Patrick Jackson asks:
I have a multi-boot CD, which doesn’t show Ubuntu’s normal menu. So how can I use the persistent mode, which allows me to save my data to a flash drive?
4 Answers -
Bruce Epper
June 29, 2012Is your flash drive formatted and labeled properly? In order for persistent mode to work the drive must NOT be formatted with vfat or ntfs (all other file systems should work) and the label must be “casper-rw” (without the quotes). Formatting as an ext3 drive is preferred, but if it is a smaller capacity unit, using ext2 should be good enough. You can find a document that describes the steps required to set up your flash drive to work with a LiveCD’s persistent mode here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD/Persistence
Thanks for the advice Bruce.
However, I have first refered to the same webpage you have sugessted me. But the problem is that, I have a multi-boot DVD from a magazine, which has both 32 and 64-bit versions of Ubuntu 12.04. But when I select any of them, it does not shows the ‘normal’ Ubuntu boot menu, from where I could write the term ‘persistence’ after pressing F6.
So, can you suggest me if I can initiate the persistance mode after booting Ubuntu like that?
Thanks in advance,
Patrick Jackson
June 29, 2012Founder,
thefreeblog.tk
I know this is not an answer to your original question – but why not just create a LiveUSB using something like ,a href=”http://www.linuxliveusb.com/”>Linux Live USB Creator (LiLi USB Creator)? It streamlines the LiveUSB creation process and really saves a lot of time.
I can’t claim to be an expert on this subject, but having completely messed up enough flash and DVD drives, my knowledge of how to mess this process up is quite expert and LiLi USB Creator made it a lot harder to mess something up.
Or maybe you don’t have a USB-bootable computer?
July 2, 2012Thanks for the advice Kannon.
However, you are right, the computer is a relatively an old one. I just wanted to experiment with it.
But please help me what is the any other option to enable the persistence mode in Ubuntu 12.04 after booting it from a Live CD/DVD.
July 4, 2012You’re welcome Patrick, although unfortunately my advice is poor at best.
I have the feeling that your issue is not the laptop nor persistence mode, but rather the multiboot DVD. It appears that many multiboot DVDs use a custom bootloader that allows the loading of ISOs but no other options. The custom BL may not actually have an option for persistence mode. Fortunately, The YUMI multiboot software supposedly has persistence mode enabled.
I would suggest burning a new DVD using YUMI. You should be able to locate the extract the ISOs contained on the magazine DVD, although you may prefer a fresh download.
There’s more information in this thread:
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/458426-how-can-i-multiboot-usb-drive.html
July 4, 2012Jimbo99
June 30, 2012What capacity is your flash drive? Is it 4.4 gb or larger?
If it is, just install your Linux to that stick as you would any other hard drive. Seriously. I do it all the time. I have three 16GB sticks that have Linux installed on them that I use in my shop to test hardware, scan for viruses, and many other tasks. I update it regularly (sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade). It is very fast. I don’t have too many problems with hardware. Those hardware configurations that annoy me are those that are in older computers, generally centering on not having 3d accelerated graphics.
I searched for a long time until someone wizened me up to this fact — that all I had to do was install it to the flash drive as if it were a regular hard drive.
Patrick Jackson
July 21, 2012Thanks Kannon! I have attempted to find if the DVD is using YUMI Bootloader, and it was, and I can now use the persistence mode!
Patrick Jackson
October 29, 2012Help!