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Have a look at this guide and video on my website on installing Ubuntu to a USB drive. It will help you do exactly what you want and it's very simple.
How to Install Ubuntu To USB Drives
Installing Ubuntu to an external hard drive or USB memory stick is a very safe way to install Ubuntu. If you are worried about changes being made to your computer, this ...
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I have tried this in /etc/ssh/ssh_config for Linux and ~/.ssh/config for Mac:
ClientAliveInterval 120
ServerAliveInterval 120
This is how often, in seconds, it should send a keepalive message to the server. If that doesn't work then train a monkey to press enter every two minutes while you work.
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This is very easy to do, although the "casper-rw" name will still show up once :)
Your target USB disk must have at least two partitions; I recommend using Gparted to create a new partition table.
The first partition must be vfat/FAT32, minimum size 750 MB (or more if you are using a LiveDVD image).
The second partition should be ext4, sized to whatever ...
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Answer from HERE
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
After executing this, ensure the correct timezone was selected, then set this command to be run automatically and non-interactively at startup by adding it to System -> Preferences -> Sessions -> Add -> Command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata
Although in Lubuntu I was not able to add ...
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As far as I know, what you want can't be done with a persistent Live USB.
A full install in an 16GB USB drive (8GB may work, but I have not tested it.) will solve most of the four issues you mention.
I have a 16GB USB with full install and am yet to face any memory management issues. Most computers these days have 4GB or more RAM. So, swap file/partition ...
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It is not possible to have a live cd with persistence, a persistence file is only possible on a usb thumbdrive or external hdd. For more information:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD/Persistence
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I'm remotely upgrading an Ubuntu server from lucid to precise and lost the ssh connection in the middle of the upgrade with the message "Write failed. Brocken pipe". ClientAliveInterval and ServerAliveInterval did nothing. The solution is to turn on TCPKeepAlive options in client ssh:
TCPKeepAlive yes
in
/etc/ssh/ssh_config
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In short. Persistence is the space on your USB key the will be used to store information, so that that information is still there after a reboot.
Confirm that your syslinux.cfg, has the word persistence in it.
If not you can add it after the first --.
Code:
-- persistence
For more information click Here
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Check out these instructions. To summarize:
align the partitions with the SD card erase block size (so the filesystems are aligned when created).
Move directories like /tmp and /var/log to RAM by making fstab entries. Also turn off access time tracking for / with the noatime option in fstab.
Link other directories like /var/cache/apt/archive and your ...
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After using Universal-USB-Installer, you will need to modify txt.cfg and text.cfg to include persistent at the end of each of the boot lines ending with "--"
E.g.
..... boot=casper quiet splash -- persistent
My guess is that Universal-USB-Installer fails to add "persistent" to the end of the cfg files during the installation process.
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You cannot do this with a LiveCD
CDs, for the most part, are designed to be read-only once they've been written to. Even rewritable CDs typically require CD writing software, because most other applications will see the disk as a standard CD and assume it's read-only. This means that you cannot save your printer setup to the LiveCD.
You can install Ubuntu ...
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List of "Related" questions on the right column might be helpful in solving your problem (e.g. making sure you have the boot option "persistent" in the configuration file)
Instead of NTFS, FAT32 format might be more problem-free for Ubuntu live USB with persistence.
Trying the Linux utility MultiSystem might work better in creating Ubuntu live USB with ...
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Be sure you have and always select "Persistent" option after booting from usb - if you do not see this option the usb has no persistence: it happened to me often for some reason.
And to be sure that it works, I use, beside FAT32 (as stated in the other answer) a program called LiveUSB Install - here.
It provides a clear and nice interface for ...
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I fixed my problem, but it was an unconventional way.
I gave up trying to get Ubuntu or Xubuntu onto a USB live drive due to the persistence issue so I went with Linux Mint (which is derived from Ubuntu). But I still used the same tool that I tried to make a live USB drive for Ubuntu and Xubuntu.
To answer Cipricus' question, the tool I used was the ...
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Your grub2 menu entry should be something like this:
menuentry "Ubuntu iso" {
search --set -f "/ubuntu.iso"
loopback loop "/ubuntu.iso"
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz root=UUID=71C2-0118 iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu.iso boot=casper file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed noprompt quiet persistent splash --
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
To have the persistent option ...
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Ubuntu live USB with persistence can be used to install Ubuntu on hard disk but it simply produces a fresh install with no transfer of any system-wide or user settings, data, etc.
It is possible to transfer most user settings and data from your home folder (e.g. sub-folders like .mozilla, .thunderbird, etc.) by simply copying and pasting them to your new ...
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With a few hours Google-Research i tried to fix the Problem by myself. I reset the complete System to the default setting. At the blank system there seems to be no monitors.xml config file.
After this i found a good tutorial how to create a monitors.xml file: http://www.sudo-juice.com/dual-monitor-settings-in-ubuntu/
First i created an empty xml file. After ...
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All you need to do is modify your /etc/fstab file giving the windows partition a fixed mount point.
This is an example: /dev/sda2 /media/Windows ntfs uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=027,fmask=137 0 0
Practically, this line says mount the /dev/sda2 partition to /media/Windows and sets partition permissions.
Every time you turn your computer on the Windows ...
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I think the persistent file system only doesn't delete data that already exists in the SquashFS file, ie. what's already there by default. So if you try to uninstall, say, Firefox, then you won't get space. However, if you install a new program, like Pidgin, and then later uninstall Pidgin, then you will free up your space.
So if you're only going to ...
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In the live Ubuntu 12.04 there is 1 graphical and 6 console automatic logins.
To disable the graphical login, use a text editor like GEDIT sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
Change the line:
autologin-user=ubuntu
to
autologin-user=
and append the following to make the login greeter show up:
greeter-show-manual-login=true
This is how you can ...
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Please try creating the persistent USB with Unetbootin; we've seen many problems with the Universal Installer here.
Note that I tried with Lubuntu 12.04 and persistence works perfectly for me:
The persistent partiion /cow above is 256MB, and it works as expected. You can check for its presence on your Lubuntu...
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Yeah there is a way to have a consistent user:
Boot up the live USB again and create a new user account. You want it to be an administrator. Set the password, name, etcetera.
Log out
Log in to the account you just created
To create new user you need gnome-system-tools (more detail on that here).
But this is not a complete solution: indeed it is possible ...
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You need to create a Live USB for persistence as live CD cannot store your settings and data.
And for this you can simply use Ubuntu's own Startup Disk Creator or MultiSystem.
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What you want to accomlish is called virtualization, and has nothing to do with persistent USB installs. You'll have to install Ubuntu in a virtual machine using Virtual Box, and keep the disk image file, .dvi, on the USB stick. To use that file, simply select it when creating a new virtual machine on a new computer.
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