[Bug 1244971] Re: Startup Disk Creator fails most of the times, in a number of ways; completely unreliable

[matteo sisti sette]

Definitely the case as described in comment 2.
I was getting (B) systematically now, and after reboot it did prompt me for the password as expected.

I forgot one more possible outcome, however:

E - CRASHES when installing the boot loader (after taking almost as long
as copying 3GB worth of files!)

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Title:
  Startup Disk Creator fails most of the times, in a number of ways;
  completely unreliable

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

Bug description:
  Creating a bootable disk with Startup Disk Creator is a hell.
  It will only succees approximately 20-30% of the times, and when it fails, it usually does after making you waste tens of minutes.

  Any of the following will randomly happen (you can burn the same image
  on the same device several times, and you'll probably experience a a
  different one of these outcomes each time):

  A - it works just fine
  B - it gets "stuck" somewhere (usually after 50%) at "copying files": the estimated time disappears, the progress bar stops progressing, and you are left waiting forever. Even hitting "Cancel" it will hang and never close
  C - After copying all files it prompts for password and then it fails to install the bootloader (the error message says something like "failed to install bootloader", withot any more specific information)
  D - everything seems to complete succesfully, but when you try to boot the disk, it won't boot (see #1243387)

  The worst thing of all this is that it is completely random and you
  usally have to waste 20 minutes waiting for it to miserably fail, and
  then try again.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.47.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-31.46-generic 3.8.13.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Oct 26 15:50:39 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (14 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: usb-creator
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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