Every time this has happened to me, I have (eventually) traced it to corrupt data on the installation medium.
Mount the CD (or USB stick or whatever), cd to /media/whatever, and run: md5sum -c md5sum.txt -- casper USB media fails to boot: USB storage device not detected, drops to (initramfs) prompt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363038 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