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I installed Ubuntu 20.04 persistent on my usb. Every time boot, it starts disk checkup. I have to press Ctrl + C every time. I want to disable it permanently. And also for each shutdown it says press enter to remove installation medium.

dlin
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Tylore
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  • There have been quite a few complaints about the disk check in Ask Ubuntu so far. I have not yet seen an answer except to do a Full install of Ubuntu to USB instead of Persistent. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1217832/how-to-create-a-full-install-of-ubuntu-20-04-to-usb-device-step-by-step . Another irritating bug is the Try Ubuntu / Install Ubuntu screen has reappeared in persistent installs. mkusb should have a fix soon. It is possible to fix in Rufus by overwriting syslinux.cfg. – C.S.Cameron Apr 27 '20 at 06:05
  • Bug report including disk check: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1863672 – C.S.Cameron Apr 27 '20 at 06:09
  • New Bug Report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1875548 – C.S.Cameron Apr 28 '20 at 06:42
  • Thank you, for that. – Tylore Apr 28 '20 at 11:25
  • The command line option `fsck.mode=skip` can be used to skip the disk check. – C.S.Cameron Apr 29 '20 at 02:30

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Removing Disk Check on Persistent USB's

The command line option fsck.mode=skip can be used to skip the disk check.

The line Checking disks: 0% complete will still come up but fsck will not be run, nor will boot time be increased.

Edit the boot files below booted from a desktop or Live USB, not booted from the new persistent drive.

mkusb After the Persistent USB drive is created, open /boot/grub/grub.cfg as root.

  • Add fsck.mode=skip to the Persistent menuentry thus: 

    linux   ($root)/casper/vmlinuz  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity fsck.mode=skip quiet splash persistent ---

  • Newer versions of mkusb already include this fix.

  • If you also wish to remove the Try Ubuntu / Install Ubuntu screen delete "maybe-ubiquity".

UNetbootin After creating the boot drive, open /boot/grub/grub.cfg as root.

  • Add fsck.mode=skip to the first menuentry for (UEFI boot mode).

  • Open syslinux.cfg as root and add fsck.mode=skip to the default menuentry for (BIOS boot mode).

Rufus After creating the boot drive, open /boot/grub/grub.cfg as root.

  • Add fsck.mode=skip to the Default menuentry for (UEFI boot mode).

  • Open /isolinux/txt.cfg as root and add fsck.mode=skip to the "Try Ubuntu without installing" menuentry, (for BIOS boot mode).

The Try Ubuntu / Install Ubuntu screen can be removed from BIOS boot by overwriting syslinux.cfg with:

default persistent
label persistent
  say Booting an Ubuntu Persistent session...
  kernel /casper/vmlinuz
  append  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash noprompt --

The Try Ubuntu / Install Ubuntu screen can be removed from Rufus UEFI boot by removing "maybe-ubiquity" from /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

Edit 20200524: The above workaround is no longer needed.

This bug was fixed in the package casper - 1.447, as announced in: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1875548

Run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y casper

I am still testing the fix.

C.S.Cameron
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  • Thanks to brian-murray for fsck.mode=skip – C.S.Cameron Apr 29 '20 at 07:37
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    Cannot find grub.cfg in /boot/grub/ . I used Rufus for installing persistent. – Tylore Apr 29 '20 at 09:53
  • @Tylore: I am running Rufus-3.10 with persistence and all default settings. If you are running the USB, /boot/grub/grub.cfg will be in /cdrom/ but that will be read only. To modify grub.cfg edit from Windows or another Live USB. – C.S.Cameron May 01 '20 at 03:59
  • @Tylore: I have edited the answer, thank you for pointing this out. – C.S.Cameron May 01 '20 at 04:42
  • @muru: Thank you for the edit but. **Please explain why you say "it was just poorly formatted"** and how adding a few spaces fixed it. I understand that the latest ISO uses multi space tabs where you show multiple spaces, however every example of a GRUB menuentry I can find on the Internet, including Official Ubuntu Documentation, shows single spaces in these locations, the same as I showed. I have been testing all morning and can find no advantage to adding spaces. – C.S.Cameron May 18 '20 at 06:41
  • @C.S.Cameron https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15582/158442 – muru May 18 '20 at 08:53
  • @muru: your example is about indenting, which is spaces at the beginning of the line **not between words**. If you are following the example you should put eight spaces in front of "linux" in your edit. Please explain why single space between words is poor formatting. – C.S.Cameron May 18 '20 at 10:12
  • @muru My apologies, I see that there was a problem with code highlighting on that piece of code. The indents should be right but sometimes my code button does not work. I thought you did not like my single space between words. – C.S.Cameron May 18 '20 at 10:52