Public bug reported: I hope this isn't a duplicate I tried once before, if so sorry.
I have a desktop system that refuses to boot from USB. It has no CD/DVD drive, (yet) so I know I've booted from USB before. I had loaded 10.04(no dots after that) generated from a 10.04 but have upgraded both to Maverick. I want to test Natty on that system. The gory details of everything I've tried with OldFred's help is in this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1712675 * I've tried creating the stick different ways: - Under Maverick with UNetbootin - Under Maverick with startup disk creator - Under Windows with Universal USB installer * All these methods boot on my laptop but give "loading operating system\n Boot Error" on my Gigabyte MB/Phenom II x6 desktop * I've tried 4 different USB sticks all work on laptop none on desktop * I've tried putting natty daily CD and released Maverick on the USB * I use the Smart Boot Manager (for a floppy boot to install from CD) and got a different error "SBMK error" which leads me to believe that the Bootloader is getting loaded but doesn't support the USB drives in that machine. * I've twiddled every BIOS setting I can think of including "Set to Fail Safe defaults" and "Set to optimized defaults" with no change (except turning off USB support). * The frustrating thing is that I have loaded 2 Ubuntu partitions on that system from USB in the past. The motherboard: Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: GA-890GPA-UD3H The processor: vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 10 model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor stepping : 0 cpu MHz : 3200.000 cache size : 512 KB BIOS: Vendor: Award Software International, Inc. Version: FD Release Date: 07/23/2010 Address: 0xE0000 Runtime Size: 128 kB ROM Size: 1024 kB Memory: 16GB DDR3 1033MHz unganged 4 dimms ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/742862 Title: Bootl fails from USB stick -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
