Also seen in Raring Alpha 1. Today's discussion on #ubuntu-release: <infinity> menu label ^Boot from first hard disk <infinity> localboot 0x80 <slangasek> "Boot from first hard disk" is done via BIOS calls; if the "first hard disk" it's booting isn't the one you want, that's a BIOS issue [queuebot] Builds: Edubuntu DVD i386 [Raring Alpha 1] (20121203.1) has been added <infinity> And yeah, that's just booting 0x80, so if your BIOS is remapping your stick, that's correct. <infinity> And it's arguably correct for your BIOS to remap your stick when you select it as the boot device. <ScottK> Hmmm. <infinity> (Though this behavious varies wildly between machines) <slangasek> solution: upgrade your firmware to UEFI <infinity> behaviour, too. <slangasek> then you can't run syslinux at all, problem solved <infinity> Hahaha. <ScottK> So does this option actually do any good? <infinity> "solved". <infinity> ScottK: It made a lot more sense on CDs, which were never remapped. <ScottK> Right. <infinity> ScottK: And it makes sense for people who burn our images to DVDs (same argument). <slangasek> right, if the issue is that you're booted *from* the USB stick, it should probably detect that and translate it to 0x81 instead <infinity> That's probably still more common than USB sticks, except for serial reinstallers. <ScottK> slangasek: That sounds sensible. <infinity> slangasek: That's a fair chunk of extra magic to ask of syslinux. <slangasek> IIRC the same el-torito boot image is used for both CD and hybrid USB booting, so this magic would have to be in syslinux <slangasek> infinity: it doesn't hurt to ask <ScottK> Also it doesn't have to detect it's a USB, it would have to detect that the device it's about to try to boot from is the same one it's already booted from. <infinity> But yeah, one could do an "if current device = 0x80, shift all menu lookups by 1" or something. I guess. <ScottK> From the discussion, it seems like that would do it. <infinity> I'm not sure if it can even reliably know this. <infinity> Not without more code than it has room to run. <infinity> Still, yeah, a mildly annoying buglet. <ScottK> I'll file it and then it will be what it will be. <ScottK> Turns out there is an existing bug.
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