Generate an ISO from Live USB
 

I have Live USB version of Lubuntu and I have installed some software on it to do a specific task. I have stored away the casper-rw file so I have a copy of the additional information, software and data.

The problem is that the USB keeps getting corrupted after a few reboots. Since I have all of the information I can easily regenerate a new Live USB version and copy across. Though doing this is getting a tad boring.

Ideally I would like to generate a Live CD of where I have got to which I hope will be more stable.

Thanks for any suggestions

Paul

i did one for the base xbmc live-usb and have a script to apt-get install vlc gparted libreoffice-calc libreoffice-writer then i would run:

Thanks for that I will look into it

Paul

Is this a persistent usb install created with software like unetbootin which is not maintaining persistence? What type of 'corruption' are you experiencing?

Yes the Live USB is created with unetbootin and it is maintaining persistence OK. The issue is that after a number of reboots either the USB won't reboot or some of the menus won't work properly. I have tried different USB sticks and I get the same issue.

the same happens to me after at least a few months of using fedora live-usb with a 6 gb persistant-overlay (usually after doing a huge yum install something).

a few reboots seems like a very short lifespan even for a live distro.

also, my xbmc-live-9.10 was running for about two years until i broke down and installed xbmcbuntu-12.04 onto the internal harddrive (but i never apt-get installed anything).

maybe your persistant overlay file is too small for what you are trying to install ?