Questions tagged [persistence]
Persistence is the space on your USB key that is used to store information, so that changes you make to the system are still there after a reboot.
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Why Doesn't a Bootable USB Boot
This question is asked often in Ask Ubuntu, sometimes with few hints about the situation.
Please provide a list of possible reasons to help troubleshoot the problem.
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kernel panic - not syncing; error loading shared libraries: lib.so.6; unable to find persistent home medium
I have been trying to find posts with the same issue as mine, but I had no luck yet, hence I'm posting.
I have Ubuntu 20.04 (ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso) installed on 64GB USB drive with help of ...
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automount a partition of a USB stick in a persistent live linux made with mkusb
How to automount a partition of a USB stick at /media/lubuntu/name every time the stick is plugged into the PC when the /etc/fstab file is empty on every new boot?
I assume this is because I'm running ...
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How do I create a persistent Fedora live usb
I have successfully created a live USB for Fedora 20 on my Ubuntu 12.04 using dd:
sudo dd bs=8M if=Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso of=/dev/sdb
But I have not been able to find out how to make it ...
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Xubuntu 22.04 not saving desktop settings in persistence
I'm using xubuntu 22.04.2 with live persistence and it's working fine except for a few things.
Does anyone know why xubuntu live persistence doesn't save some settings? Mainly desktop environment such ...
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How do I create a mount point on the RAID1 that is persistent or always there, then prove it?
Repurposing an old server to be a backup repository. Name of box is backup. Ubuntu ver 20.04, command line only.
How do I make sure the files I copy to it from other servers using XCOPY or SCOPY are ...
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Live USB error "you need to load the kernel first"
I've got an mkusb live USB (Ubuntu 18.04 with persistence) that boots fine on some of my computers. On one laptop I get the following error:
error: disk `hd0,4' not found.
error: you need to load the ...
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Creating live windows usb with persistence storage
I'm looking for a way to create a windows 7/8/10 live usb with persistence storage. Recently, I started learning .NET and I have to create Windows Form Applications or ASP.NET Core web applications. ...
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Formatting a USB flash drive as ext4
I'm making a custom bootable USB flash drive with a persistent partition. Formatting the partition as ext2 obviously makes the filesystem very sensitive to improper unmounting. I remember a while back ...
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Unable to access files copied (from Ubuntu Live persistent USB) on usbdata partition from Windows
Hi: I have followed the instructions from here to create a persistent bootable Ubuntu (v22.04.2 LTS) USB flash drive that I am booting through VirtualBox [V7.0.6 r155176 (Qt5.15.2)] on Windows 10
The ...
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PXE Boot into Ubuntu Live + Persistence (casper-rw): Possible? Limitations?
I have setup a PXE Boot Server on the network (Not Ubuntu, but NethServer for anyone interested), and have gotten Ubuntu 16.04 booting properly from this server.
Here is the pxelinux.cfg/default ...
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How to access writable partition on Ubuntu booted from USB flash drive?
I created a bootable USB flash drive with ubuntu-mate-22.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso using Startup Disk Creator. It created writable partition from the remaining space left. I copied a few programs to this ...
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How to create a USB Persistent with Kubuntu distro
I have created ubuntu persistent usb drive with mkusb without problems. But when I try to create a persistent usb drive with Kubuntu I have never got it.
Thanks in advance
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Does booting "persistent live to RAM" achieve the absolute lowest USB flash wear from a Ubuntu Live install with persistence?
Does booting "persistent live to RAM" achieve the absolute lowest USB flash wear from a Ubuntu Live install with persistence, or are there additional tweaks that can be made to reduce flash ...
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Lifespan a flash drive running Ubuntu?
My question is:
Can anybody point me to a documented case of a flash drive dying from running Ubuntu?
People talk about the dangers and urge cautions, but I have researched on the internet and asked ...
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Can i resize a persisten live usb system?(Lubuntu 20.04 Focal)
i need to resize my persistent live USB. I made it with mkusb,the USB key is 8gb. The system is now running on 2.1 gb,with the remaining space used for persistent storage.So,can i resize those ...
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Kernel 4.15.0-48 causes NVIDIA Persistence Daemon problem during boot
A few days ago kernel 4.15.0-48 got installed by system update on my Ubuntu 18.04. Since then the system will hang during boot, caused by NVIDIA Persistence Daemon.
If I select the previous kernel 4....
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Live persistence vs. Full Install in an external SSD
I will be installing Ubuntu on an external SSD, and I have two options:
A regular, "Full" installation
A "live install" with persistence
I'd like to understand the difference ...
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Why won't KWin config BorderlessMaximizedWindows persist?
I just changed BorderlessMaximizedWindows setting in ~/.config/kwinrc to true to hide window title bar and it works, but after restart of my PC my kwin config is reset to default settings, so ...
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Making Ubuntu USB pendrive with persistent memory from live USB
I'm trying to turn live USB into live USB with persistent memory. I'm following this procedure. The procedure says to "Add a Space and persistent after quiet splash --- in the following files&...
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Can I convert a live Ubuntu USB to one with persistent memory?
I know there are other posts about how to create a live ubuntu usb with persistent memory - HOWEVER, there is no [question / answer] on how to convert a live (ubuntu) usb to one with persistent memory ...
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How did my 20.04 LTS install to an external SSD go so .....wrong?
The Objective: A Live/LTS/Persistent Memory, 20.04 install on an external SSD to use on my Windows 11 devices.
I'm using a Lenovo ThinkPad, and a San Disk Extreme Portable SSD as the target and a ...
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How to make a persistent live Ubuntu USB with more than 4GB
I want to make a persistent live Ubuntu USB drive with more than 4GB of storage.
I know there is an option of installing directly on the drive but I don't want to do this as it will restrict the ...
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Grub2 | Can not locate iso file
I am trying to add an Ubuntu 20.04.4 ISO to Grub2 and it says it can not find the ISO file.
I am currently running Debian 11 32bit- my computer is a bit of a weird one, a 32bit BIOS but the CPU ...
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How is it easier to make a persistent live drive with Ubuntu 19.10?
Persistent live drive with a partition for persistence
There are some web sites describing
new tools
new features in [new versions of] old tools
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My pendrive is not visible due to bad flashing AFAIK
I was trying to flash my pendrive with Ubuntu 22.04 using Rufus and tried to add persistence partition size to it, Not sure why it didn't flash properly and gave me error as device not found. So I ...
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Is it possible to turn Normal Ubuntu Live USB to persistent USB (without any other devices or USB sticks)?
I have an Ubuntu live USB and I don't have any other PC, laptop, or USB sticks. Can I make my live USB persistent? If not, is there any other way to save files in it so that they will stay there even ...
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How do I format a stubborn usb pendrive?
Long story short I have a microsd card which was used as an installer for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and somehow stopped working for anything else but "viewing"
It has a 6GB persistent volume (casper-...
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Persistent live-usb stuck at Checking Disks
So I have a persistent live-usb that gets stuck at boot during the disk check. It won't let me skip with ctrl+c. The only solution I've found is to edit the grub.cfg file to skip the disk check but I ...
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Load iptables rules on boot
I use Ubuntu 20 (server) and I made some iptables rules, but they are not loaded after reboot, so I installed package iptables-persistent, then using iptables-save I saved current rules using command ...
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Disable Ubuntu 20.04 disk checkup every boot?
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 persistent on my usb. Every time boot, it starts disk checkup. I have to press Ctrl + C every time. I want to disable it permanently. And also for each shutdown it says press ...
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Non-persistent installation on hdd
I'm looking for a way to make an Ubuntu installation non-persistent, but I don't want it to completly reset itself after reboot. Instead I want it to go back to a specific point where all required ...
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Persistent storage: How do I set it up using Ubuntu Live 22.04 LTS?
I've just downloaded the latest version of Ubuntun for Desktop, version 22.04 LTS.
At the moment, I don't want to install it onto my hard disk drive. I wish to try it first.
Does Ubuntu Live 22.04 LTS ...
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Can i install ubuntu on an SSD from a persistent live OS and get to keep all the data, programs and settings in the new installation?
I have been trying Ubuntu 20.04 running as persistent live from a 32 GB flash drive, i have setup a lot of programs, settings and gnome extensions and have a lot of data saved there as well, that ...
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Persistent live install, stop auto login SDDM
I have searched all over and have found similar posts, but they are older and for different flavors. I am not interested in doing a full install. This saves a lot of space off a full install. I also ...
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sudo update-grub /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of `/cow'
when I execute the following command a error message appears:
sudo update-grub
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of `/cow'
I am using my ubuntu in a persitent usb mode.
How I ...
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Why Doesn't my Bootable USB Boot
This question is asked often in Ask Ubuntu, sometimes with few hints about the situation.
There are many reasons a persistent USB might not boot
BIOS
USB not set as first hard drive in BIOS
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Persistent or Install Ubuntu in my USB linked with temporal files
well I have this question, I want to install ubuntu (not live) in my usb. The thing is I'm worried because it seems, that this method is not recommended because will force the system to write ...
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Best Practices for persisting nftables rules
I'm new to Ubuntu having moved from hosting on CentOS7 which was using iptables and I was comfortable with how apf and bfd handled (hid) iptables from me.. and it was working well
So, I've moved to ...
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Would it be possible to create additional partitions (e.g. /home) on a Xubuntu 20.04 Live stick?
Recently I made a live USB stick with Xubuntu 20.04.02 LTS with Startup media creator (this might be usb-creator-gtk).
I tried to resize the partition after creating the stick in order to provide an ...
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persistence: how to modify location of upper and work directories?
I have release 20.04 LTS. When I boot liveUSB with persistence option, on USB two folders are created (as I understand during first time boot): work, upper. I want to rename them / assign different ...
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chown operation isn't persistent after reboot on 20.04
Recently I have an issue where I have to use a tty to change permissions of my home directory back to my primary user and this happens at every boot. I have no idea what is causing this to not be ...
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Corresponding Edit In grub.cfg
How would you translate this single edited line
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff"
from /etc/default/grub to /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg on mkusb 18.04.5 LTS ...
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How to turn my Live USB to Persistence Live USB?
I don't have another computer to use rufus and create a persistent USB. For that reason I used my android to make my USB bootable. Yeah, I've created a ext4 partition. I just want to use that as a ...
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USB drive becomes unresponsive over time
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 persistent on a 64gb USB. I have another USB HDD I plug in, formatted as exFAT, which works for a while then after opening 1-2 files or going into a particular folder, the ...
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Not able to access an encrypted partition from a persistent Live Ubuntu Installation
I installed a Live Ubuntu 20.04 with persistent storage on a USB (a). And I have been using it very well until now. However, when I tried to access another USB (b) with an encrypted partition, I got a ...
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What is the simplest way to make ip link add/addr commands exist after a reboot?
after each restart of my server (ubuntu server 20.04) i have to give these commands:
sudo ip link add macvlan0 link eth0 type macvlan mode bridge
sudo ip addr add 192.168.1.200/29 dev macvlan0
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Firefox is running out of disk space. Website contents may not display properly
I'm getting this error in Firefox on a Yumi multiboot Ubuntu 20.04 Live USB with Persistence. It also says "Visit "Learn More" to optimize your disk usage for better browsing ...
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How can I find out the file causing complaints during boot time? (persistent live stick)
I have made a persistent live stick with Ubuntustudio 20.04 from ubuntustudio-20.04.2.0-dvd-amd64.iso.
I applied some changes to it (e.g. install Chromium and uninstall Firefox, because it caused ...
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Way to speed up cp -a (using cp -a within a thumb drive is very slow)
When using a thumb drive with a persistent operating system, it happens that the persistent partition casper-rw gets corrupted, if one pulls out the thumb drive too early after shutting down the ...
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