also won't complete,no matter what usb I use, fat32 formatted or otherwise.

Oh, it will complete. We do it all the time. dd has no progress reporting as it runs (there are ways to get progress, but that's not the issue here). And it may take a long time on some machines/setups. You will not see any output until it finishes, and then you will get the final progress report--#bits written, errors, etc.

[siologen]

re: qmike reply

There have been reports from time to time, even at the official Ubuntu help site(s) about such issues. Many of us here quit using the canned packages. Instead, we use the Linux command called dd. With dd you can write the iso directly to a flash drive, bit by bit. You do not need to format the flash drive first. (If the flash drive is already format, that's OK, too, just use dd to write over it; or give it a fresh format, say a FAT32, but it won't matter as everything on the iso will be written to the flash drive, including the formatting and boot-control files.) Just apply dd to the iso. My brief how-to on this:

Building a Kubuntu live USB flash drive installer using dd
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...712#post378712

If you are not familiar with dd, observe the caution. It is often not-so-affectionately referred to as the "data Destroyer": you must get the target right, the output file, the "of=..." part of the command.

Thanks, I've tried but it also won't complete,no matter what usb I use, fat32 formatted or otherwise. Bit disappointing really as unetbootin worked without problems in Zorin OS. Beginning to regret trying kubuntu out if something like this will not work.

[Qqmike]

There have been reports from time to time, even at the official Ubuntu help site(s) about such issues. Many of us here quit using the canned packages. Instead, we use the Linux command called dd. With dd you can write the iso directly to a flash drive, bit by bit. You do not need to format the flash drive first. (If the flash drive is already format, that's OK, too, just use dd to write over it; or give it a fresh format, say a FAT32, but it won't matter as everything on the iso will be written to the flash drive, including the formatting and boot-control files.) Just apply dd to the iso. My brief how-to on this:

Building a Kubuntu live USB flash drive installer using dd
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...712#post378712

If you are not familiar with dd, observe the caution. It is often not-so-affectionately referred to as the "data Destroyer": you must get the target right, the output file, the "of=..." part of the command.

[siologen]

Hello all,

First time kubuntu 16.04 user, previously zorin os.

A few niggles, one of which is unetbootin does not seem to work, nor does startup disk creator. So I now cannot create live usbs for friends or to try out other distros

Anyone found similar problems, or a way out of this?