Enabling Live USB Persistence with wattOS R8

[cuscotravelservices]

Hi All,

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My instructions are the result of reading the Debian Live Manual and the following page.

http://www.vleeuwen.net/2014/01/create-a-persistent-debian-live-usb-flash-drive

If you want to use wattOS R8 with Persistence on a Live USB Flash drive, the following will allow you to do so.

I was using a 2GB Flash Drive and I used GParted to partition it into 2 equal size partitions.

The First Partition was configured as follows:

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Partition Type: Primary
File System:    FAT32
Flags:          boot, lba
The Second Partition was configured as follows:

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Partition Type: Primary
File System:    ext4
Flags:
Label:          persistence

I used UNetbootin to install the ISO file for wattOS R8 to the First partition. I left the Parameter "Space used to preserve files across reboots (Ubuntu only)" set to 0.

In the root folder of the First partition, UNetbootin creates a file called syslinux.cfg which I edited as follows.

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label unetbootindefault
menu label Default - Persistence
kernel /ubnkern
append initrd=/ubninit boot=live persistence config quiet

label ubnentry0
menu label Live - Persistent
kernel /live/vmlinuz
append initrd=/live/initrd.img boot=live persistence config quiet

Now, the Second partition needs to be configured for Persistence.

Open a Terminal with root permissions.

Enter the following commands.

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mkdir /mnt/persistence
    The above command creates a folder called persistence within the folder /mnt.

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mount /dev/sdd2 /mnt/persistence

The above command mounts the Second partition to /mnt/persistence which will represent the root Folder of the Second partition.

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cd /mnt/persistence
    The above command makes /mnt/persistence the active Folder.
   

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echo / union > persistence.conf

The above command creates the file persistence.conf, in the root Folder of the Second partiton, with the text "/ union" which allows Full Persistence to be achieved.

You can now use the USB Flash drive to activate wattOS R8 in Live mode with Persistence.

Hasta luego and good luck, Michael.

[300mhz]

nope.. not working for me... done it twice... hope this become an official feature....