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Hi, I'm new here and would like to try mageia 3 from USB stick

I downloaded cd live 32bit and also dvd live 64 bit - the proof md5sum seems to be ok
I followed the advice from net and loaded the stick with help of terminal: dd if= ....

But by booting I get the message: no bootable device or it is corrupt. (I tried both CD and DVD version)

I have a multiple boot (2 partitions with Ubuntu and one with XP), my pc is 6 years old - no uefi or what ever
I could already boot Ubuntu from USB without any problems.
I could also boot the cd live 32 from CD without problems.
If I look what is on the install USB stick I find some directories: boot, isolinux, loopbacks

Maybe someone can give me an advice what I'm doing wrong, thanks

What was the exact command you used? Lets start with that

the command started from ubuntu:

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sudo dd if=Mageia-3-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdc1 bs=1M

or for cd version:

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sudo dd  if=mageia-livecd-1-KDE4-europe1-americas-cdrom-i586.iso of=/dev/sdc1 bs=1M

xxxx record in
xxxx record out -> the numbers were identical

Don't use /dev/sdc1, it will dump the iso on the first partition. You need to dump the iso on the whole device. To do that, use /dev/sdc

so easy ???

I checked it, now it is running also from USB.

Mangojan, pleae mark the topic accordingly.

Do so, by editing the title/subject in the first message of this topic.
Write [SOLVED] in front of the title/subject, that's all!!!

Thanks ahead!!!

FWIW, this is already documented in the wiki: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installation ... ce_Example