Making bootable Ubuntu USBstick: fat32 or vfat?

I am trying to make a bootable USB stick, for an Ubuntu workstation, on an Ubuntu laptop. All goes well until I actually try to make the bootable stick. (Startup Disk Creator). Then (soon) it says "input - out put error" and stops.

The USB stick is vfat. Can that be the problem? Should it be fat16 or fat32 ? Is that worth trying, or is it likely to be something else? Many Thanks.

Solution 1:

Give it a try! I consider Fat32 the best filesystem for Live USBs.

Install GParted (disk manager) running this command in a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):

sudo apt-get install gparted

Insert your USB stick. Backup its content. Open nautilus and unmount it.

Then run GParted from a terminal with the command

sudo gparted

Click the tab GParted > Devices and choose your USB stick.

Right click the USB stick "strip" (probably named /dev/sdb or sdc) and click Format to > Fat32. Apply your actions with that green "V" below the "Device" tab.

Then make the process with Startup Disk Creator again. Things should be fine.