Hi, The persistence will still allow a live boot, so for example when Linux is booting it will detect the hardware on your computer and load the required drivers just as it would if running from a Live CD. The persistence is only for user files and any additional applications that you chose to install.
I have had this set up for a while and tried all sorts to get it to boot faster. In the end I gave up, the only option for a faster boot is to do a "proper" install to the USB drive, but then you would run into issues with hardware on other computers (i.e not that computer you did the "proper" install on) Scott 2009/2/15 Michael G Fletcher <[email protected]> > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Simon Wears <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ever since 8.10 was released, I've carried with me a copy of Intrepid on > my > > 1Gb USB key, since it's bundled along with my flat keys. I was wondering > > about making the install a little more customised - at the moment it's > just > > the standard live CD on a USB, but I'd like to make something that may > load > > a little quicker, and has only the applications I need on - which is just > > about firefox, pidgin, gedit and maybe VLC at a push. > > > > How would I go about doing this? My current best guess is one of those > > remastering-type of applications, for respinning a LiveCD. That > terminology > > is probably not the best possible to use, but I hope you get the gist of > > what I mean. I'm thinking about maybe making it a peristant install, so I > > can save files too (or a least some settings for pidgin and firefox). > > > > It's mainly so I can borrow peoples laptops/desktops, without having to > have > > them load me onto their desktop. Just boot from USB and have a portable > > desktop with me where ever I am. > > > > Cheers, > > -- > > Simon Wears > > [email protected] | http://MunkyJunky.com > > MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net > > > > Hi Simon, I'm taking a wild guess here, but it might work. > > If you create the live-usb using the function in 8.10 (System -> > Administration -> Create a USB startup disk) it supplies the option to > store documents and settings on the USB disk when shutting it down. > Use the slider to choose how much space to allocate. It may then be > possible to boot from the USB and add / remove programs and it will > "remember that". > > I would think that the advantage is that in the 'live' version you > will get much better hardware support if you are plugging it in to > various machine. With a persistent install I would imagine that > hardware will cause some grief every time you use a different machine. > > I might give this a test today quickly :-) HTH > > --Michael > > _________________________________ > Michael Fletcher > > Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog > Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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