Using the information as provided by #53 & #54, I was able to boot into the liveOS of Ubuntu 14.04 with the problem hard drive connected, and that the hard drive is detected by the liveOS.
With a Unetbootin liveUSB of Ubuntu 14.04, I did the following: (Finding the LiveUSB /dev/***1) 1) Allow the liveUSB to boot into the Busybox initramfs command prompt. 2) At the (initramfs) command prompt, type in: blkid 3) From the produced drive list, I assumed that the only TYPE="vfat" that was listed had corresponded to the liveUSB flash drive, as that was the only connected device using FAT32. The vfat in my case was listed for /dev/sdf1 4) To reboot the computer, at the (initramfs) prompt, type in: reboot (Second part using Unetbootin liveUSB) 1) Highlight "Try Ubuntu without installing". 2) Press the Tab key to bring up the boot parameters. 3) I then changed my line of: /casper/vmlinuz.efi initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- persistent to /casper/vmlinuz.efi initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash live- media=/dev/sdf1 -- persistent 4) Hit enter to continue with the boot into the liveOS. If using Unetbootin for your liveUSB, one could also make the command persistent by editing the syslinux.cfg that is on the root directory after the creation of the liveUSB. There you should be able to apply the "live-media=/dev/***1" (replace *** with your liveUSB location value) to the "append" lines for "^Try Ubuntu without installing" and "^Install Ubuntu". Example: label ubnentry1 menu label ^Try Ubuntu without installing kernel /casper/vmlinuz.efi append initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash live-media=/dev/sdf1 -- persistent label ubnentry2 menu label ^Install Ubuntu kernel /casper/vmlinuz.efi append initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash live-media=/dev/sdf1 -- persistent -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1241589 Title: ubuntu 13.10 unable to boot on live usb (busy box - initramfs) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1241589/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
