Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: usb-creator
Steps to reproduce:
1) In Gnome-Ubuntu, choose Menu -> System -> Adminstration -> Create a
USB startup disk.
2) Set up one using a downloaded jaunty alpha 2 ISO.
3) Set the disk's extra space to 128 MB.
4) Write the thing to a 2 GB pendrive.
5) Boot from it.
What I would expect:
- Additional boots work the same way as the first one.
What actually happens:
- The first boot is fine, successive boots or reboots fail.
Diagnosis:
- For all operations, the pen drive stays in it's USB port.
- In one case there was a kernel panic, in another one X didn't come up.
Typing "startx" gave an empty desktop, only.
- I tarred the stick before the first boot and after a failed, second
attempt. Then:
m...@piccard:~$ tar -tvjf jumpST*orig* >orig.txt
m...@piccard:~$ tar -tvjf jumpST*nach* >nach.txt
m...@piccard:~$ diff -u orig.txt nach.txt
--- orig.txt 2008-12-30 22:44:55.000000000 +0100
+++ nach.txt 2008-12-30 22:48:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-drwx------ mah/root 0 2008-12-30 17:57 JUMPSTICK/
+drwx------ mah/root 0 1970-01-01 01:00 JUMPSTICK/
This is the only difference. Obviously, the volume's modification date
got lost.
I'm not exactly convinced such a minor difference makes a drive
unbootable, but experience tells a different story so far.
Additions:
m...@piccard:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
m...@piccard:~$ apt-cache policy usb-creator
usb-creator:
Installiert: 0.1.10
Kandidat: 0.1.10
Versions-Tabelle:
*** 0.1.10 0
500 http://ubuntu.intergenia.de intrepid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Affects: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Pendrive boot disk works only once
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/312709
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