Doing either should work, but I’m noticing that you have a different problem. Broadcom components tend to be a real hassle with Linux. This could potentially also be causing your “isolinux.bin missing or corrupt” error. But there is something else we can try first.
I don’t know if this will work, but it might be worth trying. Before you flash the ISO to the USB, try replacing the .iso with .bin in the filename of the ISO image. It may be that the computer you’re attempting to put it on is looking for a .bin file and is not finding one because you flashed a .iso to the USB.
Not right after but after the ISO didn’t boot on the pc, I put it back into the mac so I could flash the usb again with the .bin like you said but the usb won’t mount because I get that error.
What happens is that Etcher has to format the USB and it is not a format that Macs or PCs recognize as a general use drive. The alert message that you’re getting is typical and nothing to be concerned about.
Additionally, when I use Etcher and I get that alert, I just ignore it and Etcher will still recognize the USB even though it doesn’t mount to the desktop.
Some other general points on the ISO:
Make sure you’re using an LTS (Long Term Service) version of Ubuntu (current is 20.04 i believe).
Always download from official sources. One way to ensure this is to follow the ISO links from distrowatch.com
If your PC is older, try downloading an older version of Ubuntu.
You can also try a different distro like Linux Mint and see if that works.
I tried the LTS, didn’t work. Got the same error as the photo below.
Not sure which version of Ubuntu I would download for older laptop but I tried the 32 bit version of Lubuntu. I still got the same boot error that I posted here below. I tried Mint and got the same error. Not sure why it says .bin file when I have been flashing the drive with .iso files from the direct download.
And that my friend could be the culprit of your woes.
I do not believe that Ubuntu is compatible with 32-bit systems. However, there are distributions that do support 32-bit. I can’t think of any off the top of my head, but you can peruse distrowatch.com for one that does. It should show up on the main profile for the particular OS under “Architecture.” It will say “x86” for 32-bit, and “x86_64” for 64-bit (which is the one you don’t want).
So my system is 512 ram and I thought that was why the the iso was not loading was because the distros I was trying had higher ram requirments. I followed the video below which gives options of different 32 bit distros which are available. I tried Bodhi Linux but still got the same error that I had before which says that isolinux.bin is missing or corrupt. I thought this would work but still the same thing.
Now I am getting this error for every distro that I try to flash to the usb. This part was working fine up to now but Belana Etcher is failing every time now. I have tried closing and restarting my computer but it’s the same.
Just bought a new usb but and it flashed but the old pc is not recognizing the new usb. Is it possible that this usb is newer and that’s why the pc is not seeing it? They look exactly the same.