[Bug 870180] Re: can't create non persistent usb key with "startup disk creator"

[Brian Murray]

>From the information in your bug report I'm guessing your are trying to
create an USB stick of the following operating system -
debian-6.0.2.1-amd64-netinst.iso.  Is that correct?

The traceback indicates the following:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/usbcreator/install.py", line 143, in run
    self.install()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/usbcreator/install.py", line 581, in install
    self.mangle_syslinux()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/usbcreator/install.py", line 256, in mangle_syslinux
    target_os_ver = debian_support.Version(contents[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debian/debian_support.py", line 172, in __init__
    super(AptPkgVersion, self).__init__(version)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debian/debian_support.py", line 91, in __init__
    self.full_version = version
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debian/debian_support.py", line 117, in __setattr__
    self._set_full_version(str(value))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debian/debian_support.py", line 96, in _set_full_version
    raise ValueError("Invalid version string %r" % version)
ValueError: Invalid version string 'GNU/Linux'

Inspecting the usb-creator code it looks to me like it tries to read
.disk/info on the ISO to determine the target OS and that 'GNU/Linux'
was not an expected response.  Could you add the full contents of
".disk/info" from the ISO?  Thanks in advance.

** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Summary changed:

- can't create non persistent usb key with "startup disk creator"
+ can't create usb key with "startup disk creator" for some operating system

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Title:
  can't create usb key with "startup disk creator" for some operating
  system

Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When creating a  non persistent usb key  with "startup disk creator" I
  get an installation failed message you see in the attached image.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.34
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Oct  7 19:45:13 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/usb-creator-gtk
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: usb-creator
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-28 (8 days ago)
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: usb-creator (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
  Tags:  oneiric running-unity
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-28 (8 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare video

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