Hi, I have set up a machine to boot from a USB flash disk into Ubuntu Jaunty, the computer has Windows XP install on the main hard disk. It is a university computer, so I am not really at liberty to install Ubuntu permanently on the hard drive but I think booting from a USB stick is "allowed".
From a cold boot (not a restart) the machine will automatically search for USB devices to boot from first and GRUB is started. However it will always result in an Error 17, unless I boot to the Windows log in screen first, restart, and then it will boot from USB again but this time find the hard disk. I have a feeling the UUID is not "set" when GRUB starts so it cannot find the USB stick it is actually installed on. Once Windows has assigned a UUID then after a warm boot (restart) from Windows the UUID sticks and I can boot Ubuntu. I can restart from Ubuntu too as many times as I want, just can't do a complete shutdown. Is there a solution to this, I've tried looking on forums etc, but this seems to be a fairly obscure problem. If you require any more information (lspc etc) please ask. Regards, Ciarán -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
