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LAF4SENS
August 6th, 2008, 07:29 PM
Hi,

Per these instructions:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent

I also get an error at step 6 of Method 2:



6. Save and quit fdisk with 'w' to write the new settings.

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I had an issue with this that every time I saved my partition setup using 'w', I'd get an:

WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error22: Invalid argument. The kernel still uses old table. The new table will be available at the next reboot.

If this happens, and then checking with 'sudo fdisk -l' doesn't show the new partitions - here's a fix if you have a Windows OS, though I don't know why it works:

Do nothing else with the drive. Insert into Windows (mine was XP) and format with Disk Management and use FAT32. Now, 'sudo fdisk -l' should see the two partitions under the drive. -neverard



I do a sudo fdisk -l and I can't seem to find the partition 2 (not there), even though I tried formating the USB stick in Windows.

Please Help,

Marc.