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Mirto Busico
Asked: 2015-01-30 01:46:47 +0800 CST

usb-creator fails - cannot generate usb disk

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Using Kubuntu 14.10 64Bit, to reproduce

  1. select Kubuntu 14.10 64bit ISO image
  2. use a USB key of 8Gb or more (tried VARIOUS BRAND)
  3. select erase disk
  4. assign 4Gb for the persistent disk
  5. start the operation

The progress stops when it says creating persistent file 99% From here nothing happens

I also posted as bug here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1411539

Anyone is experiencing this problem?

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1 Answers

  1. In above case it's a bug in Kubuntu 14.10, so in this particular case the below procedure will not work!

    Workaround to circumvent the bug: use the below procedure on another machine not running Kubuntu 14.10:

    Most of the time when a DVD/USB burnt from an official release doesn't work, is because of a bad download.

    Therefore type the following command:

    apt-get install coreutils
md5sum kubuntu-14.10-desktop-amd64.iso

    (above an example for Kubuntu, your exact .iso file name will differ) and you will get a number back like this: a48e3fc0c36a735b2c77e430d985e1e0

    Compare that to the official Ubuntu hashes and if it's different (you'll see it immediately, that's why I provided a failed hash above) just download it again...

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