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Unable to boot to Live USB linux

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 2346 / 1 Year ago, thu, may 4, 2023, 9:26:53

I am trying to test different distros from a specific usb thumb drive that I have. I am installing them using UNetBootIn. The installation goes fine. I am doing this process from Xubuntu 12.10 live usb (and sometimes Linux mint 13 Mate).

However when I try to boot from it, I get to the UNetBootIn bootloader and after I choose an option, most of them seem to just hang there. Farthest I got was with Mageia which Kernel paniced about 2 seconds into the boot sequence.

The Distros I used were

Ubuntu 12.10

Mageia Dual Arch cd, latest release

Linux Mint 14 Mate

Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon

Linux Mint LMDE Mate + Cinnamon

Is this because of a flash drive hardware issue? Is there something I can do to test? All I have tried is fsck and "File System check" from Disk Utility both of which return "clean"? Or Is it possible that all ISOs got corrupted upon download?

Edit: Looks to be a flash drive issue, looks like a section of my flash drive is fubar.. I got the below wierd benchmark from "Disk Utility", repeated thrice...

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answered 1 Year ago leddre · Accepted Answer

I think you should first test your USB and use format FAT32, e.g. in GParted, to make a fresh start.

I recommend MultiSystem (http://liveusb.info/dotclear/index.php?pages/install) as probably the best solution for what you want to achieve - a Multi-OS live USB.

(I use a USB HDD with a number of live Linux distributions, including Parted Magic, Redo, Recatux, etc. for backup and recovery purposes, created and updated regularly by MultiSystem.)