[Bug 34169] Re: LiveCD: Persistence is complex to use

[Brian Murray]

One can now use usb-creator-gtk (a GUI application in Ubuntu) to easily
format a USB drive with persistence enabled so I am setting this bug to
Fix Released.

** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  LiveCD: Persistence is complex to use

Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “casper” package in Baltix:
  New

Bug description:
  According to the wiki found here:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveCDPersistence
  in order for one to use persistence with the LiveCD one is required to format a usb flash drive with a certain filesystem type, give the file system a specific label (casper-rw), insert the usb key prior to booting the LiveCD, and when the bootsplash appears one is expected to hit a certain function key and append the "persistent" option to a kernel boot argument line (this information is not available in a help screen at bootup).  This is just crazy, this cannot be the real plan??  Is this just a temporary attempt to enable persistence?

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