View Full Version : [ubuntu] Do not load persistent file on Live USB install?
Fraoch
March 6th, 2012, 02:47 PM
I seem to remember there's a boot parameter you can set to not load the persistent/settings files reserved on the USB stick.
Unfortunately my searching today isn't turning up anything. Did I imagine it?
I think my persistent file is corrupted and it won't allow the install to proceed.
Lasall
March 6th, 2012, 07:09 PM
Hi Fraoch,
just remove "persistent" kernel option.
Kind regards
Lasall
C.S.Cameron
March 6th, 2012, 07:21 PM
When booting your flash drive, press F6 then edit to delete the word "persistent".
If your casper-rw file is full, say from trying to do an update, Persistent Ubuntu will not boot.
You can mount casper-rw and delete stuff off it to make it smaller:
sudo mkdir /media/casper
and then mount it:
sudo mount -o loop casper-rw /media/casper/
You could also just delete casper-rw to make the drive boot.
Fraoch
March 6th, 2012, 07:24 PM
Thank you for all the responses!
I guess that should have been obvious.:oops:
I did end up re-writing the USB key which reformatted the persistent file. The install went well and everything is now back to normal.
Thanks again.
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