Ubuntu – Not booting from USB or CD (SYSLINUX Message)

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I am trying to install linux on my laptop, a Toshiba Satellite C6550-S5200. I did it once but something happened so I removed it then I had to destroy all data on hard drive so now I have nothing on it. Well I got a iso file burned to a CD and to a flash drive. With the flash drive I get.

SYSLINUX 4.06 EDD 4.06-pre7 Copyright (C) 1994-2012 H. Peter Anvin et al

With the CD it will start booting it but somewhere loading it up, the dots turn all orange and stay that way and my CD drive turns quiet.

Oh and some more info the images work because I tried loading them up on another pc and it worked just fine.

I manage to get the CD to boot I just had to let me pc boot up first then insert the CD and have it boot the CD then. Once I get done installing ubuntu it works fine but I have to leave the PC on 24/7 for if I turn it off the PC will freeze 5-10 seconds after booting back up no matter how I install it.

Best Answer

I ran into this, too. The issue I found was that my 16 GB USB was formatted as NTFS. I tried changing the block size and reformatting with Windows Quick Format, but what solved the issue was to reformat as FAT32. Ubuntu boots just fine, now. Too bad I can't use NTFS, but the difference will be minor.

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