tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post2065425802005750026..comments2023-06-17T20:43:56.274+05:30Comments on My tryst with Linux: Debian Live LXDE persistent modeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-47335574572356340392011-08-11T09:08:35.395+05:302011-08-11T09:08:35.395+05:301)$su
2)$#fdisk -l - show the name of your usb d...1)$su<br />2)$#fdisk -l - show the name of your usb device(bottom)<br />3)$#mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n SYS /dev/sd[x] - change for your custom [х] > [a,b,c,d,f,g] <br />4)$#umount /dev/sd[x] && mkdir /media/SYS && mount /dev/sd[x] /media/SYS<br />5)$#mkdir /mnt/cd && mount -o loop -t /go/to/image/iso/ubuntu-10.04.3-i386.iso /mnt/cd && cp -rf /mnt/cd/* /media/SYS && mv /media/SYS/isolinux/isolinux.cfg /media/SYS/isolinux/syslinux.cfg && mv /media/SYS/isolinux /media/SYS/syslinux <br />6)$#aptitude install[reinstall] syslinux<br />7)$#dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sd[x]<br />8)$#syslinux -d /syslinux /dev/sd[x] && umount /dev/sd[x] && mount /dev/sd[x] /media/SYS<br />Make the casper-rw for persistent mod:<br />$#dd if=/dev/null of=casper-rw bs=1024M seek=1<br />$#mkfs.ext2 -F casper-rw<br />$#mv casper-rw /media/SYS<br />Edit the bootloader configs(if you need)<br />$#gedit /media/SYS/syslinux.cfg<br /><br />Also you may create a /bin/sh script for this actions,else removing headers "$#" in all promts && changing name of devices for your custom && copy/past all it in your #!/bin/sh file.<br /><br />geek by Deblanck for all tuxes of Earth<br />Enjoy!deblanckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09637619254588923495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-5417241872743549072010-11-01T17:09:28.571+05:302010-11-01T17:09:28.571+05:30thank you for "my tryst with Linux". I ...thank you for "my tryst with Linux". I am infatuated with live cd distros because of their portability and also because I get a clean installation every time i boot up. I have enjoyed using Puppy Linux and even Damn Small Linux for these reasons, but I have always loved Debian best, so it was a great delight for me to find this page explaining clearly how to use "persistence" with a Debian Live CD. I am delighted! Thank you....richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08496173912476406681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-12104318761313682152010-04-01T02:18:53.483+05:302010-04-01T02:18:53.483+05:30Thank you so much for your post< It opened up ...Thank you so much for your post< It opened up a world for me: to try frugal installs of debian and ubuntu on my hdd partition beside tcl, slitaz and puppy! But, it's not working: for ubuntu i think it might have to do with the unmounting problem of casper-rw mentioned in bug reports for debian i don't know. I literally followed your instructions using the same lxde distro and it boots fine with live-rw beside it but if i make changes it freezes on logout. I was wondering if my memory was not big enough (512MB ram on a Dell Latitude C540 with chipset 845M)? So I wrote a new and small live-rw (50MB <= the distro is 443MB) and made only a small change but it still froze. I tried other boot options in grub but no luck. Is my limited memory what is causing the problem and if so how large a distro's and additional personal save file could i use? If not has debian now like ubuntu issues with persistent frugal installs? I would be very greatful if you or someone could help me out. Just let me know what info to give or what troubleshooting to try. Many thanks! Simonsimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106182111656049862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-44973151646298087052009-08-24T05:14:15.273+05:302009-08-24T05:14:15.273+05:30"I did not create separate home-rw because li...<i>"I did not create separate home-rw because live-rw includes changes to /home/user"</i><br /><br />Ah ha! I was wondering about this. Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />-LarroAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071513103184169276noreply@blogger.com