I simply used the following from a different Linux where sdb happened to be the USB at the time:
mkfs.ext2 -L casper-rw /dev/sdb1 and because I booted from CD not the USB stick, usb-creator doesnt help in that situation. I encountered this during Alpha 2 ISO testing. Note that persistence actually worked, so there was no problem with how I formatted the USB. In particular I have a couple of older machines that boot from CD but not USB. I suppose this is a bit if an edge case in 2012 though, hence the wishlist designation for having the extra menu item. Having said that, this bug report is also that I found it slightly counter-intuitive that to edit the kernel command line, I first had to press F6 (well, fair enough) but this pops up a menu of some options which is dismissed by pressing ESC, then finally having access to the command line, although not realising it at first because the cursor is just off of the right hand side of the screen - but possibly I was just doing it wrong... and like I said it is really a minor quibble :-) I guess maybe having an extra item on the F6 Other Options popup menu such as 'Press ESC to edit kernel boot' might be a solution? On 09/02/12 09:12, Brian Murray wrote: > How did you create the USB disk? usb-creator asks you if you want to > create a persistence file when making the disk and adds the appropriate > boot option. > > ** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/923247 Title: Minor usability quibbles starting Xubuntu in persistent mode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/923247/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
