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Martin Hope
rolibr
Asked: 2022-12-09 04:59:22 +0800 CST
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I am trying to make a bootable USB drive using Rufus. I downloaded Ubuntu on my laptop. I opened up Rufus and for Boot selection the only options I have are, "Non bootable" "FreeDOS" and "Disk or ISO image (please select)"

What am I doing wrong?

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Martin Hope
user2840685
Asked: 2020-04-12 13:13:10 +0800 CST
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I am trying to create a live Ubuntu 18.04 USB drive (16 GB) with persistent storage (1 GB) using Rufus 3.9.1624. I ran Rufus with the following settings. However, upon booting up the USB drive, I get the following screen, showing BusyBox and a initramfs prompt. I even tried using a different USB but got the same problem. But if I disable persistent storage, then it works (I also tried using a lower amount of persistent storage i.e. 100 MB). Is there anything else that needs to be configured to get it to work with persistent storage?

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Martin Hope
UndercookedBird
Asked: 2019-10-05 03:00:28 +0800 CST
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I'm trying to fully install Xubuntu on a 16 GB USB (with persistence). After several atempts, I still can't boot on it.

The ISO was burnt onto the USB using the last version of Rufus with the persistence enabled. After booting from the USB, my screen shows:

[        7.990790] Couldn't get size: 0x800000000000000e

(initramfs) stdin: Invalid argument  
stdin: Invalid argument  
mount: mounting /cow on /root failed: Invalid argument

What am I missing? Thanks in advance.

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Martin Hope
Salman Khan
Asked: 2019-08-10 21:40:04 +0800 CST
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When trying the install Ubuntu on my old PC, I get the below following error.

Probing for devices to install to failed
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Unfortunately probing for devices to install to failed. Please report a bug on Launchpadm and if possible include the contents of the /var/log/installer directory.

I tried to google the error but goggle does not seems to have the answer either.

System Specifications:

  • Toshiba Satellite C640-I4016
  • Core i3 1st Gen
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 500 GB hard disk

This is while attempting to install Ubuntu Server 18.04.3 LTS. It is a Live Bootable USB made using Rufus.

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Martin Hope
jimpix
Asked: 2017-01-19 03:11:16 +0800 CST
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I'm trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 from a USB drive. I'm using Rufus to create a bootable stick, but everytime I click start, it starts, and then gives the error ISO image extraction failure. What can I do?

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