[06:40] <Len-live> astraljava: are you aware of a maximum size of usb stick that can be used to put an iso image on?
[06:41] <Len-live> I had been using an 8G, but today tried a 16G. It booted for a bit then fell back to busybox.
[06:41] <Len-live> The 8G still worked fine with the same image.
[06:42] <Len-live> I was able to install US on the 16G memstick though. I think this is probably better than live with persistence.
[06:43] <Len-live> Anyway, I repartitioned the 16G to 3G and 13G and was able to boot live from the 3G partition.
[06:44] <Len-live> I guess when it looks for a DVD/CD it checks all drives under a certain size.
[10:56] <astraljava> len: I don't know of such limitations, but you could check your motherboard manufacturer, or the BIOS provider for that model. It wouldn't _totally_ surprised me if there were some.
[11:07] <ailo> I usually use a 4GB sized usb stick. Don't think the size matters that much. More to do with how large the image is
[11:07] <ailo> I would think 2 GB should work
[11:07] <ailo> But, I've heard some models don't work well to boot with
[11:07] <ailo> I have no idea why
[11:08] <astraljava> Yeah.
[15:02] <len> I think it is the code that looks for the "cd". It boots fine, but when it looks for the software to load it can't find it.
[15:04] <len> Perhaps I will try some different sizes to find out where the max is... but it really isn't that important.
[15:06] <len> It works with 8G which is bigger than a real DVD.
[15:07] <len> I think installing to a USB device is great for testing. I can leave my hard drive alone.
[15:08] <ailo> len: Ah, you're installing onto the usb stick
[15:08] <len> The drive is limited to USB2 speeds (in my case) but this doesn't seem to have been an issue
[15:09] <ailo> It should only work on the PC you install with as far as I know
[15:09] <len> I have been installing on to a 40G USB drive.
[15:09] <len> I havn't tried running the installed drive on a different machine... my only thought was to have a second drive for test installs
[15:10] <ailo> I guess 4 GB is probably minimum
[15:10] <ailo> But, maybe a little too small for a standard installation?
[15:11] <len> I just noticed that usb sticks are getting ever bigger and sooner or later someone is going to print the iso to a 64G usb stick and complain it doesn't work...
[15:11] <ailo> Why should it not work?
[15:12] <len> I used a 16G to install to That worked fine and left 9G of space free.
[15:12] <len> Well my 16G din't work...
[15:12] <ailo> You weren't able to create a live usb that was 16GB?
[15:12] <len> It did work when I shrunk the partition I was putting the iso on though.
[15:13] <ailo> I've made live usb's with a 16GB stick before
[15:13] <len> That is correct. It booted but then couldn't find the "cd" to load from.
[15:13] <ailo> Probably needs a little more investigation to figure out what the problem really is
[15:14] <len> Maybe I will try a again. Gotta go to work now though.
[22:01] <Len_live> ailo: you are right. 16G works fine. I wonder if my memstick came with no partitions and was formated like a floppy.
[22:03] <Len_live> When I formated this one it was sdd1... I am thinking before it was sdd.
[22:05] <Len_live> Only one way to find out. Though it shouldn't make a difference.... if I can mount it and read/write on it... it should work.
[22:05] <Len_live> I'll try it.
[22:52] <len> That was not it. The iso installer added a partition and reformatted.
[23:42] <len-live> Umm, someone has been playing with ubiquity... or maybe a theme. Ubiquity background is black... text too.
[23:45] <len-live> The other apps seem ok
[23:50] <len-live> So far, if I hover over a link it goes black on gray, but any other text is invisible.
[23:54] <len-live> The slide show looks ok, but on slide change it now has black bands flashing through it.