...I followed the guide at pendrivelinux.com ... strangely, the syslinux.cfg DID NOT have all /cdrom tags removed, as I have seen in other guides. Perhaps this is where I was going wrong.
DEFAULT /casper/vmlinuz GFXBOOT bootlogo APPEND file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash -- LABEL persist menu label ^Run Xubuntu saving changes persistently kernel /casper/vmlinuz append file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash -- LABEL live menu label ^Try Xubuntu without any change to your computer kernel /casper/vmlinuz append file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash -- LABEL live-install menu label ^Install Xubuntu kernel /casper/vmlinuz append file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash -- LABEL check menu label ^Check CD for defects kernel /casper/vmlinuz append boot=casper integrity-check initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash -- LABEL memtest menu label Test ^memory kernel /install/mt86plus append - LABEL hd menu label ^Boot from first hard disk localboot 0x80 append - DISPLAY isolinux.txt TIMEOUT 300 PROMPT 1 F1 f1.txt F2 f2.txt F3 f3.txt F4 f4.txt F5 f5.txt F6 f6.txt F7 f7.txt F8 f8.txt F9 f9.txt F0 f10.txt ** Attachment added: "initrd.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14658087/initrd.gz -- [hardy] livecd: keyword "persistent" results in busybox and (initramfs) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219192 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