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[Gilles <codecomplete@xxxxxxx>]

At 23:21 22/09/2010, Leszek Lesner wrote:
Here are commands summed up.

> 1. DD (2GB Persistency Image):
>  dd if=/dev/zero of=/media/your_path_to_usbstick/casper-rw bs=1024 count=2000
> 2. Format the persistent image
>  mkfs.ext2 /media/your_path_to_usbstick/casper-rw
> 3. Add persistent to your bootoptions
> 4. Reboot

Thanks again. I'll try that tomorrow morning and report back.

Out of curiosity, what does Linux save in this second partition, used 
for persistence between reboots? Is it just a symlink to /etc?
I currently use a 1GB stick, so I was thinking of booting Linux from 
the hard-disk/CD, shrink the current Linux on the USB stick to make 
room for the persistent partition, and create/format a 200MB ext2 
partition for persistent data.