I managed to get ubuntu 10.04 back on my computer. The aid was to create the usb boot stick from a ubuntu 10.04 computer instead of my companion ubuntu 10.10 computer.
Quote from: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/ReleaseNotes#Common%20Desktop%20Applications "It is not possible to create Ubuntu 10.04 USB disks from the Startup Disk Creator in Ubuntu 10.10 due to a backwards incompatibility in the syslinux program." -- 10.04.1 image created in Maverick does not boot in my Dell Mini9 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/645818 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
