Help with installing Ubuntu from usb stick

Question

I used my desktop computer to create a bootable usb drive on a 8gb flash drive. I placed the usb in my laptop, which has no current OS, and I received the following error:

syslinux 4.06 EDD 4.06-pre1 Copyright (C) 1994-2011 H. Peter Anvin et al EDD: Error 0100 reading sector 536872960

What is going on and what do I do now?

It appears your bootable USB drive is corrupt. Try recreating the bootable USB drive. — Ramchandra Apte, Aug 12 '12 at 12:43
Possible duplicate of My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it? — karel, May 27 '19 at 16:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 12 '12 at 13:16

First thing to do is make sure that you format your USB stick with a FAT32.

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Download UnetBootin. UNetbootin allows for the installation of various Linux/Ubuntu distributions to a partition or USB drive, so you don't need a CD. Its available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

Click here for information on How to create a bootable USB stick on Windows.

Click here for information on How to create a bootable USB stick on Ubuntu.

Thanks for the help. I was formatted to NTFS that was my problem. — Matt, Aug 12 '12 at 15:47

Help with installing Ubuntu from usb stick

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