[Bug 742862] Re: Bootl fails from USB stick

[Joe Areeda]

Victor's symptoms are very different from mine but I haven't tried a USB
install of Ubuntu for months.

I tried multiple USB sticks and they all had the same behavior.  I could
boot to live CD on my laptop and one desktop but could not boot on the
Gigabyte Motherboard.  I bought a DVD reader for that system and used
the same ISO to boot an load.

Once the system was booted it verified md5 sums on all the files on the
stick.

I believe a pertinent piece of information is that Startup Disk Creator
and UNetbootin produce slightly different messages before the failure.
This suggests to me that the bootloader is being read by BIOS but its
disk driver is failing.

I have been working with Scientific Linux (a Fedora derivative) for work
but I installed that from DVD.  I'll make a USB and see if they can boot
a live CD.

Joe

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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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