[Bug 1499746] Re: Early Syslinux Boot Error in pendrive made with the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator

[Praveen B]

If you are using Ubuntu 15.10 Beta 2 (Wily), then the workaround is to
manually download syslinux_6.03+dfsg-5ubuntu1 debian package from Vivid
repository, extract syslinux binary and use it instead.

syslinux doesn't have other dependencies and other files used when
creating a bootable usb (viz.mbr.bin) are identical between Vivid and
Wily.

The error is primarily due to ldlinux.sys (which gets generated from
syslinux). ldlinux.sys generated from Vivid syslinux doesn't have the
issue.

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Title:
  Early Syslinux Boot Error in pendrive made with the Ubuntu Startup
  Disk Creator

Status in usb-creator package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I cannot make a USB boot drive with the  Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator
  in Lubuntu Wily beta 2.

  The SDC no longer complains about udisks. It finishes and seems
  successful, but the created pendrive does not work: There is an 'early
  error' when booting, a black screen with white letters at the top:

  "SYSLINUX 6.03 EDD 20150813 Copyright (c) 1994-2014 H. Peter Anvin et
  al

  Boot Error"

  I tested with 'the easiest case', in a live session of Wily: I tried
  to create a pendrive with Wily of the same architecture (i386 -->
  i386).

  Another user reported a case with amd64 (in 15.04), so the bug seems
  to affect both architectures.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.67
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-11.13-generic 4.2.1
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-11-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.365
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Fri Sep 25 13:58:00 2015
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha i386 (20150924)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: usb-creator
  UDisksDump: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'udisks'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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