[Bug 398241] Re: When Booted Comes Up With "Boot Error"

[Colin Watson]

Fixed in trusty by this upstream commit:

commit 3621b30
Author: John S Gruber <JohnSGruber at gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Jul 19 06:40:21 2013 +0200

    Add options and make dos boot sector more compatible with reference system (Closes: #552673).
    
    Unless overridden by the user sets the DOS boot sector's
    hidden-sectors field to match the start of a hard disk's
    partition.
    
    Initialize DOS boot sector drive_number according to FAT media type
    Addresses LP: #398241 and Debian #552673
    
    Adds options to override the DOS boot sector device_number and
    the FAT media type.
    
    Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <mail at daniel-baumann.ch>

** Changed in: dosfstools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  When Booted Comes Up With "Boot Error"

Status in “dosfstools” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “dosfstools” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: usb-creator

  I start usb-creator, It opens fine and i use a .iso from my hard drive
  and onto a Sandisk Cruzer Micro 8 GB. It all loads fine and then when
  i boot it comes up with "Boot Error" and also when i press enter it
  comes up with "Root Error". i am using Linux Mint "Gloria".

  Thanks in advance,
  edh649

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