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usb-creator package

usb creator creates non-bootable (with some PCs) image

Bug #579522 reported by deactivated on 2010-05-12

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #458482: usb drives imaged with usb-creator fail to boot on some systems with mass storage emulation off. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	usb-creator (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: usb-creator

Start Up Disk (usb) Creator is creating images which on some PCs are non bootable.

(If I use 8.04 with usb creator 0.1.10~hardy1, the same iso image and the same usb stick I always get a bootable image.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic-pae 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 12 16:07:27 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: usb-creator

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deactivated (deactivated-account) wrote on 2010-05-12:

boot failure message Edit (1.0 MiB, image/jpeg)
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UsbCreatorLog.txt Edit (28.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UsbDevices.txt Edit (10.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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deactivated (deactivated-account) wrote on 2010-05-12:

lshw.log Edit (10.6 KiB, text/plain)

This is the output of lshw on the PC that does not boot from the usb.

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komputes (komputes) wrote on 2010-05-12:

Paul, even though this bug report is a duplicate of bug #574673 could you please let me know if you get a blank blinking underscore _ cursor, a "Could not find kernel image: Linux" error message (as in Bug #574673) or a "no operating system" error message (as in Bug #326701).

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deactivated (deactivated-account) wrote on 2010-05-13:

Boot errors screenshot: Top fat16 error, Bottom fat32 error Edit (43.9 KiB, image/jpeg)

komputes,

OK, looking back at a couple of (literal) screenshots and some brief notes that I made yesterday.

If the usb is formatted FAT16 and I choose "Make Startup Disk" then the resultant usb if mounted shows all of the files, gparted shows that it is fat16, bootable. This usb fails to boot with a simple "Boot error" message.

If the usb is formatted FAT32 and I choose "Make Startup Disk" then the resultant usb if mounted shows all of the files, gparted shows fat32, bootable, lba. This usb fails to boot with the "Could not find kernel image: linux"

If I choose "Erase Disk" followed by ""Make Startup Disk" it looks as if it defaults to FAT32 and the error message is "Could not find kernel image: linux"