No, it fails to boot even with legacy mode, and just throws up a grub command prompt. The currently installed Ubuntu boots just fine in UEFI mode with secure boot disabled though; but doesn't help me to reinstall.
On Thu, 2015-01-22 at 14:35 +0000, Shane O'Sullivan wrote: > That could be an issue with the specific laptop rather than your usb > creation method. Some UEFI are locked to Windows only or Windows and > RHEL only. Such as with http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/20187.html > > On 22 January 2015 at 14:23, Rodney Dawes <[email protected]> > wrote: > I've been trying to create one recently, under 14.04 running > the > lts-utopic kernel. It seems the old problem of flushing is > back. When I > run "dd if=ubuntu-14.04.1-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdg bs=4096" it > exits almost > immediately, and then the LED on the USB spends the next > several minutes > flashing constantly as if data is being written. When it is > done > however, it seems I can't actually boot from it. > > I want to re-install my laptop, using UEFI only (ideally with > secure > boot, but I don't know if it is possible), and full disk > encryption, but > I just can't seem to get a working bootable USB stick > made. :-/ > > > On Thu, 2015-01-22 at 12:03 +0100, Daniel Holbach wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > > > in the past few weeks I saw the discussion about what was > the best way > > to create Ubuntu USB sticks a couple of times. It looks like > USB Creator > > and Testdrive didn't get as much love as they used to do in > the past > > (please correct me if I'm wrong). I also noticed that > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity8DesktopIso under "Creating the > image" > > mentions using "Disks" and heard that it's more reliable. > > > > Would it make sense to start updating our documentation? Is > this what we > > all can agree on? > > > > The following pages (at the very least) would need an > update: > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jams/Testing > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UsingDevelopmentReleases > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Testdrive > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/DevelopmentSetup > > > http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu > > > > Have a great day, > > Daniel > > > > -- > > Get involved in Ubuntu development! > http://packaging.ubuntu.com > > Follow @ubuntudev on twitter.com/facebook.com/G+ > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel > > > -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
