Thanks Arne, Now that there is a GUI wrapper on dd, there doesn't seem to be any reason at all to use startup disk creator.
On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 11:35 PM, Arne Henningsen <arne.henning...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can confirm the bug: USB thumbdrives created by the "Startup Disk > Creator" do not boot [1] but USB thumbdrives created by mkusb [2] work. > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1499746 > > [2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1512811). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1507002 > > Title: > "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition > > Status in syslinux package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > Today I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) from vivid and creating boot > disks (USB, vfat) stopped working. > > I tried my best to find what's the problem, but I couldn't identify > it. It looks like it's related to LP: #398241 (or the debian bug > referred there) > > Essentially, I did > > 1. create empty USB disk > 2. format as vfat (mkfs -t ... -- -F32 -n 'label') > 3. syslinux --install path/to/image -t 512 > 4. boot a computer with it > 5. SYSLINUX 6.03 ... "boot error" <-- is displayed > > I then downgraded to syslinux 3:6.03+dfsg-5ubuntu1, did the same > thing, and it worked again. > > I believe this is related to ldlinux.sys, ldlinux.c32, linux.c32, > menu.c32, or libutil.c32, since at least the machine boots to > syslinux, it simply does not proceed to display my menu. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/syslinux/+bug/1507002/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1507002 Title: "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/syslinux/+bug/1507002/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
