On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Arun Venkataswamy <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Prasanna Venkadesh <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Question: How can I persist or keep my files in Live USB even after a > > Shutdown or Reboot for next time to use it? > > > > The general idea to keep it readonly is to preserve the life of the USB > sticks. USB sticks have a limited number of write cycles after which they > might fail. If you still want to persist files, partition the USB stick > using fdisk/cfdisk. Keep the second partition for persisting data. Install > the live linux distribution in the first partition. After booting into the > live linux version, format the second partition as ext(x) (or FAT32 if you > want to exchange files with a windows box). Later you can manually mount > the partition. You can create a symbolic link from the home directory to > the mounted partition. > Pretty Useful information. Thank You. > > > Regards, > Arun Venkataswamy > http://wondroussky.blogspot.in/ > > "கற்றது கைமண் அளவு, கல்லாதது உலகளவு" - ஔவையார் > Known is a drop, Unknown is an ocean > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > -- Thanks & Regards, Prasanna Venkadesh. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
