Adding screenshot from Focal Fossa (I had to stop and start the graphical desktop environment from a text screen to make it responsive, but that is another problem, I think not related to the bug reported here.)
** Attachment added: "ubuntu-focal-live-cloned_creates-n-mounts-casper-rw.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1851123/+attachment/5302438/+files/ubuntu-focal-live-cloned_creates-n-mounts-casper-rw.png ** Description changed: It is very good that it is easy to create and use a casper-rw partition to run Ubuntu persistent live in the versions 19.10 and Focal Fossa, and that it is even created automatically, when there is unallocated drive space behind the used part in a live drive. But I think the system for doing that is 'too eager'. Maybe it is a feature that is left from the development and debugging phase. - It would be enough (best), if the casper-rw partition is created only when it is needed, that is when the live system is booted with the boot option 'persistent'. - We (I am talking for users who like persistent live drives) can accept that the casper-rw partition is created even when the drive is booted live only (without the boot option 'persistent'). - But we think it is a bug, that the live-only system is also mounting - the casper-rw partition on the mount point /var/log and keeps it busy so - that it cannot be unmounted. + the casper-rw partition on the mount point /var/log and/or /var/crash + and keeps it busy so that it cannot be unmounted. This way the drive is not really live-only, and it is not possible to manage the drive space behind the system in an independent way. For example, it is not possible to detach the drive by using the boot option 'toram', and it is not possible to repair the casper-rw partition when running live in the same drive. It will be necessary to have two linux systems to do such tasks. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: casper 1.428 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-18.19-generic 5.3.1 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.428 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Nov 3 11:15:29 2019 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20191103) ProcEnviron: - TERM=xterm-256color - PATH=(custom, no user) - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> - LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + TERM=xterm-256color + PATH=(custom, no user) + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: casper UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1851123 Title: Ubuntu 19.10 and focal live cloned create and mount casper-rw partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1851123/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
