[Bug 352766] Re: casper-rw larger than 2GB not created (because dd is called with bs=final-size-of-persistfile)

This was fixed earlier in the Karmic cycle. usb-creator now spawns dd in the following manner: dd_cmd = ['dd', 'if=/dev/zero', 'bs=1M', 'of=%s' % os.path.join(str(self.target), 'casper-rw'), 'count=%s' % self.persist] ** Changed in:

[Bug 352766] Re: casper-rw larger than 2GB not created (because dd is called with bs=final-size-of-persistfile)

Here's an easy workaround: -Download the 0.2.2 tarball: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/usb-creator/0.2.2/+files/usb-creator_0.2.2.tar.gz -Extract it and find the install.py in the scripts folder -Replace your install.py located in /usr/share/usb-creator with the new install.py

[Bug 352766] Re: casper-rw larger than 2GB not created (because dd is called with bs=final-size-of-persistfile)

I confirm this bug to still be present in Karmic (daily-live from 10th of July). As an aside: this daily-live also reports conflicting versions about usb-creator. See also bug #398124 : * dpkg -l usb-creator: reports 0.1.16 * usb-creator --version: reports 0.0.11 ** Summary changed: -