I struggle to run Ubuntu from flash. First I tried installing the whole system to an ext3 partition on an 8GB USB flash drive - this is incredibly slow because it is hard to tune commit writes to ext3. It is possible to lower writes while mounting unnecessary paths as tmpfs (created in RAM) and/or shutting down extensive indexing services.
Then there is this persistent USB option which runs fast like a dream, but doesn't update well. I am experiencing this bug too. APT says somthing like "cannot create symlink from /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic to /vmlinuz". Maybe this points to some problem with casper filesystem. Maybe it doesn't handle symlinks well. -- package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17. Note : This is on a persistent liveUSB ! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300075 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
