No, that is not normal. The reason for it is that your first partition starts at sector 32 so there is not enough room for grub. Can you delete all of the partitions and reinstall? Newly created partitions should start at sector 2048.
Also, you don't need a partition for /boot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1245147 Title: Ubuntu 13.10 does not boot from USB stick 3.0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1245147/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
