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Old 08-26-2009, 05:13 PM   #1
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What is Persistent Overlay and what's the best setting for a 4GB USB flash drive? Thank you.
 
Old 08-26-2009, 09:56 PM   #2
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What is Persistent Overlay and what's the best setting for a 4GB USB flash drive? Thank you.
A good explanation can be found here:

http://lifehacker.com/391067/fedora-...on-a-usb-drive

It's for Fedora 9, but should apply for other versions too. "Persistent Overlay" is the space on the thumb drive you want to use for storing your files and settings, separate from the system and operating files.
 
  


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