Yes, that was the definitive answer, with GParted's default no longer being 'Round to cylinders' when 'Create new Partition' is selected in a Live session, the default now being 'Align to: MiB', for reasons given in the latest GParted Manual, and as explained by the attached JPEG image extract.
So, if creating persistent LinuxMint-10 on a USB stick using LiLi 2.6 (Final), first prepare it with a LinuxMint-10 Live disc session, using its GParted to Create Partitions with 'Align to: Cylinder' selected.
(I shall let other Forum members know about this, as well as Patrick Verner, to avoid similar problems with his recent versions of PartedMagic.)
Yes, that was the definitive answer, with GParted's default no longer being 'Round to cylinders' when 'Create new Partition' is selected in a Live session, the default now being 'Align to: MiB', for reasons given in the latest GParted Manual, and as explained by the attached JPEG image extract.
So, if creating persistent LinuxMint-10 on a USB stick using LiLi 2.6 (Final), first prepare it with a LinuxMint-10 Live disc session, using its GParted to Create Partitions with 'Align to: Cylinder' selected.
(I shall let other Forum members know about this, as well as Patrick Verner, to avoid similar problems with his recent versions of PartedMagic.)
So, thanks again to Curtis Gedak.