[PLUG] Machine won't boot from USB drive

[Dick Steffens]

On 04/29/2018 04:32 PM, John Meissen wrote:
> dick at dicksteffens.com said:
>> I've downloaded the Ubuntu MATE 18.04 iso file, copied it to a USB  stick, and
>> am trying to replace my old Ubuntu 14.04. But I can't get the  machine to boot
>> from the USB drive.
> You can't just copy the ISO to a flash drive and boot from it. You need a tool
> like 'mkusb' to create a bootable image on the drive. I've been using this to
> set up a new system without an optical drive, it works really well...
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb

Thanks. A clue stick is indeed what I needed. I've done this before, and 
I even have it in my notes from the last install I did last July.

On Ubuntu MATE 16.04, click System > Administration > Startup Disk 
Creator. That tool is included in standard MATE (and other flavors of 
Ubuntu, I think). Once created and plugged into the target machine, I 
was able to boot to the 18.04 install tool, and it is proceeding as I type.

Thanks again for the clue stick.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens