How to create bootable USB thumb drive with iso file

[Pete Smout]

On Wed, 29 Apr 2020, 00:11 Bret Busby, <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 28/04/2020, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 28/04/2020, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hello.
> >>
> >> In trying to find how to create a bootable USB thumb drive with an iso
> >> file, I found the web page at
> >>
> https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu#3-launch-startup-disk-creator
> >>
> >> which has
> >>
> >> "
> >> 3. Launch Startup Disk Creator
> >>
> >> We’re going to use an application called ‘Startup Disk Creator’ to
> >> write the ISO image to your USB stick. This is installed by default on
> >> Ubuntu, and can be launched as follows:
> >>
> >> Insert your USB stick (select ‘Do nothing’ if prompted by Ubuntu)
> >> On Ubuntu 18.04 and later, use the bottom left icon to open ‘Show
> >> Applications’
> >> In older versions of Ubuntu, use the top left icon to open the dash
> >> Use the search field to look for Startup Disk Creator
> >> Select Startup Disk Creator from the results to launch the application
> >> "
> >>
> >> But, on the system (UbuntuMATE 19.10) to which I downloaded three iso
> >> files; for each of UbuntuMATE, Lubuntu, and Xubuntu, each of version
> >> 20.04, in the sub-menu's to the Applications menu, no entry for
> >> Startup Disk Creator, is visible, and, the Applications menu and each
> >> sub-menu, do not have a search facility.
> >>
> >> Is the application still available?
> >>
> >> In searching for the application in synaptic, the application was not
> >> found, but, v0.3.7 of usb-creator was the only result returned.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bret Busby
> >> Armadale
> >> West Australia
> >> ..............
> >>
> >
> > I found it...
> >
> > I found it on my 16.04 installation (the tutorial gives the impression
> > it did not exist before 18.04), then I went bank and found it on the
> > 19.10 installation.
> >
> > It is not within the Applications menu hierarchy; it is listed in
> > System (separate menu hierarchy) -> Administration.
> >
> > Perhaps, the tutorial could be made clearer?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bret Busby
> > Armadale
> > West Australia
> > ..............
> >
>
> But the application does not work anyway.
>
> I tried to run it, and a dialogue box "Writing disk image", with the
> title bar greyed out, and, which dialogue box is immovable, is
> superimposed over a dialogue box that is active (blue title bar), and
> which is also immovable; "System policy prevents writing a disk image
> to this" and the rest of the message is concealed by the immovable
> dialogue box superimposed upon it.
>
> So, the application is unusable, without any explanation.
>
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............
>
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Hi,
I have never had any luck using start up disc creator , I've used
unetbootin with some success (available from the repos), but by far the
most reliable method I've found is "etcher" https://etcher.download

Hope this helps

Pete S

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