Ubuntu
casper package

  1. Bug #219192
  2. Comment #59

Comment 59 for bug 219192

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Vincent (vinnl) wrote :

@computer_freak_8 - which version of *buntu are you using? It really shouldn't be needed for 8.10 :)

Anyway, I suppose "the casper script" refers to this:

 > The fix is to unpack the initrd.gz file, edit the file 'scipts/casper'
 > (to remove the 'mode=755' from the mount cowdevice line for
 > the persistent case - see below), and repack the initrd.gz.

The fix would be to search for "mode=755" in that file and then overwrite the appropriate lines with the fix over there.

Note that, for Ubuntu 8.04, you can also use FlipsideTech's initrd.gz [1] and I added a version for Xubuntu as well.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/219192/comments/11