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[ichase]

Eric, how did you do the install on USB, I tried this once with unetbootin and even added a few gigs of persistance but when I saved to it and changed my background, the next time I booted into the USB thumbdrive none of my settings took.  It was just like running off of the live CD?  I have only tried this once with Mint 12.

I have a 16 GB thumb that I got just for this but except for the one attempt, I have not thought about trying again.  But would love to be able to have a full operating Linux OS on thumb drive that I can boot to at work that would also save my settings.  

Edited by ichase, 13 July 2012 - 05:55 PM.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

I used unetbootin, also. I just followed the unetbootin wizard for installing the .iso on the thumb drive. That's all. Nothing magical. Plugged the thumb drive into the little Dell and booted up. It runs just like a live CD, but faster. I chose the install option and sat back while the Bodhi installer did its thing. Easy-peasy.

[raymac46]

Getting persistence can be a tricky thing on USB. Certain distros like Ubuntu allow you to do it OK, others don't. I've found that hybrid images like Mageia and Mandriva don't work with persistence very well and I think Linux Mint might be one of those. Xubuntu is a good one to make persistent.
Also certain hardware doesn't like persistent USB sticks and will give you a hangup. My secondary desktop with the AMD 690G chipset is particularly bad at this, but it may be simply a BIOS issue.

Edited by raymac46, 14 July 2012 - 07:09 AM.

[raymac46]

If you can work in Windows this is one of the best USB Linux makers I've found. It's succeeded when Unetbootin has failed for me.

http://www.linuxliveusb.com/

[amenditman]

RAM is way faster than SATA connected hard or solid state disks.

[ichase]

V.T. Eric Layton, on 13 July 2012 - 11:28 PM, said:

I used unetbootin, also. I just followed the unetbootin wizard for installing the .iso on the thumb drive. That's all. Nothing magical. Plugged the thumb drive into the little Dell and booted up. It runs just like a live CD, but faster. I chose the install option and sat back while the Bodhi installer did its thing. Easy-peasy.

I take it that Dell you have allows you to boot into USB?

[abarbarian]

MacPup and Porteus allow persistance.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

ichase, on 14 July 2012 - 08:19 AM, said:

I take it that Dell you have allows you to boot into USB?

Yup. There is no CD/DVD player on this little netbook, so USB is the only way... or memory card, actually. I didn't have one of those, though.