I had the same issue as described in this Bug when trying to boot a EEEPC 701 using a USB key. I have then tried the "today's ISO" jaunty-desktop-i386.iso as Steve Langasek suggested. -> It works fine!
-- casper USB media fails to boot: USB storage device not detected, drops to (initramfs) prompt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363038 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs