[Bug 742862] Re: Bootl fails from USB stick

[Víctor]

I've tried the following: create two usb live from a Precise working and updated laptopand others two from a laptop with ubuntu 10.04, the ones with ubuntu 10.04.3 work without problems, the others with precise (2/20) daily build do not work at all, then I burnt a dvd with that Precise daily build and to my surprise does  not boot either. It is a little different error from the one with the usb live (a cursor blinks indefinitely) but the thing is that it does not boot. So like a workaround I put my HD in another motherboard and installed Precise, then I take it back to the Gigabyte motherboard and boots and works without problems.
Concluiding it is not the usb creator but something else the cause of this bug.

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Title:
  Bootl fails from USB stick

Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I hope this isn't a duplicate I tried once before, if so sorry.

  I have a desktop system that refuses to boot from USB.  It has no
  CD/DVD drive, (yet) so I know I've booted from USB before.  I had
  loaded 10.04(no dots after that) generated from a 10.04 but have
  upgraded both to Maverick.  I want to test Natty on that system.

  The gory details of everything I've tried with OldFred's help is in
  this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1712675

      * I've tried creating the stick different ways:
            - Under Maverick with UNetbootin
            - Under Maverick with startup disk creator
            - Under Windows with Universal USB installer
      * All these methods boot on my laptop but give "loading operating system\n Boot Error" on my Gigabyte MB/Phenom II x6 desktop
      * I've tried 4 different USB sticks all work on laptop none on desktop
      * I've tried putting natty daily CD and released Maverick on the USB
      * I use the Smart Boot Manager (for a floppy boot to install from CD) and got a different error "SBMK error" which leads me to believe that the Bootloader is getting loaded but doesn't support the USB drives in that machine.
      * I've twiddled every BIOS setting I can think of including "Set to Fail Safe defaults" and "Set to optimized defaults" with no change (except turning off USB support).
      * The frustrating thing is that I have loaded 2 Ubuntu partitions on that system from USB in the past.

  The motherboard:

          Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
          Product Name: GA-890GPA-UD3H

  The processor:

  vendor_id	: AuthenticAMD
  cpu family	: 16
  model		: 10
  model name	: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor
  stepping	: 0
  cpu MHz		: 3200.000
  cache size	: 512 KB

  BIOS:

          Vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
          Version: FD
          Release Date: 07/23/2010
          Address: 0xE0000
          Runtime Size: 128 kB
          ROM Size: 1024 kB

  Memory:
  16GB DDR3 1033MHz unganged 4 dimms

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