[Bug 664968] Re: installer fails to boot from USB on Dell Mini 9 if an SD card is present

[Jason Schuh]

** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  installer fails to boot from USB on Dell Mini 9 if an SD card is
  present

Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I downloaded the 32-bit Desktop Edition .ISO for Ubuntu Maverick 10.10
  and created a bootable USB stick with usb-creator-gtk on a 10.04
  laptop.

  The MD5 sum for the ISO image is 59d15a16ce90c8ee97fa7c211b7673a8
  which matches the one listed in the MD5SUMS file for
  ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso.

  The stick booted fine on the laptop (HP Compaq nx6310) and I was able
  to install Maverick.

  However, on my Dell Mini 9 the stick doesn't boot at all. Here is what happens:
  - the "hit a key for options" icon is displayed at the bottom of the screen
  - I can access the main menu and modify options normally
  - when booting from the cd, the Ubuntu logo with dots below appears for a moment
    - sometimes the logo looks weird, as if displayed with characters in text mode
    - the exact appearance of the screen varies, e.g. sometimes the background is magenta
  - the netbook drops into busybox with the message:
    No init found. Try passing init= bootarg.

  I've tried all the provided boot options (acpi=off etc.) as well as
  "memmap=1K#0x7f800000" which was mentioned in a forum thread which was
  about a different booting problem.

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