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

[sudodus]

The Startup Disk Creator suffers from several bugs. You have found
(maybe) two of them.

dd has been mentioned in this bug report. It is cloning - a very
straight-forward process, but dd does what you tell it to do without
questions - even if you tell it to wipe the family pictures. I made a
tool to wrap a safety belt around dd, mkusb.

There is a project, where the Startup Disk Creator will be radically
changed - the intention is that it will also use dd under the hood.

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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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