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Persistence is the space on your USB key that is used to store information, so that changes you make to the system are still there after a reboot.

Live system without persistence:

  • Portability but no changes are saved from one boot to the next

Live system with persistence:

  • You have the portability of live media with a home folder and possibly other temp storage
  • The USB drive may wear out faster due to more disk writes

Full installation on USB device:

  • Just like a normal Ubuntu installation but more portable
  • The lifetime of the USB drive will be shorter due to more disk writes
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Check if pendrive is persistent?

I have a bunch of pendrives with live Linux ISOs loaded onto them and I would like to check one if it is persistent. Rebooting is not an option right now (system rescue). Is there a simple command or utility to check if the current pendrive Linux…
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Manually Creating Casper -rw File

I was wondering if there was a way to create the casper -rw file for persistence manually, i.e. via terminal. I've been using Ubuntu 14.04 Live USB with persistence and it ran fine for the last two weeks. Last night, I was installing a bunch of apps…
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USB-live does not save files between sessions

I created a USB-stick with Ubuntu, using the recommended tool "Startup Disk Creator" and the image for Ubuntu 13.10. The very simple interface looks like this: There can't be much to misunderstand in this GUI. I have chosen to create a USB stick…
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Making Ubuntu USB pendrive with persistent memory from live USB

I'm trying to turn live USB into live USB with persistent memory. I'm following this procedure. The procedure says to "Add a Space and persistent after quiet splash --- in the following files" and specifies three…
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Ubuntu 14.0.4 persistent in files but not programs

32GB sandisk 3.0 USB Ubuntu 14.0.4 "persistence" partition operating and saving any fields downloaded to /home/ubuntu/Downloads then moved to /media/ubuntu/persistence persistence was built as per USB Installer commands. nothing on the main…
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Shutdown Persistent USB install

After adding myself as a user in User Accounts on a persistent USB install, I find it is impossible to shut down using the Shut Down command on the top panel. Is there a way to fix this? "sudo shutdown -h now" works, but requires opening terminal…
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My Ubuntu works in USB thumb drive but it's not persistent in spite of 4gb persistence space

I installed the LTS distro of Ubuntu on a 32gb flash drive and I can boot to it but there is no persistence. My text files and directory aren't there. Any suggestions?
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Is it possible to create Ubuntu Persistent Storage file on a hard disk

I've been using Puppy linux for a while and i'm interested on trying Ubuntu. is it possible to create a Persistent Storage the same way Puppy use? puppy saves changes to a file on my hard disk and access that file every time i boot from the cd. no…
suneth wathsala
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Persistent storage not working

i made a Ubuntu live usb stick using Lili software. After that i made a partition using Gparted on kali of 3.5GB for persistent storage and renamed it casper-rw. But everytime i reboot the files i save are lost. I mean it boots from start everytime…
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Ubuntu live usb, with persistent memory?

is it possible to make my live USB with Ubuntu 15 on it a live persistent memory operating system instead of just a trial/install version which is always the same when i start it?
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how to transfer data between persistant live usb and computer

I am using persistent ubuntu live usb. how can i transfer data(images, .xlsx etc) from one computer to live usb stick and move that data to another computer?
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Persistence feature not understood

I do not understand the feature 'persistence' in Ubuntu. I had installed Ubuntu14.04 version alongside my Windows 7 OS in my laptop. After working for a certain period and saving some bookmarks, when I logged in next time, say after one day, I do…
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very simple question about USB

I wish to install the newest Ubuntu 14+ on a 32 GB USB Stick. I want to boot a fully operating ubuntu OS right but off the stick itself How do I do this? Thanks
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USB - filesystem is read only, what command added to a config file that runs every boot might fix this?

im using VERSION="18.04.5 LTS (Bionic Beaver) and everything goes well, but after a time it restarts and says filesystem is read-only. and i have to reflash. any solutions? PS i only have access through windows to the USB, i cannot troubleshoot…
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