04-10-2015, 03:35 AM
Hi All,
Just playing around with this project again, but have hit a snag. Latest Gparted seems to have a bug.
When resizing a fat32 partition, the setup is accepted, but on pressing Enter, the program exits. No changes are made to the stick. Repeating the operation on an older version of Gparted will resize the partition perfectly. Only happening on latest linux distros with gparted included.
Anyone else encountered this. I've tried on 2 different computers running LL and the same behaviour is exhibited.
The next problem is simply creating a usb stick. I'm using my old computer running Mint9 and Gparted and have created many functioning usb sticks using this computer.
Just now, I've created a live usb of LL on a brand new unused 8gb stick, resized the fat32 to minimum, and created an ext2 casper-rw partition on the remainder. All looks fine to me (done using my older reliable machine).
However, the stick won't boot. It stops on the SYSLINUX -> Boot: prompt and simply repeats the boot sequence, i.e. displays the F2 and F12 options.
Could anyone advise me on how to fix this.
Also, I'm having great difficulty in creating a workable live usb with persistence lately, using new sticks. Is it possible the sticks themselves are being manufactured differently. I've made upwards of 50 sticks with persistence in the past without any dramas, but lately it's hit or miss on whether success is achieved. Something has changed and I can't put my finger on it.
Any thoughts! It's very frustrating! :'(
Just playing around with this project again, but have hit a snag. Latest Gparted seems to have a bug.
When resizing a fat32 partition, the setup is accepted, but on pressing Enter, the program exits. No changes are made to the stick. Repeating the operation on an older version of Gparted will resize the partition perfectly. Only happening on latest linux distros with gparted included.
Anyone else encountered this. I've tried on 2 different computers running LL and the same behaviour is exhibited.
The next problem is simply creating a usb stick. I'm using my old computer running Mint9 and Gparted and have created many functioning usb sticks using this computer.
Just now, I've created a live usb of LL on a brand new unused 8gb stick, resized the fat32 to minimum, and created an ext2 casper-rw partition on the remainder. All looks fine to me (done using my older reliable machine).
However, the stick won't boot. It stops on the SYSLINUX -> Boot: prompt and simply repeats the boot sequence, i.e. displays the F2 and F12 options.
Could anyone advise me on how to fix this.
Also, I'm having great difficulty in creating a workable live usb with persistence lately, using new sticks. Is it possible the sticks themselves are being manufactured differently. I've made upwards of 50 sticks with persistence in the past without any dramas, but lately it's hit or miss on whether success is achieved. Something has changed and I can't put my finger on it.
Any thoughts! It's very frustrating! :'(