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 1HqOko-0004fK-5H for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 May 2007 07:25:58 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4M7NWBx029955; Tue, 22 May 2007 07:23:32 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (mail-out5.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.92]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4M7HWnt022987 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 07:17:34 GMT Received: from [172.16.0.52] (ppp246-231.static.internode.on.net [203.122.246.231]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 347451711FD for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 17:17:30 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Linux (Ubuntu) on a USB drive doesn't save From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <021f01c79c3c$9bff9e60$450a0a0a@locutus> References: <021f01c79c3c$9bff9e60$450a0a0a@locutus> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 16:43:46 +0930 Message-Id: <1179818026.22419.24.camel@orpheus> 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 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9d96d2d4-67e1-49b5-8758-3f3edee59c01 X-Archives-Hash: 035c1dcd11698731e30dcae3b55d84fb On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 23:44 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote: [snip] > 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" !!!? I'm not qualified to answer this question because I've never used Ubuntu; I've never booted from a usb key; and I'm on the gentoo-user ml ;) buuut maybe the usb key boot idea works like a live-cd and loads your filesystem into a RAM disk? In which case, changed you made wouldn't actually be saved... you could add another partition to the key for "persistent" storage perhaps? HTH, -- Iain Buchanan We are each entitled to our own opinion, but no one is entitled to his own facts. -- Patrick Moynihan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list