From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HqOGP-0000t8-9a for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 May 2007 06:54:33 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4M6q8xs006418; Tue, 22 May 2007 06:52:08 GMT Received: from outbound.mailhop.org (outbound.mailhop.org [63.208.196.171]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4M6iAJb028567 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 06:44:11 GMT Received: from c-67-168-161-74.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([67.168.161.74] helo=daevid.com) by outbound.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HqO6L-000Fk3-TQ for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 May 2007 02:44:10 -0400 Received: from locutus ([10.10.10.69]) by daevid.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.54) id 1HqO6L-0003P2-8c for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 May 2007 23:44:09 -0700 X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 67.168.161.74 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.mailhop.org/outbound/abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1/lzBeqaiesq7drGNW3WavZ From: "Daevid Vincent" To: Subject: [gentoo-user] OT: Linux (Ubuntu) on a USB drive doesn't save Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 23:44:13 -0700 Message-ID: <021f01c79c3c$9bff9e60$450a0a0a@locutus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcecPIvgz8onYYW9RAO5tvALhVPrEA== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Archives-Salt: f322eba9-7cfe-4068-8349-009145a9a168 X-Archives-Hash: 6d83611a7603401b2b2012099c595089 I have an ancient Gateway 200ARC sans notebook hard drive (amongst other things). I don't have the stupid little ribbon cable so I can't install one either. And "they" charge like $50 for one. The notebook was free, and a 1GB USB stick is only $20. a 2GB is like $40. I wanted to install Linux on it to use it as an always-on thin client that can just monitor some webpages, and do a few other basic tasks. I followed this guide: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/02/12/usb-ubuntu-tutorial-for-linux-us ers/#more-117 And used Ubuntu 7.04. It worked great. I can boot and get online and all sorts of things. However, nothing "saves" !!!? As in nothing is persistent. I can create the file and see it in the directory, edit it, and all that jazz. But upon a reboot, it's gone!? I created a .vimrc and rebooted and it's gone! I "apt-get install" some apps and they're not there now. I save my gnome settings. Revert back each time I reboot. So what am I missing? Am I retarded and you can't use a 1GB USB stick as a real hard drive like that? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list