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I have been attempting to create a Xubuntu live USB using using these instructions for quite a few hours:How to make a persistent live Ubuntu USB with more than 4GB. I followed the instructions to the letter and now my usb crashes on bootup. I repeated the instructions a few times and checked everything but it still will not work. Please help.

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  • what "does not work"? – Jakuje Jan 11 '16 at 16:19
  • Which verison of Xubuntu? I have got 16.04 to work, but so far nothing I have tried has resulted in a bootable 16.10 usb: usb-creator-gtk has hidden the persistence button, Unetbootin claims to create a bootable USB but fails to mount /cow, and mkusb fails to boot at all, claiming a missing kernel. – gmatht Jan 07 '17 at 06:23
  • Note that installing to the USB key as if were a normal harddisk still works, and results in a kind of persistent USB key: http://askubuntu.com/questions/16988/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-to-a-usb-key-without-using-startup-disk-creator?noredirect=1&lq=1 – gmatht Jan 08 '17 at 04:23
  • Use mkusb - it works. Read the instructions from Harsh: https://askubuntu.com/questions/772744/how-to-make-a-live-usb-persistent – user640219 Jan 09 '17 at 20:19
  • Could you please add a little more detail? The linked question has multiple answers. You can link directly to answers via the ”share” link below them. What *exactly* did you do, what did you expect to happen and what happened instead? Did you encounter any warning or error messages? Please reproduce them *in their entirety* in your question. You can select, copy and paste terminal content and most dialogue messages in Ubuntu. Please **[edit]** your post to add information instead of posting a comment. (see [How do I ask a good question?](/help/how-to-ask)) – David Foerster Apr 12 '18 at 21:22
  • Does this answer your question? [Why Doesn't a Bootable USB Boot](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1190764/why-doesnt-a-bootable-usb-boot) and [What is the proper way of creating installation media from Ubuntu iso?](https://askubuntu.com/q/674441/) – karel May 13 '20 at 00:04

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You just have to do this via mkusb tool https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb/persistent This will do the job automatically. First check if the usb drive is ok and non damaged.

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