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

[Danny Weinberg]

Re #68, I had the same issue. My HDD and SSD are /dev/sda and /dev/sdb,
so the USB drive would show up as /dev/sdc. However, when I ran blkid
from the initramfs prompt, all I saw were sda* and sdb* partitions (and
I know those were my internal drives based on the partition schemes). I
was able to boot properly via the following steps:

1. Adding the live-media boot option as described in #55 (for me 'live-media=/dev/sdc1')
2. Removing the 'quiet splash' (so I could see what was going on easier)
3. Booting and waiting for the boot output to pause for a bit (something about unable to find USB at address...)
4. Removing the live USB and re-inserting it.

The system then recognized a new USB drive at /dev/sdc and proceeded to
boot normally. I know that's a very strange procedure, but it allowed me
to boot and install properly, without doing anything drastic such as
removing or zeroing my drives.

For reference, I have a Lenovo Y580 with a SATA HDD and an mSATA SSD. In
BIOS I had SATA in AHCI mode and was using UEFI (no compatibility/legacy
modes). My USB was plugged into a USB 2.0 port.

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

Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

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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