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If I prepare an ubuntu startup usb with unetbootin or startup disk creator, it does not boot on my pc. But if I format the same drive on Windows, then restart on linux to create the bootable usb, it works.

(Yes, I must format the usb drive on Windows 7 first for linux to boot).

I have Gigabyte GA-880M-USB3 mainboard.

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  • My guess would be that you need to set the boot flag on the flash drive. You can do that with gparted or fdisk.
    – Panther
    Feb 4, 2012 at 5:23

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My experiance is that both UNetbootin and usb-creator like FAT32. Some flash drives come formatted FAT16. I have had good luck formatting Live drives using gparted from the Live CD.

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  • I format my USB drive with palimpsest. When palimpsest is about to format a partition, the option FAT means FAT16? If so, that explains it all and my question i'll format my usb a few hours from now just to find out.
    – th3pr0ph3t
    Feb 5, 2012 at 15:49
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    Thanks! I'll try gparted next time. I hate to see Windows as the solution.
    – th3pr0ph3t
    Feb 21, 2012 at 20:28

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