How to Make Ubuntu Live CD Data Persistent

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Step1: Set the Label on Your USB Memory Stick

1. Connect the USB memory stick to a computer running Ubuntu. Ubuntu will probably mount it automatically

2. find the device name that it has been assigned

3. Open Applications --> Accessories--> Terminal 

4. type the following at the shell prompt
                          $ df -h

5. The Output will look like the following 

Filesystem            Size    Used     Avail     Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3           54G     19G      35G       36% /
varrun                 506M   84K       506M      1% /var/run
varlock                506M     0        506M       0% /var/lock
udev                   506M   116K     506M       1% /dev
devshm               506M     0       506M        0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda1          221M    28M     181M       14% /boot
/dev/sda1           498M   214M    285M       43% /media/usbdisk
 
6. USB storage devices are emulated as SCSI devices by Linux, and you can see the 
last device is listed as /dev/sda1 
 
7.Once you've backed up your files , To Unmount the device
 
                               $ sudo umount 
2. Boot the Live CD in Persistent Mode
      
 1. Plug your USB memory stick into the target machine


 2. power up the computer, and quickly insert the Dapper Drake Live CD

3.If the computer is not configured to boot from CD-ROM, you may need to press a key (typically Del or F2) at startup to enter the BIOS settings menu

4. you then need to change the order of the boot devices to put CD-ROM at the top of the list, and then select the Exit option 

5.The computer will then boot up again and look for the Live CD before attempting to boot from the hard disk

6.Some computers have a menu (often activated by F12) that lets you choose which device to boot from without having to make changes to your BIOS.

Note: If you are using a Mac, you need to hold down the C key to boot from a CD





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