Startup Disk Creator Uncaught Exception Error

Question

When creating a boot-able USB or LiveUSB with Startup Disk creator in Ubuntu 12.04, the following error message appears:

Installation Failed
An uncaught exception was raised: Invalid version string 'GNU/LINUX'

What does this mean? Is there a fix for this?

If you start a terminal with Ctl-Alt-T what is the output of the lsb_release -a command?
It is quite long, it starts with this LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia‌32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch:cx‌x-3.0-ia32:cxx- ... and ends with Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 Codename: natty

SirCharlo · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-12 13:10:22Z

up vote 2 down vote accepted

Try running the Startup Disk Creator like so:

usb-creator --allow-system-internal

Be sure to select your USB key from the drive list, and not your system drive.

This seems to be a documented bug.

answered Jul 12 '12 at 13:10

SirCharlo
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Thank you. Will try that. – Peachy Jul 12 '12 at 13:12

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Didn't work for me :( – hwjp Jul 23 '12 at 17:39

Same with me. I am also working on Precise. usb-creator-gtk --version returns 0.2.23. – JJD Aug 6 '12 at 9:38

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