Great video, but before following the instructions check the following: - press F12 at startup, in my case (Optiplex 9020) I could update the bios directly from USB flash without booting into dos (saves a lot of time) - also it is not necessary to update every version in between: the bios is a self contained program and every update will erase the previous version. I successfully updated from A12 to A23 directly.
This video is very helpful. However, I found that on my Dell Latitude e5470, the process was even simpler. I just downloaded the appropriate bios update file from the Dell website using my service tag number. I then copied it to /boot/efi (I have Ubuntu 17.04). Then just rebooted, used F12 to access the one-time boot setup menu, and selected "flash bios" or "update bios" (forget the exact words). It then allows you to select the update file. Of course, I chose the one I just copied into /boot/efi. Worked like a charm! Took about 3 minutes. But it was actually this video that gave me the courage to even try doing it. On the forums there were many skeptical voices cautioning against messing with the bios unless there was a real issue. "Fear will eat you alive" :) Also, it allowed me to directly update to bios version 1.14.4 from 1.3.8, so just needed a single file, no increments required.
As some others have already commented, Unetbootin failed to create a usable boot disk for me. If you find the same, here's the procedure that worked perfectly for me, this is specific to Dells but you can use your loaf to adapt it: 1./ Go to the FreeDOS website and downloaded the ISO file for USB (N.B: Use the FULL Installer version... the 'Lite' version when flashed to a USB drive, was tightly partitioned with only a tiny bit of free space even though using a 8GB USB stick, and DID NOT HAVE SPACE for the [8MB] Dell BIOS file!). I did this on another Windows machine. (The Full version is on the order of 500MB, use at least a 1GB USB stick if you want plenty of room). 2./ Write that ISO file to your USB flash drive using your favorite image writer like Win32DiskImager. You now have a bootable DOS. 3./ For Dell users: Download the latest BIOS for your machine from Dell. (Go to Dell Support page and enter the Service Tag of your machine, click the maginfying-glass icon, then click 'Drivers and Downloads' option about half way down the new page). From the list, find the appropriate BIOS file. Download that file - they are helpfully named e.g. for my Optiplex 7010. 4./ Save the above file to the same USB drive you just flashed with the FreeDOS. Just copying it under Windows worked fine for me. 5./ Now Insert the USB stick into the Linux box that needs its BIOS updated. 6./ Boot the linux machine with USB stick inserted. As soon as it displays the Dell roundel, press F12 for a One-Time boot. Select 'Legacy Boot: USB Storage Device'. Then select Language and OK it. At 'Welcome' screen, click 'No - return to DOS' (don't go further with FreeDOS install, I didn't go further but it might easily try to install DOS over your Linux HDD - NOT GOOD!!). 7./ Now you should have a nice black DOS screen, almost like the old days but with some colour. You should be on the USB drive, with a C: prompt. You can 'DIR' to see what's there. Should just be the FreeDOS components, plus the Dell executable for the latest BIOS, i.e. in my case . 8./ So now just type that filename to run it, follow the instructions on screen. 9./ Share & enjoy ;o)
Lovely clear explanation, many thanks for all your hard work. Just one point, regarding the use of MD5 with Bioschecksums, I struggled until I discovered that the .TXT file needs to be renamed as an .MD5 file. After that, it worked OK. But the whole point of this was to downgrade my BIOS. Unfortunately, although Dell permit a downgrade of BIOS in Micro$oft by using Run As Administrator, no such solution appears to be available for doing so in Linux or DOS.
thanks a million. didn't know it was possible to update my bios on Linux. been using the same bios for the last 10 years (kids computer now). But very helpful. thanks.
To get unetbootin on Ubuntu 18.04, get it from this ppa: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gezakovacs/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unetbootin
It worked really good. No issues at all. I updated my dell optilex 790 (DT) from verion A10 to A19. I use linux so install versions A21 and A22 will be an overkill. Thank you.
If you happen to have the "gnome-disk-utility" installed on your Linux system it has the ability to format and write the FreeDos image file to your thumbdrive. The nice part being you have a graphical representation of all the drives connected to your machine...less chance to pick the wrong one :)
Hi Martin, It really depends on the machine. On the particular Dell latitude in the video it won't let you skip versions. If you try and install a BIOS version that isn't the direct next version an error pop's up on the screen and it won't let you proceed.
Thanks for the Video, but it did not work for me. I use a Lenovo E430 Machine (64-bit) , and i get the Error "This program must be run under Win32". Could you help out with a fix on that ?
Excellent post. I have a problem here after I type *.exe bios file, it asked Start to flash......[Y/N] and I typed Y, then it prompted Decompress ROM file, flash setting ... done Get related information from Rom image file. -Error: Problem allocating memory The bios did not install, why did this happen?
it only works like that because DELL luckely still provides you DOS compatible bios upgrade tools and freeDos supporting USB, while MSDOS sucks ass, as any Microsuck products do.
I'm not able to install UNetbootin in Lubuntu 19.04. An error is showing,"Unable to locate package unetbootin." What can i do for Lubuntu operating system. Please help someone....
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gezakovacs/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unetbootin UPD: But that didn't help me to update my BIOS anyway. I spent like 16 hours on that already with 0 results. But that's how it usually goes for me when I am trying Linux. And I was using Ubuntu for quite a long time, for years. Years of pain. People who are good with Linux are very delusional of how hard and inconvenient it is to use.
I bought an old Dell T3610 and it had no hard drive... When you update the bios, does it update the chipset software too or is that separate. I purchased windows and did it through dell support downloads, which I was not happy to shell out $ for Win10. Is there another way ?
So you didn't need to click download for any of the bios file? Does it mean the terminal downloaded it automatically? Would this work if I need to do it for a separate pc that needs a bios update?
Cheers for the info. I had to clear (toggle off) the Intel Virtualization Technology enabled in the original BIOS on my Dell machines for it to work though. (As described in Dell support). Also, although the Optiplex 990 support said I'd need to install version A10 first, it did actually go all the way to A23 from A05 in one go. Adding the link in case it helps anyone else... www.dell.com/community/Inspiron/BIOS-Will-Not-Install/td-p/6024805
need help. Did everything as he explained, reebooted my laptop with 'boot mode' to levacy support and 'boot Priority' to legacy first and 'OS optimized defaults' to disabled. Rebooted to usb all I got is 'SYSLINUX 6.04 EDD Copyright (C) 1994-2015 H. Peter Anvin et al' its stuck there. Need help
No. Technically what this does is enables you as a user, to run .exe files without having to install windows. Meaning .exe files only EXECUTE in windows, free dos is able to execute windows files, those which end on .exe ROM files will not work.
Follow up to say I tried this on my HP and it did not work. Booting to DOS wasn't an issue but the HP BIOS executable said it was unable to run in DOS. Are some executables unable to be run? Or is there a different method for HP than for Dell?
Good video, However this isn't what I'm looking for. The title is a little misleading. I want to be able to flash a bios using LInux only not FREEDOS or any variation of DOS. Just Linux. Is there away to do that ? You just showed us how to create a DOS bootable usb drive to run an exe file that's DOS based. I want a PURE linux flash bios option.
geez. why is updating BIOS on Linux have to be such a painful fucking process though. I loved Linux the moment i started using it until it came to upgrading BIOS.
Hi Not being rude but are you sure you followed all the instructions? Just wondering if you are trying to open something other than the .exe executable? What machine are you trying to update and what is the file name you are trying to open please?
DELL Studio 1558 - BIOS A08 here. Only downloadable new Version from Dell is A12 (R301434.exe) and can't be startet in FreeDOS. "This programm cannont be run in DOS mode." I already "unzipped" the three files in R301434.exe (with my other Windows machine) and got a text file and two exe files (1558_A12.exe and WIN_1194.exe). Neither of them can be run under DOS. I also tried the command prompt from a Win7 CD (repair options) with the same results. Any ideas?
I personally managed to update my BIOS on a Mini Windows XP from Hiren's Boot CD although it was a bit stressful because the .exe didn't do anything after clicking the upgrade button, but it seemed to start the upgrade process upon a restart. I don't really know if that's how the BIOS upgrade on my Dell Optiplex 755 should've gone, or if I was just lucky not to brick my PC.
Hey MrSpecialR! Thanks for your answer. I'm happy you got it done! :) Since I hadn't heard of that Boot CD in particular and was being impatient, I installed Win7 back on my laptop (only offline, no registration.. just for those couple of minutes), did the update and then re-installed 'my Linux OS'. A pity, but at least I got it done. Should have wrote that earlier, but I was so frustrated and didn't feel like anyone would be helped with my "solution".. so I remained calm. I hope your way will help others. (Sorry for mistakes.. english is not my native language and I already had a couple of beers ^^)
While I like that you're using FreeDoS to install the BIOS, whoever told you that you have to install every single BIOS version to get the latest is a flipping idiot. You wear out your BIOS chip that way because it erases and then rewrites the entire BIOS portion of the chip each time. It's like saying that you would have to erase your entire hard drive and install each and every OS version from Windows 7 through 10 just to upgrade.
Hahaha. The funny thing is I did, with a supposedly lint free microfibre cloth. What you are seeing on the screen is fibres from the cloth that were statically attracted to the screen. I couldn't get them off without making it a whole lot worse.
My USB is not recognized (bootable) after installing DOS via Unebotin. Any advice on how to fix/override this issue? I tried with different USBs. I am using Ubuntu 18.04
Have you only installed unetbootin or did you add uetbootin-translations? I ask because when translations were added bizarrely the usb drives did not work for me. Used another pc with only unetbootin and the stick would boot ok. If this isn''t/wasn't the problem please could you post how you resolved it. Thanks
Thanks for answering! I installed just unetbootin, didn't add translations. And it;s still not working, I tried to repeat the process with different USBs, but it seems something else is causing the problem. In case I manage to solve it, I will post it here.
Great video, but before following the instructions check the following:
- press F12 at startup, in my case (Optiplex 9020) I could update the bios directly from USB flash without booting into dos (saves a lot of time)
- also it is not necessary to update every version in between: the bios is a self contained program and every update will erase the previous version. I successfully updated from A12 to A23 directly.
This video is very helpful. However, I found that on my Dell Latitude e5470, the process was even simpler.
I just downloaded the appropriate bios update file from the Dell website using my service tag number. I then copied it to /boot/efi (I have Ubuntu 17.04). Then just rebooted, used F12 to access the one-time boot setup menu, and selected "flash bios" or "update bios" (forget the exact words). It then allows you to select the update file. Of course, I chose the one I just copied into /boot/efi. Worked like a charm! Took about 3 minutes.
But it was actually this video that gave me the courage to even try doing it. On the forums there were many skeptical voices cautioning against messing with the bios unless there was a real issue. "Fear will eat you alive" :)
Also, it allowed me to directly update to bios version 1.14.4 from 1.3.8, so just needed a single file, no increments required.
As some others have already commented, Unetbootin failed to create a usable boot disk for me. If you find the same, here's the procedure that worked perfectly for me, this is specific to Dells but you can use your loaf to adapt it:
1./ Go to the FreeDOS website and downloaded the ISO file for USB (N.B: Use the FULL Installer version... the 'Lite' version when flashed to a USB drive, was tightly partitioned with only a tiny bit of free space even though using a 8GB USB stick, and DID NOT HAVE SPACE for the [8MB] Dell BIOS file!). I did this on another Windows machine. (The Full version is on the order of 500MB, use at least a 1GB USB stick if you want plenty of room).
2./ Write that ISO file to your USB flash drive using your favorite image writer like Win32DiskImager. You now have a bootable DOS.
3./ For Dell users: Download the latest BIOS for your machine from Dell. (Go to Dell Support page and enter the Service Tag of your machine, click the maginfying-glass icon, then click 'Drivers and Downloads' option about half way down the new page). From the list, find the appropriate BIOS file. Download that file - they are helpfully named e.g. for my Optiplex 7010.
4./ Save the above file to the same USB drive you just flashed with the FreeDOS. Just copying it under Windows worked fine for me.
5./ Now Insert the USB stick into the Linux box that needs its BIOS updated.
6./ Boot the linux machine with USB stick inserted. As soon as it displays the Dell roundel, press F12 for a One-Time boot. Select 'Legacy Boot: USB Storage Device'. Then select Language and OK it. At 'Welcome' screen, click 'No - return to DOS' (don't go further with FreeDOS install, I didn't go further but it might easily try to install DOS over your Linux HDD - NOT GOOD!!).
7./ Now you should have a nice black DOS screen, almost like the old days but with some colour. You should be on the USB drive, with a C: prompt. You can 'DIR' to see what's there. Should just be the FreeDOS components, plus the Dell executable for the latest BIOS, i.e. in my case .
8./ So now just type that filename to run it, follow the instructions on screen.
9./ Share & enjoy ;o)
Lovely clear explanation, many thanks for all your hard work. Just one point, regarding the use of MD5 with Bioschecksums, I struggled until I discovered that the .TXT file needs to be renamed as an .MD5 file. After that, it worked OK. But the whole point of this was to downgrade my BIOS. Unfortunately, although Dell permit a downgrade of BIOS in Micro$oft by using Run As Administrator, no such solution appears to be available for doing so in Linux or DOS.
Thanks very much - I've often wondered how to do this. You have a very clear way of explaining things which I could follow very well. Thanks again.
thanks a million. didn't know it was possible to update my bios on Linux. been using the same bios for the last 10 years (kids computer now). But very helpful. thanks.
You're welcome.
To get unetbootin on Ubuntu 18.04, get it from this ppa:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gezakovacs/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unetbootin
Thank you :)
And ubuntu 20.04
Thanks a lot, as my Latitude e6430 is in linux and no Bios flash available at F12 startup, the only way to update it was your methode
Glad it helped
It worked really good. No issues at all. I updated my dell optilex 790 (DT) from verion A10 to A19. I use linux so install versions A21 and A22 will be an overkill. Thank you.
that software does not exist in latset ubuntu versions
Unfortunally i can't find UNetbootin is there an other way to get it?
Or is there a good alternative to find?
If you happen to have the "gnome-disk-utility" installed on your Linux system it has the ability to format and write the FreeDos image file to your thumbdrive. The nice part being you have a graphical representation of all the drives connected to your machine...less chance to pick the wrong one :)
Great video. Not totally sure you need to update all the interim BIOS files though, are you sure you can't just install the latest?
Hi Martin, It really depends on the machine. On the particular Dell latitude in the video it won't let you skip versions. If you try and install a BIOS version that isn't the direct next version an error pop's up on the screen and it won't let you proceed.
Did not work for me :( cannot switch to drive C: after bootin freedos from usb stick. wtf ?!
If the first drive you see as A: then try B: instead. A lot of times its B drive not C
Thanks for the Video, but it did not work for me. I use a Lenovo E430 Machine (64-bit) , and i get the Error "This program must be run under Win32". Could you help out with a fix on that ?
Excellent post. I have a problem here after I type *.exe bios file, it asked Start to flash......[Y/N] and I typed Y,
then it prompted
Decompress ROM file, flash setting ... done
Get related information from Rom image file.
-Error: Problem allocating memory
The bios did not install, why did this happen?
Xu Junhong i have the same problem , and no solution in sight. Help!!
Finally got it to work, thank you for the video instructions.
I have only fedora installed in my laptop and I want to update its BIOS version, is the step of installing free DOS is important for this case also?
Cannot get the system to start from the USB, system indicates not a bootable device.
Disable UEFI and enable legacy mode then it'll work
Thank you for explaining and showing in detail how to do this! ^_^
good tutorial, i have always wondered how in the world could that be done with linux :)
Alejandro Anzola Avila very helpful indeed.
will this process( and the .exe files ) work for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Dell laptop?
I tried to install unetbootin, but the system returned E: Unable to locate package. I think it's not more in use, unfortunately. Thanks for the video.
i got a "this program must be run under win32"
not working on my lenovo thinkpad e470c
Same here. Thinkpad L440. Did you find any solution for that already?
Any solution?
it only works like that because DELL luckely still provides you DOS compatible bios upgrade tools and freeDos supporting USB, while MSDOS sucks ass, as any Microsuck products do.
I'm not able to install UNetbootin in Lubuntu 19.04. An error is showing,"Unable to locate package unetbootin." What can i do for Lubuntu operating system. Please help someone....
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gezakovacs/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unetbootin
UPD: But that didn't help me to update my BIOS anyway. I spent like 16 hours on that already with 0 results. But that's how it usually goes for me when I am trying Linux. And I was using Ubuntu for quite a long time, for years. Years of pain. People who are good with Linux are very delusional of how hard and inconvenient it is to use.
Really nice video, I am trying this on Lenovo G580 2012 32bit laptop, msg coming is bad command of file name, can you please help
I'm stuck, my keyboard types ">" instead of ":" when i try to write C:
can't get unetbootin for Ubuntu 22.04. Not in repositories anymore?
Why would you have to install all of them up to the most current? Is it a bad to just install the current one?
I'm sorry but it propmpts "This program cannot be un in DOS mode." What can I do?
I'm trying to do it on an Acer 3 series notebook
I bought an old Dell T3610 and it had no hard drive... When you update the bios, does it update the chipset software too or is that separate. I purchased windows and did it through dell support downloads, which I was not happy to shell out $ for Win10. Is there another way ?
Thank you so much for this video. This helped me a lot :))
Glad it helped!
So you didn't need to click download for any of the bios file? Does it mean the terminal downloaded it automatically? Would this work if I need to do it for a separate pc that needs a bios update?
It's only letting me put sdb1 instead of sdd1 is that ok?
After executing a bios file, it is showing 'This file cannot run in dos mode"?
is unetbootin still available? I tried to search for it on my distro (Ubuntu 18.04).
Thank you for sharing. Appreciated.
Thanks for commenting Kourosh.
Cheers for the info. I had to clear (toggle off) the Intel Virtualization Technology enabled in the original BIOS on my Dell machines for it to work though. (As described in Dell support). Also, although the Optiplex 990 support said I'd need to install version A10 first, it did actually go all the way to A23 from A05 in one go. Adding the link in case it helps anyone else... www.dell.com/community/Inspiron/BIOS-Will-Not-Install/td-p/6024805
Hi I would like update might bios is a eepc ami bios notebook
Its my first time having samsung linux...but i dont know how to program it...plz i need help
Great tutorial. Many thanks for this - I didn't know it could be done!
So now my boot device (the one with Linux Doesn't do anything) and my system doesn't detect the USB halp
wont work on sony it shows the exe file but wont let me run it says bad command or bad file the files good though
Can i do this on a Lenovo G550 running peppermint OS?
need help. Did everything as he explained, reebooted my laptop with 'boot mode' to levacy support and 'boot Priority' to legacy first and 'OS optimized defaults' to disabled. Rebooted to usb all I got is 'SYSLINUX 6.04 EDD Copyright (C) 1994-2015 H. Peter Anvin et al' its stuck there. Need help
My laptop is lonovo legion y720
too bad clevo doesn't release their firmware update images. I also doubt if this will also work on UEFI systems.
Awesome tutorial! Thanks!
Great vid, though no dice for my system. Thanks for the video.
My update is only offered as an .exe file so I guess I'm screwed. =(
Thanks for this. How safe is the process?
I can't in board with only UEFI mode
does this work with my asus mobo bios update ?
Thank you.. It's cool and safe..
Thank you! Very useful.
Great tutorial, thanks for that. But I am still stuck with the final step. My bios files are .rom files. Is it possible to install those as well?
No. Technically what this does is enables you as a user, to run .exe files without having to install windows. Meaning .exe files only EXECUTE in windows, free dos is able to execute windows files, those which end on .exe ROM files will not work.
I imagine the procedure would be essentially the same for HP laptops?
Follow up to say I tried this on my HP and it did not work. Booting to DOS wasn't an issue but the HP BIOS executable said it was unable to run in DOS. Are some executables unable to be run? Or is there a different method for HP than for Dell?
Wait a minute you mean that freedos runs modern windows applications?
Late reply, but actually BIOS update can't really be called a "modern application". It's DOS compatible
I got "This program cannot be run in DOS mode."
Mine too!
Anyone found fixes yet?
Try booting from a Windows rescue disc?
Good video, However this isn't what I'm looking for. The title is a little misleading. I want to be able to flash a bios using LInux only not FREEDOS or any variation of DOS. Just Linux. Is there away to do that ? You just showed us how to create a DOS bootable usb drive to run an exe file that's DOS based. I want a PURE linux flash bios option.
geez. why is updating BIOS on Linux have to be such a painful fucking process though. I loved Linux the moment i started using it until it came to upgrading BIOS.
Greate job. Thanks
Does it need to be a Dell computer to use freedos?
No
i have bios password .... can you help me to remove it
When i write the file name after C:\> it says:"This program cannot be run in DOS mode"... why? :(
Hi Not being rude but are you sure you followed all the instructions? Just wondering if you are trying to open something other than the .exe executable? What machine are you trying to update and what is the file name you are trying to open please?
@@rjfx4911 can you help me? I got this message too.. On 2013 acer laptop
DELL Studio 1558 - BIOS A08 here. Only downloadable new Version from Dell is A12 (R301434.exe) and can't be startet in FreeDOS. "This programm cannont be run in DOS mode." I already "unzipped" the three files in R301434.exe (with my other Windows machine) and got a text file and two exe files (1558_A12.exe and WIN_1194.exe). Neither of them can be run under DOS.
I also tried the command prompt from a Win7 CD (repair options) with the same results.
Any ideas?
I personally managed to update my BIOS on a Mini Windows XP from Hiren's Boot CD although it was a bit stressful because the .exe didn't do anything after clicking the upgrade button, but it seemed to start the upgrade process upon a restart.
I don't really know if that's how the BIOS upgrade on my Dell Optiplex 755 should've gone, or if I was just lucky not to brick my PC.
Hey MrSpecialR! Thanks for your answer. I'm happy you got it done! :)
Since I hadn't heard of that Boot CD in particular and was being impatient, I installed Win7 back on my laptop (only offline, no registration.. just for those couple of minutes), did the update and then re-installed 'my Linux OS'. A pity, but at least I got it done. Should have wrote that earlier, but I was so frustrated and didn't feel like anyone would be helped with my "solution".. so I remained calm. I hope your way will help others.
(Sorry for mistakes.. english is not my native language and I already had a couple of beers ^^)
You don’t have to go one by one, can just install the latest
unetbootin not available in linux mint right now...
Try etcher instead. www.balena.io/etcher/
"boot error".... Anyone help
THANK YOU!
great work
thank you so much
Linux is fine. The only bad thing is that it doesn't support all languages like Windows has.That's why many people don't use it.
Excellent
Bad Command or Filename.....this is what show in the last...
Thanks
Another thing I realized: Your USB device must be formatted as FAT32, otherwise Unetbootin doesn't recognize it.
My optiplex 3020M no display after corrupt bios... will recover with Linux will recover my bios corrupted?
yea my *.exe file need win32 :(
Do you really have to update BIOS one version at a time??
The specific Dell Latitude in the video won't allow you to skip version. Not always the case on other machines.
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
While I like that you're using FreeDoS to install the BIOS, whoever told you that you have to install every single BIOS version to get the latest is a flipping idiot.
You wear out your BIOS chip that way because it erases and then rewrites the entire BIOS portion of the chip each time. It's like saying that you would have to erase your entire hard drive and install each and every OS version from Windows 7 through 10 just to upgrade.
nice!
Booting bios firmware 10:45
doesnt even work for dell so looks like you need an os installed after all peeps
i just subbed
bro i forgot my bios password and i have only ubuntu installed
can u help me reset my bios password for hp using ubuntu
Check out HP forums
@@linuxleech thanks for helping they aren't helping dude
@@informativecontent4778 Have you tried calling HP customer service?
@@linuxleech their is no numb for my country i emailed their technical support though and they say u should call
Timezones differ too much
If you are on twitter send me a DM.
Awesome Awesome Awesome !
Thanks if it wasn’t for you I would’ve bought a whole new pc for my new cpu
Me wondering how this'll work for me in 2024😢
Worked for me 👍
Man, clean your laptop screen. My OCD about went nuts. :-)
Hahaha. The funny thing is I did, with a supposedly lint free microfibre cloth. What you are seeing on the screen is fibres from the cloth that were statically attracted to the screen. I couldn't get them off without making it a whole lot worse.
Linux is bad system...all is coding instalation...
I don't really get how I would do this on Manjaro
Very useful. Thank you
My USB is not recognized (bootable) after installing DOS via Unebotin. Any advice on how to fix/override this issue? I tried with different USBs. I am using Ubuntu 18.04
Have you only installed unetbootin or did you add uetbootin-translations? I ask because when translations were added bizarrely the usb drives did not work for me. Used another pc with only unetbootin and the stick would boot ok. If this isn''t/wasn't the problem please could you post how you resolved it. Thanks
Thanks for answering! I installed just unetbootin, didn't add translations. And it;s still not working, I tried to repeat the process with different USBs, but it seems something else is causing the problem. In case I manage to solve it, I will post it here.