Den 2015-04-29 10:38, Leszek Lesner skrev: > Am 29.04.2015 um 10:27 schrieb Nio Wiklund: >> Den 2015-04-29 10:07, Leszek Lesner skrev: >>> Hi Nio, >>> >>> did you only tried booting the default boot entry that unetbootin creates ? >>> This sometimes is messed up and choosing the correct boot entry solves >>> this. >>> >>> A method that always worked for me is dd'ing the ISO image to the USB >>> pendrive. >>> So the command >>> sudo dd if=/path/to/lubuntu.iso >>> of=/dev/<your_sdX_device_that_is_the_usb_pendrive> >>> copies everything to the usb pendrive. >>> Normally it should be less then 1 GB so that even on a 4 GB pendrive you >>> have the option to create a at least 2.5 GB big ext4/ext3/ext2/whatever >>> linux filesystem with casper-rw label. (<---this is important for the >>> casper persisentcy option to recognize this partition as persistent >>> partition) >>> On boot just add the >>> persistent >>> bootoption to the default boot option by pressing TAB and adding it to >>> the commandline. >>> This should get you going. A persistent USB live system. >>> >>> These steps are of course for advanced users. I did not test the normal >>> unetbootin ot startup disk creator method yet. Maybe there is some bug >>> in both of them somewhere. >>> >>> Greetings >>> Leszek >>> >> Hi Leszek, >> >> I know of the dd method. I made mkusb to wrap security around that >> method. And I know that it works :-D >> >> But I have not managed to use a casper-rw partition for persistence on >> the same drive as a dd-cloned system. >> >> *Please tell me the details if you know how to make that work* >> >> (I can easily make it work with a casper-rw partition in another drive.) >> >> ... > Yeah you are right. Casper-rw isn't recognized when on the same pendrive > as the dd'ed image basically is a iso9960 format and it hides the other > partitions on the same drive. >
Thanks Leszek for making this clear, but too bad you haven't got a miracle method ;-) Best regards Nio -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
