re: unetbootin problems

[Qqmike]

Or, if you burned it to a USB stick, did you check the stick?

Ah, yes. Maybe technically correct, but ... first time I heard about this issue. I usually rely on dd to report any errors--which does sometimes require proper interpretation--and if not, then I go with it. Fact is, I've never had any problems at all doing a dd iso-to-usb, not even dd errors.

[GerardV]

I,m with Qqmike and use dd almost exclusively. The only graphical writer i found reliable is Suse Studio Image Writer which comes standard with any Manjaro distro. I'm not sure if it is available for Kubuntu

[siologen]

re: thanks!

The output of your dd for ubuntu.iso looks ok and "normal" to me. Your dd uses the default block size, bs=512 (bytes). Output is about 1.4 GiB, and the time in seconds looks reasonable. I assume you renamed your Ubuntu iso to be ubuntu.iso (in your Download folder).

The usb worked and let me reinstall ubuntu, so all is good. Thanks for your reply!

[siologen]

Thanks, but I managed to get dd working, and am now back on Ubuntu 16.04 which is working much better without any wifi issues, usb writing issues. Cheers again, S