[Bug 1245147] Re: Ubuntu 13.10 does not boot from USB stick 3.0

[Phillip Susi]

Can you edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg and remove the following section:

if loadfont $font ; then
  set gfxmode=auto
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
  set lang=en_US
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm

As well as this section:

if [ "${recordfail}" != 1 ]; then
  if [ -e ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt ]; then
    if hwmatch ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt 3; then
      if [ ${match} = 0 ]; then
        set linux_gfx_mode=keep
      else
        set linux_gfx_mode=text
      fi
    else
      set linux_gfx_mode=text
    fi
  else
    set linux_gfx_mode=keep
  fi
else
  set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi

And replace it with just:

set linux_gfx_mode=text

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Title:
  Ubuntu 13.10 does not boot from USB stick 3.0

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

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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