Found the reason: I had forgotten that I had an SD card in the built-in card reader slot. It's present as /dev/mmcblk0 in the attached casper.log (from a boot with the debug= option).
Would it be possible for casper to detect which mass media device it was originally booted? Apparently it currently just assumes the first one it happens to encounter. ** Attachment added: "casper.log from an unsuccessful USB boot on the Dell Mini 9 with an SD card and the debug= option" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/664968/+attachment/1709318/+files/casper.log ** Summary changed: - Maverick 10.10 Desktop i386 installer fails to boot from USB on Dell Mini 9 + Maverick 10.10 Desktop i386 installer fails to boot from USB on Dell Mini 9 if an SD card is present -- Maverick 10.10 Desktop i386 installer fails to boot from USB on Dell Mini 9 if an SD card is present https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/664968 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
