Startup Disk Creator not working

[metallextrem]

Hi,

Please, I tried to run Startup Disk Creator but I only give a message that says "Installing..." and never go away o do anything else. Any idea?
I am running Kubuntu 17.10, fresh install.

Screen capture: https://imgur.com/a/ptRlS

[GreyGeek]

sudo dd if=/path/to/kubuntu.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
Where "X" is the letter of the drive. Use "sudo fdisk -l" to find it.
Do not use /dev/sdX1, i.e., a partition of the USB stick. Use the whole thing.
If it doesn't boot then use Kpartition to add the boot flag to it.

[metallextrem]

I tried to do so but the problem is not with the USB stick. The message window is there the moment I run the app, whether the USB stick is plugged in or not. So I cannot do anything but to click on "cancel", and then the app closes.

But thank you anyway.

[jglen490]

I tried to do so but the problem is not with the USB stick. The message window is there the moment I run the app, whether the USB stick is plugged in or not. So I cannot do anything but to click on "cancel", and then the app closes.

But thank you anyway.

GG is talking about entering that at a command line in a terminal, not using Disk Creator. So if Disk Creator is misbehaving, you could try to re-install it or just remove it.

[vinnywright]

mkusb ,,,,,,makes liveusb media with or without persistence and optional storage partition on a usb stick ,,,,,,if size permits .

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ apt search mkusb
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
dus/xenial,xenial,now 12.2.9-1ubuntu1 all [installed,automatic]
dus - Do USB Stuff, tool to create boot drives

guidus/xenial,xenial,now 12.2.9-1ubuntu1 all [installed,automatic]
guidus - GUI for dus, tool to create boot drives

mkusb/xenial,xenial,now 12.2.9-1ubuntu1 all [installed]
mkusb - tool to create boot drives

mkusb-common/xenial,xenial,now 12.2.9-1ubuntu1 all [installed,automatic]
mkusb-common - common package for mkusb, dus, and related program packages

mkusb-nox/xenial,xenial,now 12.2.9-1ubuntu1 all [installed,automatic]
mkusb-nox - tool to create boot drives - No-X-version of mkusb

usb-pack-efi/xenial,xenial 12.2.9-1ubuntu1 all
usb-pack-efi - help package for mkusb

I did not nead the efi pack as I dont have any UEFI boxes .

PPA ,,,,,

https://launchpad.net/~mkusb/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

and see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb

O and my tutorial https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...ighlight=mkusb

VINNY

[metallextrem]

Ok, thank you, I see now. Sorry, I'm a bit new to this. I guess Startup Disk Creator is broken, but I don't know how to fix it.

[metallextrem]

Thanks very much, I will try mkusb. Startup Disk Creator used to be simple and fine for me but I thinks it's broken.

[vinnywright]

Thanks very much, I will try mkusb. Startup Disk Creator used to be simple and fine for me but I thinks it's broken.

if you dont need a live usb with persistence (the ability to save files and installed programs that will not "vanish" on a reboot) or all the rest of the tweeks that mkusb is capable of then do the "dd" thing @GG posted ,,,you run that command in a Konsole .

BUT do not get the drive designation wrong or you will hose your self "dd" will write to anything even the running system if you point it at it ,,,and writing the .ISO to the running system will kill it .

VINNY

[Bings]

I used startup disk creator years ago and it gave me problems then. I have used unetbootin but I use etcher now https://etcher.io/ for the simplicity.

[oshunluvr]

I used startup disk creator years ago and it gave me problems then. I have used unetbootin but I use etcher now https://etcher.io/ for the simplicity.

+1 for Etcher

[metallextrem]

Thanks a lot, I will try Etcher since I cannot fix Startup disk creator and Mkusb is a bit scary for me (yes, I know I know...)