Dave Sorry, this is not even a third of an answer, but I've read not so long ago something to do with a hidden directory that needs to exist on the USB stick / drive. I can't find the reference but maybe that'll point you in the right direction.
Merry Xmas to all Ian -----Original Message----- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of David King Sent: 25 December 2008 14:10 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] creating a USB startup disk I am still having problems with the bootable USB flash drive I am trying to create. It still will not boot, it gives an error saying that it cannot find the linux kernel image. I compared the contents of the drive with the Ubuntu 8.10 CD and saw that the CD had more directories than the flash drive, so I copied those over to the flash drive. But it still does not boot, so still something must be missing. Attached is a list of directories and files on the flash drive David King David King wrote: > I have created my live USB Ubuntu flash drive, which is certainly now > bootable, so nothing wrong with the drive itself. But, it had an error > when booting about not finding the linux kernel. I will have to > investigate further when I have the time, but at least I know that the > flash drive is bootable. > > But I do not see why the Ubuntu program to create a USB startup disk did > not work in making the flash drive bootable, whereas the "Install Live > USB" program which I used did make it bootable. I > > > David King > > > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
