04-28-2024, 09:34 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-28-2024, 09:36 AM by alelom.
Edit Reason: clarification
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Hi,
I've successfully expanded the DAT file for the persistence of my Linux Mint distro. Before the expansion, everything was working correctly. I used the default caspar-rw 4GB DAT file provided by Ventoy, hosted on an 64GB USB stick. Note that all hardware remained the same in this whole issue.
To do the expansion, I used the "expansion script" provided by Ventoy, targeting the existing DAT file. The expansion took quite a while -- about 30 mins -- as I brought the DAT from 4GB to 24GB. It completed successfully, although I remember there was some warning about "unmatching sectors" or something like that, but then the script prompted me for a final verification, after which it returned a "success" message.
After the expansion, I can boot to Linux Mint, but it immediately crashes to Fallback mode. LM immediately asks if I want to restart the GUI, and if I do, it immediately crashes again to fallback mode. If I keep using fallback mode, I can see that the persistence seems to have retained all my data and programs, but I cannot access basic system settings and the experience is far from ideal.
What's the best course of action here? I don't have any important data in the persistence, so I would be ok with starting from scratch, but I do need a DAT larger than the default ones -- I only wonder if I won't end up in the same situation if I try again the expansion. Is there a way to recover the existing persistence DAT to a working state (I don't have time snapshots unfortunately)? What's the best way to start with a stable, large DAT file targeting Linux Mint?
I've successfully expanded the DAT file for the persistence of my Linux Mint distro. Before the expansion, everything was working correctly. I used the default caspar-rw 4GB DAT file provided by Ventoy, hosted on an 64GB USB stick. Note that all hardware remained the same in this whole issue.
To do the expansion, I used the "expansion script" provided by Ventoy, targeting the existing DAT file. The expansion took quite a while -- about 30 mins -- as I brought the DAT from 4GB to 24GB. It completed successfully, although I remember there was some warning about "unmatching sectors" or something like that, but then the script prompted me for a final verification, after which it returned a "success" message.
After the expansion, I can boot to Linux Mint, but it immediately crashes to Fallback mode. LM immediately asks if I want to restart the GUI, and if I do, it immediately crashes again to fallback mode. If I keep using fallback mode, I can see that the persistence seems to have retained all my data and programs, but I cannot access basic system settings and the experience is far from ideal.
What's the best course of action here? I don't have any important data in the persistence, so I would be ok with starting from scratch, but I do need a DAT larger than the default ones -- I only wonder if I won't end up in the same situation if I try again the expansion. Is there a way to recover the existing persistence DAT to a working state (I don't have time snapshots unfortunately)? What's the best way to start with a stable, large DAT file targeting Linux Mint?