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Stewart
Asked: 2023-11-25 21:10:00 +0800 CST

Startup Disk Creator cannot write to brand new USB drive, although I can write normal files

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I'm trying to make an Ubuntu bootable USB drive from a .iso file.

I am following the tutorial at ubuntu.com

  • Step 3 says, "Launch Startup Disk Creator".
  • Step 4 covers "ISO and USB selection"

Make Startup Disk

At this point, it refuses to write to the drive. I thought my USB stick was old, so I bought a brand new one, but same behaviour.

Error

I've tried various incantations suggested on SE or forums, suggesting such things as "umount", etc.

Ultimately, I'm trying a late upgrade from 18.04, and have rendered my system into an unstable state (don't have gparted available) due to packages that will no longer install, so I was going for a fresh install, given that /home/stewart is on an entirely separate disk.

Help!

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    There seems to be problems due to lacking write permissions. sudo is the classic way to get elevated permissions in Ubuntu.

    If you can run a terminal window, please put the program behind sudo

    sudo usb-creator-gtk

    enter your user password, and try again.

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