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Rick
Asked: 2016-01-07 12:33:28 +0800 CST

Can't boot from USB after bundled install

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On a carbon X1, I attempted to install 15.10 via usb boot disk. The install progressed until it came to a solid purple screen. On reboot, I now see this

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Not panicing myself (pun intended), it appears my options were to just reinstall or use a live USB.

I ensured that secure boot was off and legacy was allowed

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However, on reboots, pressing F12, and selecting the USB boot option, I'm now stuck in an endless cycle that just comes back to this screen.

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It seems that no matter how I try to format the USB drives, nothing seems to be recognized. I've tried UNETBOOTIN and Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator on a working install of 15.10.

Question: What should I do next? How do I dig myself out of this?

grub2

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    (Kudos to Dominic's answer. Upvoted. This answer is a pure *nix method. )

    It's a bug! Specific, it was reported that both USB Startup Creator and UNetbootin were effected. This comment led me to mkusb

    I used mkusb with a newly downloaded lubuntu iso.

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    Status: It's working.

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  2. Try RUFUS for Windows, this USB Installer is one of a kind in that it can also UEFI Bootloader Tag a USB Drive that it's writing the ISO to meaning that the drive is bootable from UEFI.

    PS: Download Rufus at: https://rufus.akeo.ie/

    PS: It needs Windows to run; from my experience, IT WILL NOT WORK ON WINE OF VIRTUAL MACHINES.

    PS: Darn, it really is broken, by the looks of it, you have no init!!

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