[Bug 1243387] [NEW] Silently fails to create startup disk - that is, creates a disk that won't boot

[matteo sisti sette]

Public bug reported:

As already reported in #1243382, half of the times the Startup Disk
Creator crashes during the process of creating a bootable disk on a USB
pendrive.

The other half of the times, however, it ends up telling you the disk has been created succesfully.
Sometimes this is true (I once succesfully created a bootable disk that worked fine), but sometimes it is not.

I created a bootable disk from an iso image of Ubuntu 12.04. It apparently finished succesfully. Then I lost one day trying to have it boot on another computer, thinking there was something wrong with that machine that would not let me boot from the usb pendrive, and desperately playing around with its BIOS settings. Untill I decided to re-burn the image, on the very same pendrive.
At first it crashed. Then, at the second try it succeeded, and this time the pendrive was fine and actually booted.

This tool is completely unreliable. Until it is fixed it should be
removed from ubuntu and replaced by some reliable alternative. Having it
as the recommended officially documented way of creating a live pendrive
makes you waste a lot of time.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.47.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-31.46-generic 3.8.13.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 22 21:59:36 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: usb-creator
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring

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Title:
  Silently fails to create startup disk - that is, creates a disk that
  won't boot

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

Bug description:
  As already reported in #1243382, half of the times the Startup Disk
  Creator crashes during the process of creating a bootable disk on a
  USB pendrive.

  The other half of the times, however, it ends up telling you the disk has been created succesfully.
  Sometimes this is true (I once succesfully created a bootable disk that worked fine), but sometimes it is not.

  I created a bootable disk from an iso image of Ubuntu 12.04. It apparently finished succesfully. Then I lost one day trying to have it boot on another computer, thinking there was something wrong with that machine that would not let me boot from the usb pendrive, and desperately playing around with its BIOS settings. Untill I decided to re-burn the image, on the very same pendrive.
  At first it crashed. Then, at the second try it succeeded, and this time the pendrive was fine and actually booted.

  This tool is completely unreliable. Until it is fixed it should be
  removed from ubuntu and replaced by some reliable alternative. Having
  it as the recommended officially documented way of creating a live
  pendrive makes you waste a lot of time.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.47.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-31.46-generic 3.8.13.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Oct 22 21:59:36 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (11 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: usb-creator
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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