installer fails to boot from USB on Dell Mini 9 if an SD card is present
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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casper (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I downloaded the 32-bit Desktop Edition .ISO for Ubuntu Maverick 10.10 and created a bootable USB stick with usb-creator-gtk on a 10.04 laptop.
The MD5 sum for the ISO image is 59d15a16ce90c8e
The stick booted fine on the laptop (HP Compaq nx6310) and I was able to install Maverick.
However, on my Dell Mini 9 the stick doesn't boot at all. Here is what happens:
- the "hit a key for options" icon is displayed at the bottom of the screen
- I can access the main menu and modify options normally
- when booting from the cd, the Ubuntu logo with dots below appears for a moment
- sometimes the logo looks weird, as if displayed with characters in text mode
- the exact appearance of the screen varies, e.g. sometimes the background is magenta
- the netbook drops into busybox with the message:
No init found. Try passing init= bootarg.
I've tried all the provided boot options (acpi=off etc.) as well as "memmap=
summary: |
- Maverick 10.10 Desktop i386 installer fails to boot from USB on Dell - Mini 9 if an SD card is present + installer fails to boot from USB on Dell Mini 9 if an SD card is present |
tags: | added: maverick |
Changed in casper (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
importance: | Medium → High |
Changed in casper (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
I also tried the Maverick Netbook Live CD on the Dell Mini 9. Same symptoms. ("No init found. Try passing init= bootarg.")