[Bug 912667] Re: USB media fails to boot on netbook.

Fri Jan 6 23:00:04 UTC 2012

I can't tell if the problem is in the initrd,  or in syslinux...

I was able to boot from my ONLY hard drive...
it came up as 0x81

So there is a problem with the dell laptop doing something not standard
by reporting 0x80 as the device it boots from, regardless of if it is
removable or not.

Our initrd, or syslinux whatever should detect what device was used to
boot from, and pass the parameters to the initrd.

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Title:
  USB media fails to boot on netbook.

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

Bug description:
  the kubuntu 11.10 desktop 32bit iso put onto a usb stick using
  startdisk-creator in 11.10 does not work on my netbook, a dell mini 9.

   after the splash screen, it dumps me into a busybox shell.   Linux
  Mint 12 also does this at least when created from usb-creator in
  11.10.  (and I think unetebootin has the same problem but need to
  confirm)

  I have now tried creating a usb drive with and without the stored
  reserved extra space, and they both do not work.

   from within the initramfs (busybox)  I found the casper.log file, and
  here is the first line:

  /bin/casper-preseed: .: line 13: can't open '/root/usr/share/debconf/confmodule'
  all of the rest of the errors have something to do with not being able to open '/root... 

  I see now that I need to read syslinux info, I had thought the system was using grub2.

  I can also see the boot options by pressing F6, then exiting the little menu that comes up.
  noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --

  Knoppix 4.7.1 works fine.
  11.04 alternate install boots just  fine from usb. (believe it was created on 10.10)

  This Kubuntu usb stick media works on 2 other computers with sata
  drives.

  Could it be something to do with the half mini pciExpress ssd not being detected as a hard drive properly?

  Here is some information from the kit that does not boot:

  lspci
  00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
  00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
  00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
  00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
  00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
  00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
  00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
  00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
  00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
  00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
  00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
  00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
  00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
  00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
  00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
  02:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller
  02:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller
  02:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller
  03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
  04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)

  (Note, this is when booting from the HD)
  aaron at jupiter:/proc$ sudo hdparm /dev/sda
  [sudo] password for aaron:

  /dev/sda:
   multcount     =  1 (on)
   IO_support    =  1 (32-bit)
   readonly      =  0 (off)
   readahead     = 256 (on)
   geometry      = 3753/255/63, sectors = 60292512, start = 0
  aaron at jupiter:/proc$

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Jan  6 00:26:07 2012
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426.3)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (83 days ago)

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