Den 2015-09-21 kl. 18:03, skrev Nicholas Skaggs: > On 09/19/2015 07:29 AM, Marc Deslauriers wrote: >> On 2015-09-19 07:04 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >>> Hi Marc, >>> >>> My standard ISP's mail server is down. So I tried to send this mail >>> via Google's >>> web mail interface. In my saved version of the mail, there is an >>> attachment >>> "SCC-test.ods", size 17692 bytes. I'll try again ... >>> >>> Best regards >>> Nio >>> >> That's a very interesting spreadsheet, thanks for doing that. It seems >> most >> issues are: >> >> - A known bug in udisks that prevents the erase function from working >> reliably >> (LP: #1460602) >> >> - A mismatch between syslinux versions between the host system >> creating the usb >> key and the version being installed (LP: #1325801) >> >> - A limitation of the fix for the syslinux issue that prevents amd64 >> images from >> being created on i386 systems (LP: #1446646) >> >> >> I believe a simple way to eliminate every one of these issues at once >> in UDC >> would be to get rid of the persistence functionality. All of the >> currently >> supported images can now be written directly to a usb device as-is. >> >> The syslinux and boot loader mangling that is currently required for >> persistence >> and used to be required for older end of life releases is a constant >> source of >> problems each time a new release come out and is difficult to get working >> properly on mismatched architectures. >> >> Removing persistence would also simplify the user interface and would >> remove the >> need of having the "Erase Disk" button, therefore eliminating the >> known udisks >> issue as a side effect. >> >> Advanced users who require generating a usb key with persistence can >> simply use >> one of the other tools that are available. Perhaps in the future >> persistence >> could be added back by creating a partition in the free space left >> over after >> copying over the image. >> >> Changing UDC to remove persistence and to copy images as-is is a >> trivial change, >> and I am willing to volunteer to do it. >> >> Marc. >> >> > Marc, this sounds like a great way to accomplishes two things at once. > It both simplifies the application for users, while making the process > more robust. I'm in support. > > Nicholas >
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