[Bug 1520575] [NEW] casper-sn persistence fails in 14.04.3, 15.10

[madimadi]

Public bug reported:


Reproducing:
Create fat32 bootable pendrive having the below  grub entry

boot.cfg
menuentry "Run ubuntu-15.10-desktop-amd64 " {
 loopback loop /ubuntu-15.10-desktop-amd64.iso
 linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu-15.10-desktop-amd64.iso persistent show-cow --
 initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}

iso file is an unmodified unutu iso.

After boot into desktop, running
# echo TEST > /etc/test-file
# casper-snapshot  
# cp /mnt/casper-snapshot/casper-sn.cpio.gz /media/ubuntu/<PENDRIVE_NAME>
# shutdown -r now

Boot again the same way into desktop.
# ls -l /etc/test-file
ls: cannot access /etc/test-file: No such file or directory


Hint:
#cat /upper/etc/test-file
TEST

** Affects: casper (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  casper-sn persistence fails in 14.04.3, 15.10

Status in casper package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  
  Reproducing:
  Create fat32 bootable pendrive having the below  grub entry

  boot.cfg
  menuentry "Run ubuntu-15.10-desktop-amd64 " {
   loopback loop /ubuntu-15.10-desktop-amd64.iso
   linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu-15.10-desktop-amd64.iso persistent show-cow --
   initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
  }

  iso file is an unmodified unutu iso.

  After boot into desktop, running
  # echo TEST > /etc/test-file
  # casper-snapshot  
  # cp /mnt/casper-snapshot/casper-sn.cpio.gz /media/ubuntu/<PENDRIVE_NAME>
  # shutdown -r now

  Boot again the same way into desktop.
  # ls -l /etc/test-file
  ls: cannot access /etc/test-file: No such file or directory

  
  Hint:
  #cat /upper/etc/test-file
  TEST

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