replacing the Startup Disk Creator

[flocculant at gmx.co.uk]

On 25/09/15 21:06, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Den 2015-09-25 kl. 20:37, skrev flocculant at gmx.co.uk:
>> On 25/09/15 17:43, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>> Den 2015-09-25 kl. 18:21, skrev chris hermansen:
>>>> Nio and list,
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 7:19 AM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [stuff deleted]
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>       Bug #1499746
>>>>
>>>>       Hi Chris,
>>>>
>>>>       Maybe you can confirm the bug for amd64 (and click affects me too).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Done, Nio.  Also added a comment.
>>>>
>>>> For completeness I decided to try making a startup disk of 15.04, since
>>>> I had one in my Downloads directory.  Somewhat to my surprise, this
>>>> produced a working bootable USB stick.  This comment also added.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com
>>>>
>>>> C'est ma façon de parler.
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> Thanks for adding those detailed comments to the bug report :-)
>>>
>>> The problem seems to be that the Startup Disk Creator cannot manage the
>>> Wily iso files, while other tools can do it.
>>>
>>> I hope that Marc gets green light to go ahead and convert the Startup
>>> Disk Creator into a cloning tool. I'm sure he can make it reliable
>>> that way.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
>>>
>> Is there actually anything that's hard evidence yet?
>>
>> Or are we still at the
>>
>> ... some people see some bugs in some way
>>
>> .... other people see the same bugs in a different way
>>
>> stage?
>>
>> Which is just going to lead to yet another bug report with a bunch of
>> heat - but not actually going anywhere.
>>
>> I'm happy to comment - but won't do so while we appear to only have a
>> small section of people with issues.
>>
>> If the plan is to remove persistence and see what happens then that's
>> great.
>>
>> Unfortunately the existing bug will include people marking as affects me
>> from un-supported releases of *buntu.
>>
>> Just to make that point crystal clear - if it isn't 12.04 (for a couple
>> of flavours) , 14.04, 15.04 or 15.10 then it should be ignored.
> Hi flocculant,
>
> If you don't think it is a real bug, please try to make a working boot
> pendrive with Wily, while you are running a Vivid or Wily system!
> (Trying from Trusty, there is well-known bug ...)
>
> Chris Hermansen was the one who first found this bug, when running the
> SDC in an amd64 Vivid installed system. I encountered this bug in a live
> Wily system (live-only, no persistence, made from a Lubuntu Wily beta2
> i386 iso file).
>
> It would be great if you can find a work-around or some environment,
> where the SDC can make a working boot pendrive with Wily. Maybe it is
> simple.
>
> At least, that should make it easier to debug. Such a work-around can
> also be added to the release notes and other help texts.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
Yep - confirm that's not working now.