Confirmed that USB drives created using the Windows "pendrive" USB creator also fail, but in a different manner: the boot process hangs at the SYSLINUX line and goes no further.
This should be fixed before release as creating a bootable USB drive will be important for getting new (Windows) users onto the platform, especially for netbook users. -- Maverick images burned to usb key on lucid fail to boot - different syslinux version https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608382 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