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usb-creator package

usb-creator does not support block sectors larger than 512 bytes, provides inaccurate error

Bug #576309 reported by NeilGreenwood
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usb-creator (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: usb-creator

I have a USB stick that uses a 2048-byte sector size. usb-creator fails with a 'Failed to install bootloader' error, although that's not the issue reported in .usbcreator.log: 'USBCreatorProcessException: syslinux: only 512-byte sectors are supported'.

A more informative error message should be displayed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 6 10:17:25 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: usb-creator

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NeilGreenwood (neil-greenwood) wrote :
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komputes (komputes) wrote :

I have marked Bug #576312 as a duplicate. Someone will need one of these drives to duplicate and confirm the bug.

2k and 4k sector drives are available on the market. More research on this change:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923332
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd-4k-sector,2554.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format

summary: - Wrong error message for failed creation
+ usb-creator does not support block sectors larger than 512 bytes,
+ provides inaccurate error
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NeilGreenwood (neil-greenwood) wrote :

I have a Flash/USB stick with 2k sectors, so I can test any changes. I'd need help to know where to start to make changes though.

Interestingly, unetbootin wrote the image to the USB stick, but it wouldn't boot correctly afterwards.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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