UNetbootin Ubuntu 8.10 LIVE USB problems

**Rubicon421** · February 6th, 2009

I followed the guide from pendrivelinux and created a bootable USB stick with 8.10 on it. It booted fine, but then I tried to run updates and install some more apps and when I rebooted I got an error about busybox v1. something. then the prompt just said-

(initramfs)

What's the best way to make a live persistant USB from windows? Shouldn't I be able to install updates without messing it up?

**LowSky** · February 6th, 2009

live usb isnt a persistant install, they are two different things my friend

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ubuntu-...-from-live-cd/

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/live-ub...stall-windows/

**Rubicon421** · February 6th, 2009

So with that second link, can I make a bootable usb with a persistent version of 8.10?

Both links talk about a persistent install. I have tried both methods and keep running into problems on first reboot after installing updates or apps to ubuntu.

**darlyn** · February 20th, 2009

I'm having this problem as well. Both articles do indeed mention persistent installation. I used UNetBootin.

**darlyn** · February 23rd, 2009

Edit: turns out I overlooked the second article's potency. I made a persistent install using the second one, http://www.pendrivelinux.com/live-ub...stall-windows/