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[Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: syslinux

I had trouble making USB or SD card images of the netbook releases that
would boot my Asus Eee900 netbook. It would say "unknown keyword" and
hang at the "boot:" prompt.

 I found two techniques that worked, and I know there are other open
bugs I'm reporting this as a separate bug because it might help people
resolve the regression.

This is the same or similar behavior noted in launchpad Question #113145
and Bug #608382 and Bug #615676 maybe Bug #645818 and Bug #617779 and
maybe others. I also found it in this forum post:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9965992

I found two different solutions: http://www.khattam.info/solved-
syslinux-unknown-keyword-in-configuration-file-2010-09-01.html and
http://trentscott.com/2010/10/07/fixing-usb-install-issues-with-
ubuntu-10-10-maverick-meerkat/ (In case those links are broken, the
first link says to replace the stock Ubuntu syslinux with version 4.01
and the second says to mount the USB image and edit the file
/syslinux/syslinux.cfg to remove the "ui" keyword from the beginning of
the last line.) I tried each of the solutions, and was able to boot my
ASUS using either technique.

I am running Ubuntu 9.10 (i386). This release uses syslinux 2:3.63+dfsg-
2ubuntu3. I downloaded the two syslinux 4.01 .debs from
http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/s/syslinux/

When I use USB Startup Disk Creator under Ubuntu 9.10 to create netbook
USB images for my Asus EeePC 900, here is what I find:

syslinux 3.63+Ubuntu 10.04 netbook: boots fine
syslinux 3.63+Ubuntu 10.10 netbook: reports unknown keyword and hangs at "boot:"
syslinux 3.63+Ubuntu 10.10 netbook+edit syslinux.cfg: boots fine
syslinux 4.01+Ubuntu 10.10 netbook: boots fine

(I just reverted my syslinux to the stock version and re-created the
10.04 netbook image to verify that this isn't something that has changed
on my 9.10 system since the release of 10.04 when I originally created
the netbook image. The re-installed syslinux 3.63 + 10.04 still boots
fine.)

** Affects: usb-creator
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: syslinux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: usb-creator
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Newer USB Startup Disks unbootable when created using Karmic 9.10
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/660061
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Status in usb-creator: New
Status in “syslinux” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Binary package hint: syslinux

I had trouble making USB or SD card images of the netbook releases that would boot my Asus Eee900 netbook. It would say "unknown keyword" and hang at the "boot:" prompt.

 I found two techniques that worked, and I know there are other open bugs I'm reporting this as a separate bug because it might help people resolve the regression. 

This is the same or similar behavior noted in launchpad Question #113145 and Bug #608382 and Bug #615676 maybe Bug #645818 and Bug #617779 and maybe others. I also found it in this forum post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9965992

I found two different solutions: http://www.khattam.info/solved-syslinux-unknown-keyword-in-configuration-file-2010-09-01.html and http://trentscott.com/2010/10/07/fixing-usb-install-issues-with-ubuntu-10-10-maverick-meerkat/ (In case those links are broken, the first link says to replace the stock Ubuntu syslinux with version 4.01 and the second says to mount the USB image and edit the file /syslinux/syslinux.cfg to remove the "ui" keyword from the beginning of the last line.) I tried each of the solutions, and was able to boot my ASUS using either technique.

I am running Ubuntu 9.10 (i386). This release uses syslinux 2:3.63+dfsg-2ubuntu3. I downloaded the two syslinux 4.01 .debs from http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/s/syslinux/ 

When I use USB Startup Disk Creator under Ubuntu 9.10 to create netbook USB images for my Asus EeePC 900, here is what I find:

syslinux 3.63+Ubuntu 10.04 netbook: boots fine
syslinux 3.63+Ubuntu 10.10 netbook: reports unknown keyword and hangs at "boot:"
syslinux 3.63+Ubuntu 10.10 netbook+edit syslinux.cfg: boots fine
syslinux 4.01+Ubuntu 10.10 netbook: boots fine

(I just reverted my syslinux to the stock version and re-created the 10.04 netbook image to verify that this isn't something that has changed on my 9.10 system since the release of 10.04 when I originally created the netbook image. The re-installed syslinux 3.63 + 10.04 still boots fine.)