Startup Disk Creator fail: An uncaught exception was raised: Invalid version string 'GNU/Linux'

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I've tried with two different USB sticks, three different .iso images, and on two different machines running Trisquel 6.

Each time, the following error:

An uncaught exception was raised:
Invalid version string 'GNU/Linux'

Looks like it's an ubuntu bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1068332
http://askubuntu.com/questions/173615/an-uncaught-exception-was-raisedinvalid-version-string-gnu-linux-when-creat
http://askubuntu.com/questions/162760/startup-disk-creator-uncaught-exception-error [the fix suggested here did not work for me]

SHould I install unetbootin, or is there another way?

sebelius
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successfully used the command line method

sudo dd if=/path/to/image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M;sync

easier tbh :)

thanks!

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On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 07:07:31PM +0100, name at domain wrote:

> I've tried with two different USB sticks, three different .iso
> images, and on two different machines running Trisquel 6.
>
> SHould I install unetbootin, or is there another way?

trisquel is a hybrid CD/USB. You can use "sudo -i" then "cat foo.iso > /dev/sdX" where X is your USB drive [don't use a partition number!]