Howdy: I successfully created a live dvd of Debian jessie kde. I created an ext4 partition named "persistence" on /dev/sdc2 I created a file named "persistence.conf" in the persistence partition. The contents of persistence.conf are: /home /usr /etc / union I boot the live dvd with the persistence parameter. Nothing gets saved to the persistence partition. Persistence just doesn't happen. Please help. Nick Taylor