I want to create a Ubuntu 12.04 Live CD. So I open Startup Disk Creator in the Ubuntu Dash. I go through all of the settings, and then click 'Make Startup Disk'.
Almost immediately I get a window that only says 'Installation Failed'.
I tried it again, and got the same result. I even downloaded a new copy of the .ISO file from the Ubuntu website. Sadly, the same thing happened.
How may I avoid this issue? Thanks in advance!
Try formatting the USB stick with a FAT32 filesystem and try again. That should do the trick.
A possible reason for this error is the inability to access the ISO file. For instance, if the user can list the contents of the directory containing the ISO, but not read the file itself, Startup Disk Creator will let select the file, and then fail with "Installation failed." error.
It is surprising that this case was not handled by the tool, for example by showing a more descriptive error message.
I faced many USB problem while making it bootable or during formatting. I had the same problem too. But in many cases, i solved just by restarting the system.
Remove USB, restart system , format it with FAT32 and then make it bootable.
Format the drive to FAT 32 file system then use terminal first to get the correct device address like (dev/sdb)
To get all memory location addresses,run command: df
Get the correct location of flash drive and type following command:
sudo dd if=input.iso of=/dev/sdc
See this if you want more details
How to create a bootable Ubuntu USB flash drive from terminal?
The current Startup Disk Creator (0.3.2) in 16.04 LTS and later versions is cloning the iso file to the USB drive or memory card. This process is very reliable. But there are several bugs in the versions of the Startup Disk Creator in previous versions of Ubuntu.
The cloning process needs no formatting. The process will overwrite whatever is written on the drive.
There are several tools that can do the same thing - clone the iso file to the USB drive or memory card also in previous versions of Ubuntu.
dd is the classic cloning tool. It is very powerful but also dangerous, because it does what you tell it to do without any questions. If you tell it to wipe the family pictures ... and it is a minor typing error away. dd deserves the nick-name 'Data Destroyer'.
Disks alias gnome-disks can 'restore' from the iso file to a USB pendrive or graphics card. It is a graphical tool, and there are checkpoints, where you can make sure, that you will write to the correct drive. Disks is included in standard Ubuntu and several of the Ubuntu flavours.
mkusb can 'install' from the iso file to a USB pendrive or graphics card. It is a graphical tool, and there are checkpoints, where you can make sure, that you will write to the correct drive. mkusb can be installed via a Launchpad PPA, ppa:mkusb/ppa.
After installing Ubuntu, you can use mkusb to wipe the USB drive or memory card or restore it to a standard storage device.
sudo fdisk -l
ctrl + alt +t
$sudo dd if=[filename.iso] of=[name of flash drive] bs=512k
