** Description changed: ** Synopsis I haven't been able to get ISOs to boot on older BIOS based boxes since late Sunday (7-June). Examples are Ubuntu, Ubuntu-Studio, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and since then Lubuntu too. NOTE: This `ubuntu-bug` report was filed on the only box (I'd noted at the time) that booted, and didn't have an issue, so details of box are NOT the problem. On boxes that have the issue boot stops at "unable to find medium container a live file system Attempt interactive netboot from a URL?" (no squashfs check on plymouth type display is seen) ** Addendum - It's not impacting all BIOS boxes either FAILED to boot are - hp dc7700 (c2d-e6320, 5gb, nvidia quadro nvs 290) - dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e6850, 5gb, amd/ati radeon rv516/x1300/x1550) - (these boxes are near my primary box so always first) - But boxes that boot are + dell [optiplex] 745 (c2d-6600, 6gb, amd/ati radeon rv516/x1300/x1550) + dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e8300, 8gb, amd/ati radeon rv610/radeon hd2400 pro/xt) + dell [optiplex] 780 (c2q-q9400, 4gb, amd/ati cedar radeon hd 5000/6000/7350/8350) + hp dc7900 (c2d-e8400, 4gb, intel 4 series integrated i915) + hp 8200 elite sff (i5-2400, 8gb, nvidia quadro 600) + + lenovo thinkpad sl510 (c2d-t6570, 2gb ram, i915) + motion computing j3400 (c2d-u9400, 4gb, intel mobile 4 series) - It APPEARS the boxes that boot are newer; I had a fail & pass with a - d755 that have identical boxes but have different motherboards (no PS2 - mouse/keyboard ports in booting example) + It APPEARS the boxes that boot are newer; OR issue only impacts a small + subset of BIOS boxes. I had a fail & pass with two d755s (identical + boxes but different motherboards; worked on one without PS2 + mouse/keyboard ports) ** Background (timing) On Sunday Morning 7-June I zsync'd the lubuntu daily & wrote to media to continue testing of our updated LXQt (0.15.0) without issue (AEST or my local Melbourne time) That night I grabbed ubuntu-studio, ubuntu, xubuntu, kubuntu (& tried to grab ubuntu-mate but it's not available yet) and was unable to get these to boot I may not have tried all or in many combinations - just gave them all up as problematic. I also deleted all entries I'd started on - iso.qa.ubuntu.com (assuming bad media) + iso.qa.ubuntu.com (assuming bad media). Note I would have used the + failed boxes as they're on the same desk as my primary box. Last night (Wednesday 10 June) I grabbed all again, wrote to media again, and tried booting & failed. ISO was tried on four different thumb-drives, using two boxes to write the media. It failed to boot on multiple tried boxes (HP, DELL.. all BIOS). Also the Lubuntu was updated (zsync) & written and it won't boot either anymore. Most hardware I test on is old/BIOS boxes. Just now I re-tried a thumb- drive on this newer UEFI and it boots here - ie. issue appears to impact only BIOS boxes (c2d, c2q etc) Note: I also have loads of issues with thumb-drive (worn out maybe?) which is why I deleted my iso.qa.ubu entries, and didn't raise this till today. 3 thumb-drives were purchased this year, 2 have never given me issues. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: syslinux 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu38 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CasperVersion: 1.449 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Jun 11 03:31:57 2020 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200609) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: syslinux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Description changed: ** Synopsis - I haven't been able to get ISOs to boot on older BIOS based boxes since - late Sunday (7-June). Examples are Ubuntu, Ubuntu-Studio, Kubuntu, + I haven't been able to get ISOs to boot on [some] older BIOS based boxes + since late Sunday (7-June). Examples are Ubuntu, Ubuntu-Studio, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and since then Lubuntu too. NOTE: This `ubuntu-bug` report was filed on the only box (I'd noted at the time) that booted, and didn't have an issue, so details of box are NOT the problem. On boxes that have the issue boot stops at "unable to find medium container a live file system Attempt interactive netboot from a URL?" (no squashfs check on plymouth type display is seen) ** Addendum - It's not impacting all BIOS boxes either FAILED to boot are - hp dc7700 (c2d-e6320, 5gb, nvidia quadro nvs 290) - dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e6850, 5gb, amd/ati radeon rv516/x1300/x1550) But boxes that boot are + dell [optiplex] 745 (c2d-6600, 6gb, amd/ati radeon rv516/x1300/x1550) + dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e8300, 8gb, amd/ati radeon rv610/radeon hd2400 pro/xt) + dell [optiplex] 780 (c2q-q9400, 4gb, amd/ati cedar radeon hd 5000/6000/7350/8350) + hp dc7900 (c2d-e8400, 4gb, intel 4 series integrated i915) + hp 8200 elite sff (i5-2400, 8gb, nvidia quadro 600) + lenovo thinkpad sl510 (c2d-t6570, 2gb ram, i915) + motion computing j3400 (c2d-u9400, 4gb, intel mobile 4 series) It APPEARS the boxes that boot are newer; OR issue only impacts a small subset of BIOS boxes. I had a fail & pass with two d755s (identical boxes but different motherboards; worked on one without PS2 mouse/keyboard ports) ** Background (timing) On Sunday Morning 7-June I zsync'd the lubuntu daily & wrote to media to continue testing of our updated LXQt (0.15.0) without issue (AEST or my local Melbourne time) That night I grabbed ubuntu-studio, ubuntu, xubuntu, kubuntu (& tried to grab ubuntu-mate but it's not available yet) and was unable to get these to boot I may not have tried all or in many combinations - just gave them all up as problematic. I also deleted all entries I'd started on iso.qa.ubuntu.com (assuming bad media). Note I would have used the failed boxes as they're on the same desk as my primary box. Last night (Wednesday 10 June) I grabbed all again, wrote to media again, and tried booting & failed. ISO was tried on four different thumb-drives, using two boxes to write the media. It failed to boot on multiple tried boxes (HP, DELL.. all BIOS). Also the Lubuntu was updated (zsync) & written and it won't boot either anymore. Most hardware I test on is old/BIOS boxes. Just now I re-tried a thumb- drive on this newer UEFI and it boots here - ie. issue appears to impact only BIOS boxes (c2d, c2q etc) Note: I also have loads of issues with thumb-drive (worn out maybe?) which is why I deleted my iso.qa.ubu entries, and didn't raise this till today. 3 thumb-drives were purchased this year, 2 have never given me issues. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: syslinux 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu38 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CasperVersion: 1.449 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Jun 11 03:31:57 2020 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200609) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: syslinux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1883040 Title: groovy daily won't boot anymore on some older BIOS boxes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/syslinux/+bug/1883040/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs