Comment 27 for bug 1507002

Thanks Arne,
Now that there is a GUI wrapper on dd, there doesn't seem to be any reason
at all to use startup disk creator.

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 11:35 PM, Arne Henningsen <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I can confirm the bug: USB thumbdrives created by the "Startup Disk
> Creator" do not boot [1] but USB thumbdrives created by mkusb [2] work.
>
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1499746
>
> [2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb
>
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> 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.
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