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No answer has been given here, which is similar.
I am trying to install Grace on my persistant live USB (I have already installed and used GROMACS after restarts, so I know the drive is working).

I get the following when I try to install a pre-req package (x11):

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.0.0-23-generic
cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of overlay
cryptsetup: WARNING: could not determine root device from /etc/fstab
cp: error writing '/cdrom/casper/initrd.gz.new': No space left on device
dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure): installed linux-firmware package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.9) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.0.0-23-generic
cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of overlay
cryptsetup: WARNING: could not determine root device from /etc/fstab
cp: error writing '/cdrom/casper/initrd.gz.new': No space left on device
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure): installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-firmware
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

If it matters, I'm running 18.04LTS and am a Linux n00b.

As the other thread OP stated, I have a few Gigs of storage free. Unlike in that thread, I have no idea what package is giving me trouble. Any help is appreciated.

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  • Pretty much everything you need to know is right there in your output. Remember that a Live system is just a snapshot of a working system - you cannot install packages that require re-creating initramfs...which is what your output shows you are trying to do. Instead, you can actually install a real Ubuntu system (not a Live snapshot) onto your USB drive. – user535733 Feb 07 '20 at 02:17
  • How do I do that? – eric rupert Feb 08 '20 at 03:17
  • See https://askubuntu.com/questions/16988/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-to-a-usb-key-without-using-startup-disk-creator – user535733 Feb 08 '20 at 03:21
  • A Full install to USB will do everything an internal install will do, including proprietary drivers, updates, upgrades, kernel upgrades, etc, etc. – C.S.Cameron Feb 09 '20 at 04:00

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