Support writing the image to disks that are spanned by a vfat filesystem (no partition table)
Bug #432532 reported by
Evan
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| usb-creator (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: usb-creator
Given that USB booting is hit or miss as it is, we should support disks that have a vfat filesystem spanning them, rather than just disks that have a partition table with a vfat partition. Currently, usb-creator flags disks without partitions as needing to be formatted.
Initial tests show that at least some BIOSes support booting from a device without a partition table.
The format button will continue to create a partition table and single vfat partition, as the largest subset of BIOSes seem to support that configuration.
| Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| Victor Vargas (kamus) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Revision history for this message
| Wayne Schuller (k-wayne) wrote | #2 |
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According to latest changelogs this function is not implemented yet, so for now I will set this report as Triaged.