Appears that I have not properly followed the required steps. The mounted partition was labelled casper-rw. The only file on the USB stick was "lost and found".
I shall try it again and get back to you. Ron Mitchell On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:23:49 -0000 Brian Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > If you followed the steps documented in the test case I would expect > persistence to work for you. You should have a file named casper-rw on > your usb stick, not a partition. Additionally, you would need to pass > a persistent boot parameter to the kernel. > > The easiest way to setup persistence is using usb-creator to make your > usb stick. Could you either confirm that you had a casper-rw file and > passed the persistent boot parameter or recreate your usb stick and try > the test again? Thanks in advance. > > ** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > ** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040401 > > Title: > Lubuntu Live CD - AMD64+Mac 12.10 build Aug 21 2012. Persistence > functionality not enabled. > > Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Attempting Test Case dls-003 Live Session Persistence with Lubuntu > 12.10 build Aug 21 2012 - AMD64+Mac. > > formatted a 16 Gig USB stick in the prescribed manner, and followed > steps given in the details of the test case. > > Rebooted the Live disk with addition of the word 'persistence' added > to the command line <F6> booted into Lubuntu, and used the Chrome > browser provided to browse several websites. > > Rebooted the live CD as required by the Test Case, also with > persistence. > > The USB stick was installed throughout these two boots. > > There was no record of my browsing history provided by casper-rw. > > Accordingly I had to fail the test case > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 > Package: casper (not installed) > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-9.9-generic 3.5.0 > Uname: Linux 3.5.0-9-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: wl > ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu1 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Wed Aug 22 20:44:56 2012 > InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64+mac > (20120813) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_CA:en > TERM=xterm > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: casper > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1040401/+subscriptions -- Ron Mitchell <[email protected]> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040401 Title: Lubuntu Live CD - AMD64+Mac 12.10 build Aug 21 2012. Persistence functionality not enabled. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1040401/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
