Well last night I discvered that there r some drectories called Compiz and VLC on my pendrive but the size of the folders is bery less in the order of KB's thus the files only consist of information regarding what was installed during that session but does not contain the programs itself. How can I store the changes made permanently?
Robin 2008/9/27 Robin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, I just made a discovery. Actually the files have been saved in the hard > drive. But on reebooting it seems Ubuntu cant find it. > > > Robin > > 2008/9/27 Robin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> The question I really want to ask is how do I install a writable USB >> stick? >> >> >> Plz help as I intend do buy a laptop soon >> >> Robin >> >> 2008/9/27 Robin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> I can always use a live CD , the point behind making a USB pendrive was to >>> see if the additional programs like compiz will work on the new hardware or >>> not. Ubuntu live CD has nothing working by default. Thats what makes me >>> install Ubuntu on USB >>> >>> 2008/9/27 Sharad Birmiwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> >>>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Robin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > If its read only how do I install programs on it? Besides whats d use >>>> > making a read-only USB? Has Ubuntu started treading the path of >>>> microsoft? >>>> > >>>> > As far as user is concerned I do not know exactly. I did open d >>>> terminal >>>> > once ,the prompt came something like this "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I >>>> believe >>>> > there is no root user in the USB. It didnt ask for a username or >>>> password >>>> > either during booting just like how it is in a live CD. >>>> >>>> What you have their is a live CD environment (testing could be one >>>> reason). Did I say read only? The image is read only but as it happens >>>> with live CDs, the running environment is on RAM, that's how you can >>>> install applications temporarily and gets lost when you reboot. >>>> >>>> You can run the mount command to find out where the root directory is. >>>> I don't know how M$ comes into the picture. Hmm... >>>> >>>> Root user wolud be there. Again, a "$ sudo bash" should give you a >>>> root shell (no password). >>>> >>>> Take a live CD to test. That shouldn't be a problem. I'll might be >>>> buying a laptop soon. Earlier I had made up my mind about the config I >>>> want (the lappy) and that I would struggle to get all the features to >>>> work (out of the box) but you have reminded me about a good thing to >>>> test the h/w first. Thanks :) >>>> >>>> >>>> Sharad >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Robin Paul >>> >>> Permanent Address: >>> 1469, Poorvanchal Complex >>> J.N.U Campus >>> New Delhi - 110067 >>> Phone:011-26741386 >>> e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Mobile No. - 9968047983 >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Robin Paul >> >> Permanent Address: >> 1469, Poorvanchal Complex >> J.N.U Campus >> New Delhi - 110067 >> Phone:011-26741386 >> e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Mobile No. - 9968047983 >> >> > > > -- > Robin Paul > > Permanent Address: > 1469, Poorvanchal Complex > J.N.U Campus > New Delhi - 110067 > Phone:011-26741386 > e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mobile No. - 9968047983 > > -- Robin Paul Permanent Address: 1469, Poorvanchal Complex J.N.U Campus New Delhi - 110067 Phone:011-26741386 e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile No. - 9968047983 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- group http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
