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@firenice03 could the usb format (eg fat32) be a required for older systems to recognize the USB during bootup?I have an older intel board 2.8GHz that I was forced to use a portable dvd drive(usb) to get LL3 to install. I think I had this problem as well.
I have bought a Dell Inspiron laptop with Ubuntu 14.04 already loaded (and booted via UEFI). I want to install LL as the primary OS, but the machine will not boot from the live USB. I have tried both LL3.0 and LL2.8.I have changed the boot mode from UEFI to Legacy in the BIOS and set USB as the first boot priority. It appears to be booting normally into LL, displaying the LL feather screen, but it then opens a live version of Ubuntu 14.04 (not the installed version that I have modified).I have run Boot-Repair and allowed it to make the recommended repair, without venturing in to the advanced options where I am out of my depth. A copy of the text report produced after the repair is attached. Boot-Repair also displayed the following message:"The boot files of [The OS now in use - Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS] are far from the start of the disk. Your BIOS may not detect them. You may want to retry after creating a /boot partition (EXT4, >200MB, start of the disk). This can be performed via tools such as gParted. Then select this partition via the [Separate /boot partition:] option of [Boot Repair]."
It doesn't sound like your USB drive was created properly. Try checking the MD5Sum of the image file and recreating it or using a DVD instead. Or to make sure your bootable media was properly created, see if another computer can boot to it.