Hello,
Is there a way to make a persistent partition on a USB with the dd command? For example, to add something in sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/jojo/Downloads/Disto_name.iso of=/dev/sdb && sync
Thank you!
SOLVED: dd and persistence
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Re: dd and persistence
Almost what I want! From the link you gave me, I installed MultiSystem which I have not heard of. It did install persistence on Linux Mint, but gave an error on Manjaro.
What I wnat is a dd command like ti one I have given in my first post to include a possibility for persistence of my choice in GB. I have gone through man dd and not found such a possibility so your answer was of great help.
Thank you MintyO!
What I wnat is a dd command like ti one I have given in my first post to include a possibility for persistence of my choice in GB. I have gone through man dd and not found such a possibility so your answer was of great help.
Thank you MintyO!
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MintyO
Re: dd and persistence
So you want persistence but it has to be done with dd? I'm sorry, I'm still confused what you're asking. 
With sticks you have different options: full, normal install (with as much "persistence" as there's space); live-image with storage partition (no persistence to settings, but room to save stuff); persistence, but not a normal install (so can be more readily used on multiple machines). First two I have done, the third is what (I think) you want.
No dd involved, but this tutorial: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=229086 is about persistence over 4GB with Multisystem.
With sticks you have different options: full, normal install (with as much "persistence" as there's space); live-image with storage partition (no persistence to settings, but room to save stuff); persistence, but not a normal install (so can be more readily used on multiple machines). First two I have done, the third is what (I think) you want.
No dd involved, but this tutorial: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=229086 is about persistence over 4GB with Multisystem.
Re: dd and persistence
MintyO,
I seem not to be able to express what I want
My idea is something like: sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/jojo/Downloads/NAME_OF_DISTROiso of=/dev/sdb && sync persistence 4 GB
Yes, I think it is the third option you have mentioned that I want.
Thank you!
I seem not to be able to express what I want
My idea is something like: sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/jojo/Downloads/NAME_OF_DISTROiso of=/dev/sdb && sync persistence 4 GBYes, I think it is the third option you have mentioned that I want.
Thank you!
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Mute Ant
Re: dd and persistence
"Is there a way to make a persistent partition on a USB with the dd command?" No. If you use dd to write the unmodified distribution ISO to a storage device, that's what you get when you boot.
If you want to use the space left over after a dd has written the ISO image, the fdisk command can do that, but it won't mount automatically as part of the Live Session.
If you want to use the space left over after a dd has written the ISO image, the fdisk command can do that, but it won't mount automatically as part of the Live Session.