Re: USB

[Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net>]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 05:43:50AM -0500, Ted Wager wrote:
> I just dd'd a Debian .img file to a usb stick and it boots ok..I then put
> another partition on the stick for persist..Anyone tell me how I make the 
> Debian install see the persist partition ?
> 
Are you using Debian Live?  If so, the partition needs to be labelled as
"live-rw".  

tune2fs -L live-rw /dev/sdXY  (whatever your partion device is)

Then you need to boot with the "persistent" or "persist" parameter (I
can't remember off the top of my head which is correct).

-Rob