jack5
August 5th, 2013, 10:22 AM
After failing to do a full install of ubuntu onto USB, I decided to create a persistent drive instead. (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2164732)
I followed these instructions online:
Start by making your persistent bootable USB flash drive. Easy way to do this is by using UNetbootin (http://adf.ly/EjFBf). Pick a small size for persistent, doesn't matter what size. Once you have made it, (shift + del) delete the file called casper-rw.
Next you'll need a partition tool capable of making EXT2 partitions on a USB drive. If your running Ubuntu you can use GParted (http://adf.ly/EjFEw). System > Administration > Gparted
Select your USB drive and Unmount.
Resize the main FAT32 partition to its minimum, no free space is required on this partition unless you want to use it for other reasons.
Once you have resized the FAT32 partition, you'll want to create a new partition on the unallocated space, pick the size you want, and label it casper-rw with the file system EXT2.
Just apply all the changes, and your done.
After that I boot into Ubuntu 13.04 (I also tried Lubuntu 13.04) successfully, but I am unable to write any documents into casper-rw.
I followed these instructions online:
Start by making your persistent bootable USB flash drive. Easy way to do this is by using UNetbootin (http://adf.ly/EjFBf). Pick a small size for persistent, doesn't matter what size. Once you have made it, (shift + del) delete the file called casper-rw.
Next you'll need a partition tool capable of making EXT2 partitions on a USB drive. If your running Ubuntu you can use GParted (http://adf.ly/EjFEw). System > Administration > Gparted
Select your USB drive and Unmount.
Resize the main FAT32 partition to its minimum, no free space is required on this partition unless you want to use it for other reasons.
Once you have resized the FAT32 partition, you'll want to create a new partition on the unallocated space, pick the size you want, and label it casper-rw with the file system EXT2.
Just apply all the changes, and your done.
After that I boot into Ubuntu 13.04 (I also tried Lubuntu 13.04) successfully, but I am unable to write any documents into casper-rw.