After failing to do a full install of ubuntu onto USB, I decided to create a persistent drive instead. (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2164732)
I followed these instructions online:
After that I boot into Ubuntu 13.04 (I also tried Lubuntu 13.04) successfully, but I am unable to write any documents into casper-rw.
I followed these instructions online:
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- Start by making your persistent bootable USB flash drive. Easy way to do this is by using UNetbootin. Pick a small size for persistent, doesn't matter what size. Once you have made it, (shift + del) delete the file called casper-rw.
- Next you'll need a partition tool capable of making EXT2 partitions on a USB drive. If your running Ubuntu you can use GParted. System > Administration > Gparted
- Select your USB drive and Unmount.
- Resize the main FAT32 partition to its minimum, no free space is required on this partition unless you want to use it for other reasons.
- Once you have resized the FAT32 partition, you'll want to create a new partition on the unallocated space, pick the size you want, and label it casper-rw with the file system EXT2.
- Just apply all the changes, and your done.