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  Liveusb w/ persistent data Joe B <jcb2016az@gmail.com> - 2019-03-31 06:50 +0200
    Re: Liveusb w/ persistent data Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> - 2019-03-31 10:10 +0200
      Re: Liveusb w/ persistent data Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-03-31 13:30 +0200
        Re: Liveusb w/ persistent data Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> - 2019-03-31 16:10 +0200
          Re: Liveusb w/ persistent data Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-03-31 18:30 +0200
    Re: Liveusb w/ persistent data deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-31 10:30 +0200

#206820 — Liveusb w/ persistent data

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Hello,

I’ve asked this on irc a number of times but links and answers I try are
usually outdated or simply don’t work

I want to make a bootable buster with persistent data so it saves my
settings whenever I reboot.

Looking for links I haven’t tried or steps that could help out.

Any help is appreciated

Thanks

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#206822

Hi

Not sure if this is the right solution.  However when booting and
installing from a flash disk, I get the option to install to either hdd
or flash disk (as this device is detected),  I also get the choose where
to install the boot loader.

The same applies if I have 2 or more physical hard disks in a system, it
will give me the option as to where to install.

Would plugging in a 2nd flash disk and then installing to that work,
then tell the bootloader to install to that device.

Comments welcome on this.

Regards

Paul


On 31/03/2019 05:47, Joe B wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I’ve asked this on irc a number of times but links and answers I try are
> usually outdated or simply don’t work
> 
> I want to make a bootable buster with persistent data so it saves my
> settings whenever I reboot.
> 
> Looking for links I haven’t tried or steps that could help out.
> 
> Any help is appreciated
> 
> Thanks
> 

-- 
Paul Sutton
http://www.zleap.net
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zleap/
gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893  1E16 F086 5537 D066 302D

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#206825

On Sun 31 Mar 2019 at 09:02:15 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:

> Not sure if this is the right solution.  However when booting and
> installing from a flash disk, I get the option to install to either hdd
> or flash disk (as this device is detected),  I also get the choose where
> to install the boot loader.
> 
> The same applies if I have 2 or more physical hard disks in a system, it
> will give me the option as to where to install.
> 
> Would plugging in a 2nd flash disk and then installing to that work,
> then tell the bootloader to install to that device.
> 
> Comments welcome on this.

That would work. What to install to the flash drive would depend on the
thought Joe B has put into what goes on the drive. Terminal only? A DE?
An archive? Hardware compatibility and portability are considerations.

"Liveusb w/ persistent data" doesn't appear to have the edge over this
method.

-- 
Brian.

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#206832

On 31/03/2019 12:24, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 31 Mar 2019 at 09:02:15 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:
>
>> Not sure if this is the right solution.  However when booting and
>> installing from a flash disk, I get the option to install to either hdd
>> or flash disk (as this device is detected),  I also get the choose where
>> to install the boot loader.
>>
>> The same applies if I have 2 or more physical hard disks in a system, it
>> will give me the option as to where to install.
>>
>> Would plugging in a 2nd flash disk and then installing to that work,
>> then tell the bootloader to install to that device.
>>
>> Comments welcome on this.
> That would work. What to install to the flash drive would depend on the
> thought Joe B has put into what goes on the drive. Terminal only? A DE?
> An archive? Hardware compatibility and portability are considerations.
>
> "Liveusb w/ persistent data" doesn't appear to have the edge over this
> method.
>

Hi

Not sure if this is significant, just doing the EdX intro to Linux
course (free route, so no certificate), it says the following regarding
file systems

Conventional disk filesystems: ext2, ext3, ext4, XFS, Btrfs, JFS, NTFS, etc.
Flash storage filesystems: ubifs, JFFS2, YAFFS, etc.

Would it need a different file system for Flash storage systems ? Or as
this is being used as bootable system with persistence would you just
stick with for example a conventional system despite being on a flash disk.

Regards

Paul


-- 
Paul Sutton
http://www.zleap.net
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zleap/
gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893  1E16 F086 5537 D066 302D

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#206836

On Sun 31 Mar 2019 at 15:00:52 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:

> 
> On 31/03/2019 12:24, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 31 Mar 2019 at 09:02:15 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:
> >
> >> Not sure if this is the right solution.  However when booting and
> >> installing from a flash disk, I get the option to install to either hdd
> >> or flash disk (as this device is detected),  I also get the choose where
> >> to install the boot loader.
> >>
> >> The same applies if I have 2 or more physical hard disks in a system, it
> >> will give me the option as to where to install.
> >>
> >> Would plugging in a 2nd flash disk and then installing to that work,
> >> then tell the bootloader to install to that device.
> >>
> >> Comments welcome on this.
> > That would work. What to install to the flash drive would depend on the
> > thought Joe B has put into what goes on the drive. Terminal only? A DE?
> > An archive? Hardware compatibility and portability are considerations.
> >
> > "Liveusb w/ persistent data" doesn't appear to have the edge over this
> > method.
> >
> 
> Hi
> 
> Not sure if this is significant, just doing the EdX intro to Linux
> course (free route, so no certificate), it says the following regarding
> file systems
> 
> Conventional disk filesystems: ext2, ext3, ext4, XFS, Btrfs, JFS, NTFS, etc.
> Flash storage filesystems: ubifs, JFFS2, YAFFS, etc.
> 
> Would it need a different file system for Flash storage systems ? Or as
> this is being used as bootable system with persistence would you just
> stick with for example a conventional system despite being on a flash disk.

I do not know about "need". I just went with ext3 and set up things to
do as little writing to the drive (e.g. logs are in memory) as possible.
The stick isn't used very intensively but it has lasted five years up
to now.

-- 
Brian.

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#206823

Joe B wrote:

> I want to make a bootable buster with persistent data so it saves my
> settings whenever I reboot.

Which settings - the user settings from the desktop? If so, which desktop?

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