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--- general:linux:debian_live_with_persistence [2023/01/17 07:19] – created sunkan
+++ general:linux:debian_live_with_persistence [2023/01/17 09:17] (current) – sunkan
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+Copy to USB drive
+<code>
+dd oflag=direct conv=fsync bs=8M status=progress if=debian-live-11.6.0-amd64-standard+nonfree-persist.iso of=/dev/<usbdrive>
+</code>
+Create new partition for the persistence (will occupy the rest of the drive)
+<code>
+fdisk --wipe never /dev/<usbdrive> <<<$'n\np\n\n\n\nw'
+</code>
+Create filesystem on new partition and configure persistence \\
+More info [[https://live-team.pages.debian.net/live-manual/html/live-manual/customizing-run-time-behaviours.en.html#556|Here]]
+<code>
+mkfs.ext4 -m 0 -L persistence /dev/<usbdrive>3
+mount /dev/<usbdrive>3 /mnt
+echo '/ union' > /mnt/persistence.conf
+umount /mnt
+</code>
+For automatic start add a timeout for grub
+<code>
+mount /dev/<usbdrive>2 /mnt
+echo 'set timeout=5' >> /mnt/efi/debian/grub.cfg
+umount /mnt
+</code>
+===== Further tweaks =====
+You may want to configure journald.conf to use Storage=volatile and possibly disable rsyslogd. \\
+So that you limit the amount of writes to the USB drive.
+Also sysstat might be good do disable in case it has been enabled.