Create customized Live USB with a persistent home partition

cccc · 02-03-2011, 04:22 PM

hi

I have Lenny installed.
Howto create, using live-helper customized Live USB with a persistent /home partition on this USB stick, to save changes between boots?

SaintDanBert · 02-03-2011, 04:46 PM

When you find out, I want to do this as well...

If I learn anything, I'll bring it back here.
~~~ 0;-Dan

linus72 · 02-03-2011, 05:18 PM

Please clarify what you want to do:

Do you want to create a remaster of your installed Lenny system

or

Do you want to run a Debian Live off usb with persistent home?

or

Do you want to create a customized Debian Live using live helper and have it run persistent from usb?

cccc · 02-03-2011, 05:34 PM

I'd create a customized Debian Live using live helper and have it run persistent from usb stick?

TobiSGD · 02-03-2011, 06:06 PM

A god way to get information about this is to read the live-helper manual, in your case especially the part about persistence.
You should get all the information you need in there. It is an interesting topic, I never thought about making a live-image with persistence, I think I will have a look at that.

nooby · 02-04-2011, 09:21 AM

Doesn't latest Knoppix 6.4.3 LiveCD distro claim them can do live persistence on CD and most likely on USB too?
Knoppix is a kind of Debian.

cccc · 03-02-2011, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SaintDanBert

When you find out, I want to do this as well...

If I learn anything, I'll bring it back here.
~~~ 0;-Dan

Yep, I've created live persistent usb-hdd and it seems to work.
Some helpfull links:

http://live.debian.net/manual/en/html/live-manual.html
http://www.it-infrastrukturen.com/fi...nual-plain.txt
http://wiki.shellium.org/w/HOWTO_Debian_Live
http://mohan43u.wordpress.com/2010/1...sb-debian-way/