[Bug 1507002] Re: "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition

[Ilan Tal]

The problem would come up after I would burn a 32 bit iso  using Startup
Disk Creator.
The usb stick with the 32 bit iso would never boot into the state where I
could "Try Ubuntu".
With dd the problem was solved. I could "Try Ubuntu" and/or "Install
Ubuntu".
Is there perhaps a way to compare 2 usb sticks, byte by byte, to see the
difference between the output of Startup Disk Creator and dd?
(Use a 32 bit iso.)


On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Michael Terry <michael.terry at canonical.com>
wrote:

> So this original bug report was about syslinux.  There are also a bunch
> comments here about a bug with Startup Disk Creator.  But which is
> separately fixed?
>
> However, the original syslinux bug still exists as far as I can tell.
> And there's an upstream patch in comment #8.  So I've merged from
> Debian, applied this patch on top, and uploaded to xenial.  Thanks TJ
> for your work surfacing that patch!
>
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> Title:
>   "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition
>
> Status in syslinux package in Ubuntu:
>   Triaged
>
> Bug description:
>   Today I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) from vivid and creating boot
>   disks (USB, vfat) stopped working.
>
>   I tried my best to find what's the problem, but I couldn't identify
>   it. It looks like it's related to LP: #398241 (or the debian bug
>   referred there)
>
>   Essentially, I did
>
>   1. create empty USB disk
>   2. format as vfat (mkfs -t ... -- -F32 -n 'label')
>   3. syslinux --install path/to/image -t 512
>   4. boot a computer with it
>   5. SYSLINUX 6.03 ... "boot error" <-- is displayed
>
>   I then downgraded to syslinux 3:6.03+dfsg-5ubuntu1, did the same
>   thing, and it worked again.
>
>   I believe this is related to ldlinux.sys, ldlinux.c32, linux.c32,
>   menu.c32,  or libutil.c32, since at least the machine boots to
>   syslinux, it simply does not proceed to display my menu.
>
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Title:
  "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition

Status in syslinux package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Today I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) from vivid and creating boot
  disks (USB, vfat) stopped working.

  I tried my best to find what's the problem, but I couldn't identify
  it. It looks like it's related to LP: #398241 (or the debian bug
  referred there)

  Essentially, I did

  1. create empty USB disk
  2. format as vfat (mkfs -t ... -- -F32 -n 'label')
  3. syslinux --install path/to/image -t 512
  4. boot a computer with it
  5. SYSLINUX 6.03 ... "boot error" <-- is displayed

  I then downgraded to syslinux 3:6.03+dfsg-5ubuntu1, did the same
  thing, and it worked again.

  I believe this is related to ldlinux.sys, ldlinux.c32, linux.c32,
  menu.c32,  or libutil.c32, since at least the machine boots to
  syslinux, it simply does not proceed to display my menu.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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