Cannot boot from LiveUSB: “aufs mount failed”
You can create a livecd Using UNetbootin, download it from the USC, and run it, once it loads you can select the distro you would like to make a livecd of,or of you already have the iso you can choose it, then select your SD card and off you go.
Also you can Install UNR on the SD card , of course if there is enough space for it, and if you have another USB device.
To Install the OS on the SD card this is what i did (you need 2 USB devices or 2 SD card with 4GB+ available):
- Create a livecd using UNetbootin
- Connect both devices to your PC
- Make sure you select the livecd to boot into it
- Once you're on the livecd mount the other USB/SD device
- Format it to ext4 or w/e Filesystem you want to use
- Make Sure that you choose the USB/SD card when asked where to install Ubuntu (i unplugged my HDD's to avoid any confusion, but just by looking at the GB count you'll know )
- Now you must wait for it to finish, since it is an SD card it will take like 2 hours or more. (when i installed it, i chose not to install updates or 3rd party , 'cause it's going to take more time)
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Keyslinger
Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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Keyslinger over 1 year
I used Universal USB Installer to install an Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook LiveCD image on an SD Card. During this installation, I indicated that I wanted a persistent LiveUSB with 4GB dedicated to customization/settings.
The installation seems to finish without incident. However, when I try to boot from the SD card using my EeePC 901, Ubuntu fails to start I get the following message:
(initramfs) mount: mounting aufs on /root failed: No such device. Aufs mount failed
What can I do to make my installation successfully boot?
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Keyslinger about 13 yearsPlease note that what I'm going for here is a live session with changes saved to a file or partition of the SD card dedicated to preserving the file system. This is different from a full install which drastically reduces the performance and life of the SD card because of volume of write operations performed in the background.
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Keyslinger about 13 yearsThanks, Uri, but this does not provide a persistent install. Any documents and settings I store on the flash drive disappear every time I reboot.
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Uri Herrera about 13 yearsupdated my answer
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Keyslinger about 13 yearsI was under the impression that a persistent live session is different from a full intallation. Is this true?
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Uri Herrera about 13 yearsyes it is different a live session only keeps the data for as long as the session lasts, it resets any change you make to it after reboot