*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 273477 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273477
Looking through the comments, it seems that usb-creator does not install a new
MBR.
I can confirm this for Intrepid. Steps to reproduce:
1. Manually install grub on the USB drive
2. Verify that grub boots
I encountered something like this as well. I used a fresh from the box
4gb drive, went to Create a USB startup disk, tried to install xubuntu
8.1 on it. However, I received a message like Adam Niedling -non-system
disc, etc and not the grub 17 error.
What worked was reformatting to fat32,
I tried installing Evan's usb-creator (usb-creator - 0.1.11~ppa1).
But I can't run it:
:~$ usb-creator
Traceback (most recent call last):
File /usr/bin/usb-creator, line 21, in module
from usbcreator.gtk_frontend import GtkFrontend
File
Petri has replied to Evan's request. Setting back to new.
** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = New
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Create a USB startup disk does not create bootable USB sticks - GRUB Error 17
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I'm trying to create a startup disk on a 16gb kingston pendrive and I
get this error message: Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and
strike any key when ready. Is this the same issue? I also tried to
reformat it as fat32 but it didn't work either.
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Create a USB startup disk does not create
I had the same problem, usb-creator didn't overwrite the boot sector.
Version from ppa archive overwrites the sector correctly with syslinux.
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Before I installed Evan's version, I tried Create a USB startup Disk
once more on two USB drives - a Kingston Data Traveller II [4GB] and an
OCZ Rally II [4GB] -
Before I started, I ran GParted [To install sudo apt-get install
gparted - it then should be in System - Administration as Partition
@John Ward : did you notice if your key was booting using syslinux or
grub ?
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I'll test it now and tell you, I do see a quick thing pop up before the menu
appears and I'm pretty sure it says it there.
2008/11/28 aurelieng [EMAIL PROTECTED]
@John Ward : did you notice if your key was booting using syslinux or
grub ?
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Very quickly I notice SYSLINUX appear before the menu. So it's SYSLINUX
obviously.
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Please do not post additional issues in this bug report, it makes it
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Regarding error 17 in GRUB, I'm assuming you intentionally or
unintentionally installed GRUB to your USB disk at one point as usb-
creator uses syslinux, not
Hi Evan,
I don't think I installed GRUB on the USB key after using usb-creator.
I'm pretty sure I rebooted straight away after using usb-creator.
However, it might be possible that a GRUB install was present on the key
*before* I used usb-creator.
I don't have time to retry the installation
Possibly I had Backtrack 3 on this stick in the past and it probably
installed GRUB. But I'm thinking, shouldn't usb-creator clear out the
stick completely (well at least MBR info) and install it's own MBR
freshly without keeping conflicting MBR's / other crap on the stick that
will cause this
I added the repository lines and upgraded usb-creator to Evan Dandreas
version. After 30 minutes the creation had advanced to 22% (tried about
three times) so it didn't work for me. I uninstalled usb-creeator,
unticked the deb-lines and installed the original version.
This time the creation took
I'm surprised that your image transfer took so long, transferring an
image to my sticks (OCZ Rally II's) takes about 2 - 3 minutes.
Anyway, apart from your unfortunate problems with Evan's version, I'll
give it a shot as well and report back.
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Create a USB startup disk does not create
I have the same problem, boot with USB stalls with Grub error 17 with no
change to edit grub.
I have tried this with different Live CDs with or without other drives
plugged the result is always the same: error 17.
A little bit annoying to see the status Invalid at the top of this
page. This
I can't see why this bug should be invalid. Changing status to New.
** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid = New
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Matthew Williams: I also used the final release.
John Ward: I used the Live CD with no updates. The Live CD worked fine,
so it seems unlikely that the image was broken, and I used the CD as the
image to install on the key.
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Create a USB startup disk does not create bootable USB sticks - GRUB
So the creation of the startup USB stick actually crashes? Possibly you
should re-download the ISO image or use another ISO image from another
Linux distribution, if that doesn't crash then there probably a problem
with the 8.10 image you downloaded. Thats the quickest thing to try.
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Exact same problem here but using the final release of 8.10.
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I downloaded the .iso on Saturday (8th Nov 2008). I guess that's the latest
version. I tried several times and still it crashes after reaching 99%
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 5:50 AM, John Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
A batch of updates around the 31st October included an update for usb-
creator
A batch of updates around the 31st October included an update for usb-
creator which seemed to solve the problem for me. If you've updated your
Ubuntu installation up to that date at least (if not up to today) you
should have the updated usb-creator and hence I recommend you try making
a USB disk
Seems to be a proper bug.
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Woops, sorry for the above unhelpful message...
I also tried to create a bootable USB stick using usb-creator, and am
getting GRUB error 17 when trying to boot off the stick on at least two
different machines. It seems that GRUB is not correctly configured on
the stick.
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Personally I think you're right Antoine, this IS a bug and not just a
problem created by myself. The operations are simple:
STEPS:
1. Insert a USB drive into your computer or laptop.
2. Run Create a USB startup disk.
3. Select an ISO disc image of an Ubuntu Operating System (for example).
4.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/10/06/usb-ubuntu-810-install-from-
windows-non-persistent/
have you tried to use the info on this page to get grub working , this method
works for me with usb drives 4GB drive I used
sandisk branded used
** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
Status: New =
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/10/15/ubuntu-810-persistent-flash-
drive-install-from-live-cd/
theirs also this one too but I like the other one more, I am tried of
burning disks with linux, and prefer to just use a usb drive for them
now since you can update a usb drive better than a readonly
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