Hi Jose, Many times I did a usb flash drive boot for 15.10, 64 bit. Only for 15.10 was there a problem. Using dd in place of startup disk creator solved the problem. So I can't confirm what is said on Ask Ubuntu. There however nobody seemed to try dd.
Ilan On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Jose Barakat <josebara...@gmail.com> wrote: > The workaround described by dragon2fly at AskUbuntu > (http://askubuntu.com/questions/696797/boot-error-on-live-usb-flash- > drive-with-15-10) works perfect in Ubuntu 15.10. Unfortunately, the bug > is still alive. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1512811). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1507002 > > Title: > "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition > > Status in syslinux package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > Today I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) from vivid and creating boot > disks (USB, vfat) stopped working. > > I tried my best to find what's the problem, but I couldn't identify > it. It looks like it's related to LP: #398241 (or the debian bug > referred there) > > Essentially, I did > > 1. create empty USB disk > 2. format as vfat (mkfs -t ... -- -F32 -n 'label') > 3. syslinux --install path/to/image -t 512 > 4. boot a computer with it > 5. SYSLINUX 6.03 ... "boot error" <-- is displayed > > I then downgraded to syslinux 3:6.03+dfsg-5ubuntu1, did the same > thing, and it worked again. > > I believe this is related to ldlinux.sys, ldlinux.c32, linux.c32, > menu.c32, or libutil.c32, since at least the machine boots to > syslinux, it simply does not proceed to display my menu. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/syslinux/+bug/1507002/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1507002 Title: "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/syslinux/+bug/1507002/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
