[Bug 1241589] Re: ubuntu 13.10 unable to boot on live usb (busy box - initramfs)

[Phil Wyett]

One note. Most Gigabyte motherboards struggle booting off a USB created
with the USB creator app because it does not use FAT 16.

For gigabyte motherboards I use this method for non persistant live ISO
USB sticks.

Blank USB stick...

# Change X to device to be wiped.

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=4096

Write ISO to disk...

# Change file.iso for path/name of your ISO image.
# Change X to device to be wiped.

sudo dd bs=4M if=file.iso of=/dev/sdX && sync

Then try boot it.

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Title:
  ubuntu 13.10 unable to boot on live usb (busy box - initramfs)

Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  First, excuse me for my English I'm French.

  I download ubuntu 13.10 64 bits iso. I check the MD5 sum and all is OK.
  I create the live usb with usb-creator-gtk from my ubuntu 13.04.

  I reboot my computer, it starts on the usb stick with the first ubuntu
  screen and stop on a black screen with busybox and initramfs.

  I have try the same usb key on another computer and its works.

  I have try to make a live usb of ubuntu 13.04 and it works correctly.

  Some informations about my hardware configuration :
      - motherboard : z77X-D3H
      - RAM  8Go
     - CPU : Intel Core i7-3770K
     - graphic card : from the CPU

  Edit:
  For information same problem with kubuntu 13.10 and xubuntu 13.10

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