Dell M1530 Wouldn't Boot 12.04 Ubuntu via USB

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Epyon

Epyon

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Hey guys,

I'm.attempting to install Ubuntu 12.04 on.my Dell as I want to turn it into a media center
However when I use the universal USB application on the ISO it doesn't.boot. the screen stays at the command prompt and says "boot:".

Oddly enough I have booted from USB on this before. Could it be because I am.using the 64 bit ISO (file name also mentions amd) rather than the 32 bit one?

Any ideas? Thanks.
 
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I recently had a problem booting from USB.

I would format my USB stick (fat32) in windows, and then run the universal thingy. But afterwards all I got was a black screen with a blinking cursor.

The problem was solved when instead of using the windows formatting tool I used HPU 2.2.3 to format the USB stick.

After that it worked perfectly.
 
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richthomuk said:
try Universal USB Installer from PenDriveLinux, I've used it a lot and its never failed at all. Simple to use, easy to follow and pretty fast.

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
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As Van Hellseek above said I'm already using it.

I think I will simply reformat it again before I use the application. I always thought the program reformatted but maybe it does not. I have downloaded the 32 bit and will see if that boots when I get home.
 
I've got 3 identical PNY pen drives I use for booting machines (one Vista, one Windows 7 64bit and I've co-opted them for various Linux distros too) and one of them just will not boot. Anything. Regardless of what I use to format/copy files, it just doesn't want to know. It currently serves to hold special interest films :o
 
It is possible that the issûe is the USB stick BUT I booted a Linux disk manager on it 2 weeks ago to reformat a hard drive and that worked perfectly.
 
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