Tried the same USB stick on my laptop and it worked fine, I was able to test Ubuntu and install (I didn't install, since I have no need on that computer). Tried to run the 'check disc for errors' option within the Ubuntu boot menu, but then got the same error. I burned the image to a USB stick using Rufus (1.3, downloaded today). The BIOS I have is a 2013 American Megatrends, I can provide other information if you ask (and if it's not trivial to find that information, please provide instruction).ĮDIT: Tried again with a different USB stick, same errors. Attempting to boot to that image on a USB stick results in it telling me that it's looking for a bootable configuration and then 'A bootable device has not been detected.' I've done this with two previous NUC's (earlier NUCs, earlier OpenBSD) as recently as about a year ago.

I've never run into issues booting into bootable USBs before though, and typically I don't need to disable secure boot to at least get to the installation. The only idea I have is that I tried to find the option to disable secure boot in the BIOS, but I couldn't find that option for my specific BIOS I also made sure that the OS type was set to 'Other OS' (other option was Windows 8). I created a bootable USB for Ubuntu 18.04 with Rufus (both with and without bad block checks) and attempted to boot into it through BIOS/Boot Manager, but received this error every time. To change the boot order, just go to BIOS, in the Boot tab, list the CD, removable device, or hard drive first.

And if you want to boot from a removable disk, make sure it is bootable and has set as the first boot disk. How to Fix Windows Won't Boot from USB Erro. This is the first time I've tried to install a new OS with my current desktop. If you want to boot from the internal hard disk, unplug any USB flash drive, external hard drive, CD, or floppy disk. Can't boot from a flash drive to install windows or run a program with bios There are solutions to this problem.

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