Any advice on how to create a persistent storage on a boot stick? I tried
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resize the stick partition when mounted external using GParted
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save a file on the Desktop of the live user
but failed. Thanks!
Any advice on how to create a persistent storage on a boot stick? I tried
resize the stick partition when mounted external using GParted
save a file on the Desktop of the live user
but failed. Thanks!
If I am not mistaken, Rufus has support for creating persistent storage for Debian/Ubuntu.
For Arch (-based), there might be more involved.
I found the following. It is for Manjaro but it might give you some ideas while waiting for others to chime in.
Another question is why the partition cannot be resized for an existing stick and/or why does it fill its entire size?
BTW I use Fedora Media Writer but rather modify the existing stick.
I am afraid I don’t know that. Please wait for more technically well versed forum members to chime in.
I assume you mean a Linux installation on a USB stick with regular read/write ability.
alma
is the tool to do that.
I might be alone here, but I still don’t understand the point of persistent storage on a rolling-release distro installer image.
If you want a portable Arch then install it to the USB (with free drivers only) and use it like a normal distro. If you want a recovery USB then use a distro that’s designed for that.
I’m with you on this one. I don’t see the point in persistent usb sticks. Most don’t work well. They are also usually pretty slow. I have tried many and the only one i have any respect for is MX linux but i myself would never even install a distro on a usb stick. On the other hand i have USB 3.0 ssd 2.5" external drives mounted in a case that work as if it’s installed. That’s the way i use them. Sure they are larger but way faster and is a self contained OS with bootloader. Doesn’t affect anything you plug it into. USB sticks are not my thing!
I have a working EOS installation on a workstation in multi-boot environment. As opposed to other Linuxes, the EOS bootloader is trashed when e.g. upgrading Windows. Since I am lazy, I would like to store the rescue script on the EOS boot stick to spare typing or looking up commands leading to arch-chroot
to restore it. On Tails, a persistent storage space seems to work well.
Off topic: the default for a thread in user preferences should be set to watching not to miss any posts IMHO.
Is this a Legacy/MBR system?
For UEFI, that should not “normally” happen.
If UEFI and you still experience this issue, one “workaround” could be to create a new ESP for only EnOS, install its bootloader there and mount it at /boot/efi via /etc/fstab.
With alma
you can basically put your existing installation onto a USB stick and use it as a regular installation. I have used alma
to create a USB stick with endeavourOS on it. Very nice for recovery purposes. I have the zfs modules installed on it an all my customized scripts. And I frequently boot into it and update it with pacman/yay/paru. For me this is better for recovery than booting a default live iso image.
Right. It means an effort which for some reason other Linuxes seem to avoid.
Good idea. I will give it a try.
I forgot to mention that the EnOS live iso seems not to work well on my 4K monitor: tiny fonts and when scaled by 2x, then the taskbar does not function any more.
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