Description of problem: liveusb-creator-Persistence file not working Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): f20 TC-3 desktop x86_64 running in gnome3.10.2 How reproducible: write live USB boot it make changes; and shutdown no settings are found from previous run on reboot: Wireless; gnome menu changes Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
I was also affected by this, on Fedora 19: Using liveusb-creator version 3.12.0-1.fc19, I created a bootable USB drive for the Fedora 20 Xfce-Spin, with about 3 gigabytes of persistant storage. There were no (obvious) problems when I booted into the "live system". However, changes in the "live system" do not persist across reboots. Luckily, I didn't lose important data... Looking at the USB drive, I can see that a 3 Gb file "LiveOS/overlay-LIVE-0EC7-F196" was indeed created on the drive. The "syslinux.cfg" also seems to mention the persistance overlay: [...] label linux0 menu label ^Start Fedora Live kernel vmlinuz0 append initrd=initrd0.img root=live:CDLABEL=LIVE rootfstype=vfat rw rd.live.image rd.live.overlay=LABEL=LIVE quiet rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 menu default [...] I'll check, whether I can get the persistance overlay to work with livecd-iso-to-disk form livecd-tools. Also, I'm not sure if I should have reopened bug 908120 instead of commenting on this one. It seems, that 3.12.0-1 didn't fix the persistance bug...
liveusb-creator should be using a fat16/32 formatted USB with "LIVE" (caps) label and boot flag set. fat does not handle a 3 GB persistence file. Try <2 GB. You also should call it from terminal : liveusb-creator --reset-mbr" for compatability
Hi All, $ cat /etc/redhat-release Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) $ uname -r 3.14.2-200.fc20.x86_64 $ rpm -qa \*liveusb-creator\* liveusb-creator-3.12.0-1.fc20.noarch Created a 16GB ext4 live-usb of Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-20-1.iso. Work great, except no persistence. Looking at the Liveusb stick mounted on my base system: $ pwd /mnt/LIVE/LiveOS $ ls -al total 596028 drwxrwxr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 5 12:34 . drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 4096 Jul 5 12:34 .. -r--r--r--. 1 root root 8192 Jul 5 12:33 osmin.img -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 14093910016 Jul 5 12:34 overlay-LIVE-a6eae229-3145-4df9-a1cd-4b46d7c21d05 -r--r--r--. 1 root root 609263616 Jul 5 12:33 squashfs.img Would you please fix this quickly. It is driving me nuts. Many thanks, -T
(In reply to Todd from comment #3) > Hi All, > > $ cat /etc/redhat-release > Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) > $ uname -r > 3.14.2-200.fc20.x86_64 > $ rpm -qa \*liveusb-creator\* > liveusb-creator-3.12.0-1.fc20.noarch > > Created a 16GB ext4 live-usb of Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-20-1.iso. Work > great, except no persistence. > > Looking at the Liveusb stick mounted on my base system: > > $ pwd > /mnt/LIVE/LiveOS > > $ ls -al > total 596028 > drwxrwxr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 5 12:34 . > drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 4096 Jul 5 12:34 .. > -r--r--r--. 1 root root 8192 Jul 5 12:33 osmin.img > -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 14093910016 Jul 5 12:34 > overlay-LIVE-a6eae229-3145-4df9-a1cd-4b46d7c21d05 > -r--r--r--. 1 root root 609263616 Jul 5 12:33 squashfs.img > > Would you please fix this quickly. It is driving me nuts. > > Many thanks, > -T See previous comment.
(In reply to satellit from comment #4) > See previous comment. Hi Satellit, See: https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/wiki/News liveusb-creator news ... 2011-04-25 :: v3.11.0 ... Support ext4 "ext4" is supported since V3.11.0. If it is not working under 3.12.0, then something needs fixing. And I do need the extra room ext4 very much so. Many thanks, -T
As a test, I cut a FAT32, 3.4 GB stick. Told the persistence slide bar to only do 2.2 GB. And, persistence still does not work. Please fix both fat32 and ext4. Many thanks, -T
Please ignore comment 3 and 6. EXT4 and persistence is working perfectly. I had mixed up some sticks and was testing an old revision. Sorry for the false alarm. -T Got me 14 GB of persistence now!
f21-Alpha TC6 Workstation x86_64 4 GB USB LIVE Fat boot flag fails if persistence slider actuated USB does not boot not boot with Bios boot 2nd try: No persistence set Boots f21-Alpha TC6 Workstation x86-live.iso on USB
Booted KDE-Live-Beta-TC4 Live DVD. (Bios Boot)from external DVD drive mounted ssd drive in MSI WindBook (openSuse-edu 13.1) started liveusb-creator (present in KDE install). selected from ssd (openSuse-edu 13.1) Download directory: 1 KDE-live Beta-TC4 2 Workstation-live Beta-TC4 3 Mate-live Beta-TC4 with Persistence file All 3 completed without errors and booted. and Persistence file worked in case #3 I have be unable to do this using workstation-live TC4 installed to USB hard-disk. with liveusb-creator installed with yum.
(In reply to satellitgo from comment #9) > Booted KDE-Live-Beta-TC4 Live DVD. (Bios Boot)from external DVD drive > mounted ssd drive in MSI WindBook (openSuse-edu 13.1) > started liveusb-creator (present in KDE install). > selected from ssd (openSuse-edu 13.1) Download directory: > 1 KDE-live Beta-TC4 > 2 Workstation-live Beta-TC4 > 3 Mate-live Beta-TC4 with Persistence file > All 3 completed without errors and booted. and Persistence file worked in > case #3 NOTE that Persistence file is working - looks fixed > I have be unable to do this using workstation-live TC4 installed to USB > hard-disk. with liveusb-creator installed with yum.
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