I was getting "Invalid or damaged Bootable partition", but setting the lba flag didn't help. I found a post in the forums saying to run (sudo) install-mbr /dev/sdX. This worked for me.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6663731&postcount=11 This bug seems to be related to Bug #277903 and Bug #273477. Bug #273477 is fixed in the next version of usb-creator. -- usb-creator created bootable USB sticks generate "Invalid or Damaged bootable partition" and refuses to boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315747 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs