Failed to install bootloader

[Fintan]

Hi, I guess the title say it all. I have tried getting the beta1 and various daily's on a USB stick and I contantly get: failed to install bootloader.

This is new message to me and I wondering what to do. I have tried various sticks and they come up with the same s....

I would try a DVD but with the prices fror DVD's here I don't feel like having more coasters than I need

Any ideas?

[vinnywright]

try a manual install of grub ,,,,,,,with the -v switch so maby you can see a error .

their is allso a --force option see "man grub-install"

VINNY

[claydoh]

Hi, I guess the title say it all. I have tried getting the beta1 and various daily's on a USB stick and I contantly get: failed to install bootloader.

This is new message to me and I wondering what to do. I have tried various sticks and they come up with the same s....

I would try a DVD but with the prices fror DVD's here I don't feel like having more coasters than I need

Any ideas?

Which tool are you using to make the bootable usb? If usb-creator is not working, try unetbootin, and vice versa.

Else try the command-line way from a terminal opened in the directory with the iso
sudo dd if=name-of-the.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M\
Where sdX is the flash drive.

Note that it will be /dev/sdc or similar and NOT /dev/sdc1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...r/+bug/1330165
It is completely lame that they can't backport this for existing users.

[Fintan]

@ vinneywrite:

try a manual install of grub ,,,,,,,with the -v switch so maby you can see a error .

their is allso a --force option see "man grub-install"

Not sure how to do that while makes a USB bootalbe.

@Claydoh:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...r/+bug/1330165
It is completely lame that they can't backport this for existing users.

Agreed !

I had to use unetbootin. worked but was very slooooow to boot and install.

[verndog]

I haven't used the usb bootloader for some time now. I normally use loop-back to install any new os, or use 'dd' as Claydoh pointed out.

[vinnywright]

@ vinneywrite:

Not sure how to do that while makes a USB bootalbe.

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oops ,,,,,,I misread ,,,,,I thought we were trying to get grub into a install(like you had finished installing the system and then got a "faild to install grub" error) ,,,not wile making the liveUSB ,,,,,sorry.

VINNY

[anika200]

Hi, I guess the title say it all. I have tried getting the beta1 and various daily's on a USB stick and I contantly get: failed to install bootloader.

If you are using Startup Disk Creator (this is the same as usb-creator) then you have to start with a usb stick with a single partition formatted to Fat32.

I got the same error with some of my sticks with ext3/4.

[Fintan]

@Verndog:

I normally use loop-back to install any new os,........

Never heard of using loop back. How does that work?


@Anika:

If you are using Startup Disk Creator (this is the same as usb-creator) then you have to start with a usb stick with a single partition formatted to Fat32.

Thanks, but it is formated to fat32. All of mine are.

[kernelbasher]

I prefered it when *buntu packaged imagewriter
But I agree, dd should work fine

[verndog]

I added the following to my grub boot script. Then on line 3, I 'e' edit grub, and change the "iso" to point to the one distro I want to boot up, or install:

menuentry "ISO" {
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	set isofile="/ISO/trusty-desktop-amd64.iso"
	loopback loop (hd1,1)$isofile
	linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper maybe-ubiquity iso-scan/filename=$isofile noprompt noeject nomodeset
	initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
        }