Quote from: max in montreal on June 16, 2011, 05:08:16 PM

I am trying to create persistance but having a few problems. on my usb drive i see sda1 and sda2, but when i try to format sda2 i get the message that sda2 is mounted; will not make filesystem here.

So /dev/sda2 was probably already formatted and has been automatically mounted...

Open up a terminal window and su to root:

Code:

sudo su -

Then check where it's currently mounted:

Code:

df

You should see /dev/sda2 mounted under /media/somethingorother. Unmount it:

Code:

umount /media/somethingorother

(obviously replacing as appropriate). Then format the partition:

Code:

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2 -L live-rw

Then reboot into persistent mode (don't just type 'reboot', that won't do it - you'll probably need to power-cycle the box). Et voila, it should all be there!!

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