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ubuntu on thumbdrive not retaining installs

Asked by Will

Am trying to get started with Ubuntu by using a thumb drive. However, when I boot the system from a memory stick, and (for example) I save some program files, then disconnect - I lose all the programs I saved. So, when I go to my next session, I have to reinstall all the apps, such as Adobe Flash Player.

I'd like to actually go larger than the thumbdrive, and just use an external harddrive, but I think I would run into the same problem.

Please note - I do NOT want to use a Virtual Machine, if I can help it. I have been that route, and the VM runs too slow for some reason.

Any help much appreciated!

wm

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#1

Did you set-up persistent storage on the USB stick?

If not you will lose all your work each time you shut down.

These instructions are quite old but sill apply

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14912/create-a-persistent-bootable-ubuntu-usb-flash-drive/

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Ubfan (ubfan1) said : 		#2

There is a problem with persistence on the live media when booting on a UEFI machine (bug 1159016). The fix is simple enough, add the word "persistent" to the /boot/grub/grub.cfg vmlinuz kernel lines.

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Will (bent-artist) said : 		#3

Thank you! :)