Soldato
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Is it possible to install a full linux distro to a pendrive?
I know you can put a LiveCD version on the USB stick, but surely if you make any changes during the session it'll just be writing them to RAM and you'll lose it all next time you come to use the USB stick?
I know it will be slow like, but it seems like it would be a handy thing to have, I'm currently typing this using a Ubuntu on a USB stick on the friends laptop, which for some bizarre reason refuses to boot even safe mode, so I slapped this in to copy the essential files off before reformat. (Recovery CD cant fix either)
Anyway, this ubuntu thing seems snappy enough, I rather like it so I was wondering if theres a way of making any of the changes I'm making on the Pendrive permanent, if you know what I mean, so I can muck about a bit more on my own PC. Synaptic doesnt seem to be working either, I assume thats because I'm using a LiveCD distro?
This post is a bit of a rambly one, so I hope someone can make out what I'm looking!
Cheers!
I know you can put a LiveCD version on the USB stick, but surely if you make any changes during the session it'll just be writing them to RAM and you'll lose it all next time you come to use the USB stick?
I know it will be slow like, but it seems like it would be a handy thing to have, I'm currently typing this using a Ubuntu on a USB stick on the friends laptop, which for some bizarre reason refuses to boot even safe mode, so I slapped this in to copy the essential files off before reformat. (Recovery CD cant fix either)
Anyway, this ubuntu thing seems snappy enough, I rather like it so I was wondering if theres a way of making any of the changes I'm making on the Pendrive permanent, if you know what I mean, so I can muck about a bit more on my own PC. Synaptic doesnt seem to be working either, I assume thats because I'm using a LiveCD distro?
This post is a bit of a rambly one, so I hope someone can make out what I'm looking!
Cheers!