[Bug 1245147] Re: Ubuntu 13.10 does not boot from USB drive formatted in ext4

[Luigi R.]

I have also tried to separete the boot partition in ext2 since fat32 is
not allowed but nothing. Magenta screen hangs and if I hold shift during
boot I can see GRUB LOADING on the screen and nothing happens.

I have also tried what someone suggested here
http://askubuntu.com/questions/87409/i-cant-get-grub-menu-to-show-up-
during-boot unsuccessfully.

** Package changed: ubuntu => grub2 (Ubuntu)

** No longer affects: grub

** Summary changed:

- Ubuntu 13.10 does not boot from USB drive formatted in ext4
+ Ubuntu 13.10 does not boot from USB stick 3.0

** Description changed:

  I have tried to perform a normal installation of ubuntu 13.10 on a
- usb3.0 drive sandisk 16Gb, formatted ext4.
+ usb3.0 stick sandisk 16Gb, formatted ext4.
  
  I do not how to provide you more information since grub does not even
  start and a violet screen hangs. I was suspecting a corruption of the
  usb mbr and I have tried updating directly the grub the I have on the
  hard disk used by ubuntu 13.04 and windows 7 with the key plugged in but
  again just violet screen and everything hangs.
  
  If I create a live usb in fat32 I do not have any problem. Could you
  please verify if there is a bug in ext4?
  
  Before on the same usb I had Ubuntu 13.04 but in UEFI mode since I was
  using a netbook UEFI. Now for sure I have a bios legacy and for this
  reason I have removed everything to reinstall ubuntu 13.10 in the mbr.
  
  The usb key has been formatted in gparted recreating again the partition
  table in msdos as follow:
  
  Le voci nella tabella delle partizioni non sono nello stesso ordine del
  disco.
  
  Disk /dev/sdb: 15.5 GB, 15504900096 bytes
  64 testine, 32 settori/tracce, 14786 cilindri, totale 30283008 settori
  Unità = settori di 1 * 512 = 512 byte
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  Identificativo disco: 0x00018829
  
  Dispositivo Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
  /dev/sdb1   *        2048    13632907     6815430   83  Linux
  /dev/sdb2        13635582    30281727     8323073    5  Esteso
  /dev/sdb5        13635584    14684159      524288   82  Linux swap / Solaris
  /dev/sdb6        14686208    30281727     7797760    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

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Title:
  Ubuntu 13.10 does not boot from USB stick 3.0

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have tried to perform a normal installation of ubuntu 13.10 on a
  usb3.0 stick sandisk 16Gb, formatted ext4.

  I do not how to provide you more information since grub does not even
  start and a violet screen hangs. I was suspecting a corruption of the
  usb mbr and I have tried updating directly the grub the I have on the
  hard disk used by ubuntu 13.04 and windows 7 with the key plugged in
  but again just violet screen and everything hangs.

  If I create a live usb in fat32 I do not have any problem. Could you
  please verify if there is a bug in ext4?

  Before on the same usb I had Ubuntu 13.04 but in UEFI mode since I was
  using a netbook UEFI. Now for sure I have a bios legacy and for this
  reason I have removed everything to reinstall ubuntu 13.10 in the mbr.

  The usb key has been formatted in gparted recreating again the
  partition table in msdos as follow:

  Le voci nella tabella delle partizioni non sono nello stesso ordine
  del disco.

  Disk /dev/sdb: 15.5 GB, 15504900096 bytes
  64 testine, 32 settori/tracce, 14786 cilindri, totale 30283008 settori
  Unità = settori di 1 * 512 = 512 byte
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  Identificativo disco: 0x00018829

  Dispositivo Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
  /dev/sdb1   *        2048    13632907     6815430   83  Linux
  /dev/sdb2        13635582    30281727     8323073    5  Esteso
  /dev/sdb5        13635584    14684159      524288   82  Linux swap / Solaris
  /dev/sdb6        14686208    30281727     7797760    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

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