I tried to go back and do the process again but Mint keeps locking up when I type in the Terminal.

Maybe try a different Distro other than Mint ?

Shoot I really don't know. HAHA. I will keep playing with it until something works or we buy a new computer.

I am running AntiX 8.2.3 Testing on a flash drive. Any thing I change in settings gets saved to root "/" partition on my flash drive. The way I had to get to this point was

1. Format a 2gig flashdrive using gparted as fat32 file system.
2. Download the distro of my choice (for you Linux Mint) and save to my Desktop.
3. Downoad md5sum number to Desktop OR copy and paste md5sum number into a text file like gedit,leafpad, or whatever text editor you use.
4. Open Terminal and type in Hit Enter
5. Then type in Hit Enter
6. Compare that readout number with the md5sum number in your md5sum saved document file on your Desktop and make sure they match exactly.
7. If everything checks good, you have a good iso to now install to USB.
8. Here is where I will tell you how to try a different route on installing a Linux operating system to a Flashdrive then what you have been trying.

Before I go any further, I use a 2 gig flash as a live USB CD Installer.
I use a 4 gig Flash drive to load the final version of my operating system onto.So if you want to follow my instructions you will need 2 flash drives and 1 will need to be at least 4 gigs.

9. Go to Unetbootin and download either windows version or Linux Version and save to your Desktop.(I don't know what you run for a OS)
10. Plug in you fat32 USB Flashdrive and make sure it is mounted. (shows up)
11. Open up Unetbootin and use it to install Mint to the flashdrive. It will let you know when it is finished.
12. Now boot up your Flash drive you just made and after you log in to desktop. Insert your 4 gig flash drive.
13. Pick the install option from your live CD that is running and make sure that you pick out the 4 gig drive as the destination for your install. When given the option to open Gparted during install process do so. Format the 4 gig drive as Primary, EXT2, and label it as boot.

14. During install process designate the 4 gig drive as a root "/" partition.
15. After the install gets to where do you want grub installed to pick MBR and make sure it goes to the drive letter that gparted labled it when you formatted it as EXT2. It will be some thing like sdb1 or sdc1.
16. After grub tells you you installed successfully. You should finish up with entering root passwords and user name and passwords. Then you are done.

I gathered when you did your dd commmand that the flashdrive you are using is too small. Mint needs some room to flex its muscles.
Antix is smaller in commparison and it Takes up 2 gigs of root to run in my flashdrive which leaves me 2 gigs to save changes like what you are doing with wireless. Good Luck and Happy Trails.

Thanks for all of that but see here is the issue. I have no way of getting another version of Linux on a disc since my disk drive at work is broken. I really hate to start a whole new process over again. I will try where I left off again. If that doesn't work, I will start all over with the process that was already started. thanks

Ok well I tried to restart the entire process and now I'm stuck at the very beginning. I have mint on a disc and I'm trying to get it put in my usb (again). I erased everything off the USB and after Linux was running by cd I followed these directions: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/linux-m...nstall-via-cd/
After I type in apt-get install usb-creator it tells me: E:unable to write to /var/cache/apt/
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
What did I do?

Nevermind. I figured out what I did wrong. I forgot to reformat the USB again. ;P. Thanks. I will definitely be back if I need something. Thanks GUYS!!!

Ok so I made it!!! LOL. All the way to this point>>>
Creating a larger casper-rw loop file for saving changes

After your up and running in Linux, insert the flash drive that contains your casper-rw file
Type dd if=/dev/zero of=casper-rw bs=1M count=1024
(replacing 1024 with the "size in MB" you wish to use for saving changes persistently)
Type mkfs.ext3 -F casper-rw
Copy the new casper-rw file to your USB flash drive
Restart your computer, booting from the USB flash drive and enjoy the expanded storage for saving changes.

I have the new text for the casper-rw saved in a text editor. Where am I suppose to paste it to? In the terminal I copied it and saved it until I know what to do with it. These directions say to copy the new casper-rw to my USB but where do I paste it? I assumed the directions above meant copy the text and paste it but where to? Unless there was a new casper-rw created somewhere but I didn't see anything like that in the above directions. What am I missing that is right here staring me in the face? Tee hee

HEHE. I feel like I'm in a big room all by myself with my voice echoing off the walls back at me. LOL
Have you guys left me in the room by myself? LOL

We all have busy lives.
And HAHA, LOL etc. are neither amusing nor interesting.

The command creates a file called casper-rw that is 1GB in size.

The command treats the casper-rw file as though it was a disk, and makes an ext3 filesystem on it. This makes a file that can be made to appear as a disk, so you can store files in it (the "persistent files")

When it says "Copy the new casper-rw file to your USB flash drive" it means exactly that - copy the file from wherever you have created it to wherever the existing casper-rw file is on your USB stick.

But you have not appreciated that the above command only makes a casper-rw file of 1GB and that is the default anyway. If you want a 2GB file then the command would be
Then Then copy the new 2GB casper-rw file to where the older (smaller) one was on your USB stick. Overwrite the older, smaller file.

All this assumes of (course), that you have sufficient space on your USB stick, and your post at #14 says "insufficient space" when you tried for a 2GB casper-rw file.

So, how big is this USB stick?

"You cannot fit a quart into a pint pot".

I was only joking. I did not mean to offend anyone and I was not trying to push for an answer. I'm sorry if I upset anyone.

My USB is 4G. Now when you say:

When it says "Copy the new casper-rw file to your USB flash drive" it means exactly that - copy the file from wherever you have created it to wherever the existing casper-rw file is on your USB stick.

Do you mean that I copy the text from the terminal and paste it somewhere? The terminal is where I typed in the commands and it printed out what I listed above. Or did the terminal create a new file somewhere?

No.

The commands you gave in the terminal created a file called casper-rw

It is probably in your home directory: You can use your file manager to look for it.

Or, in a terminal try locate casper-rw which will list the locations of all files called casper-rw. Then you can find it with your file manager. You have used a file manager before, I hope.

Then copy that file, using your file manager, with click, drag & drop, to your USB stick.

Then unmount your USB stick before unplugging it. Usually you can do this by R-clicking its icon on your desktop, and choosing "Safely remove" or "Unmount".

I typed in locate casper-rw in the terminal and it did nothing.

No I don't know what a file manager is. If you are referring to the file browser then yes, but I'm not up-to-date on Linux lingo. Sorry

"File browser" it is then.

Then the file probably hasn't been created, or the locate database hasn't been updated (as root updatedb then run the locate casper-rw comand again)

It might be easier for us to understand what is going on if you copied and pasted from your terminal session, to this thread, including the error messages (if any).

Please see this thread for an example: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...02#post3602402

Ok. I think what is happening is this. I boot my pc from the Linux disc. After I am finished, I power off. When I power off, of course no changes are made. I hope I don't have to go through all the process again but Hey if it will work then I am all for it. Let me try again when I get a change (hopefully today). I will post what the terminal says and let you know. And I will read through that thread also. Thank you again.