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[Leszek Lesner <leszek.lesner@xxxxxx>]

Am 22.09.2010 23:34, schrieb Gilles:
> 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.
Persistency(with casper-rw) will save all the changes to files comparing
with the live system data. So applications that you installed later with
apt-get and even configuration files you created in your home folder.
>
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