Many thanks for that. If I was going to install 18 onto an external HD,
would I run into the same problem?
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:30 AM David Garcia <asphyxiated.god@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
mount: mounting /cow on /root failed: invalid argument is what you
typically get if you enabled persistence in Rufus (i.e. you set a
persistent partition size that isn't zero) and are working with an ISO
where Ubuntu/casper bug #1489855
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1489855> has not
been patched (which pretty much means every version of Ubuntu except the
very latest 19.10).
If you want to use persistence with Ubuntu through a persistent partition
that resides on the same media as the one you boot from, you *must* make
sure that you use a version of Ubuntu where bug #1489855 has been fixed,
which, right now, is only the case when using a daily-live
<http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/> ISO of 19.10 released
after August 1st. I am not aware of any pre 19.10 ISO that includes the
casper bugfix. Especially 18.04.03 will not work with a persistent
partition because of the casper bug above.
Otherwise, either make sure that you set the persistent partition size to
0 in Rufus (no persistence) or use DD mode when prompted
*From: *Charles Breaux <chazbreaux@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent: *Wednesday, March 18, 2020 10:27 AM
*To: *cochiselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject: *[cochiselinux]
Hope I got this straight, and this is the place to post questions:
Have made a persistent USB of Ubuntu 18.04. Which worked fine until I
tried to boot my mac mini (2009) It booted fine for a couple of times then
the boot partition got messed up. It won't even boot on a PC now. Here's
the error message:
(initramfs) Mount: mounting/cow on/root failed: Invalid argument overlay
mount failed.
I put a lot of time into creating and setting this up with apps etc. Is
there a way to rectify this?
Thanks, Charles
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