Update OS on usb stick

Did you add a persistence to the USB install?

Sorry, don't know what one is or how to do it.

You will need to recreate the stick, if you boot to liveCD (or use a standing ubuntu install). You can use usb creator and there is an option for persistence. You should use as much space as you can for that as this is what holds the changes. If yuo don't have this then no changes to the USB can stick

Many thanks,
        Usb was created by Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.0.2 which then loaded
ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386 from downloaded zip file. I will format drive and
start again and lookout for the persistence option, the drive is a 4GB so
there is room to spare. Will let you know how I get on.
                                        John

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Your question #201832 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/201832

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actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
You will need to recreate the stick, if you boot to liveCD (or use a
standing ubuntu install). You can use usb creator and there is an option
for persistence. You should use as much space as you can for that as
this is what holds the changes. If yuo don't have this then no changes
to the USB can stick

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Further to my last. I havej ust read the following from the usb and it looks
like some provision was made: I will still start again.

"System) to automate the creation of a bootable USB device containing the
Live Linux Distribution of your choice.

How Universal USB Installer (UUI) WORKS:

This tool utilizes Syslinux to make the drive bootable, and in some cases
chainloads to Grub4DOS and uses a corresponding menu.lst. A syslinux.cfg
file or text.cfg file may also used in some cases.
7-zip is used to extract the files from the ISO or Zip to the USB device.
The compressed filesystem of the Live Linux distribution being placed on the
device is not altered in any way.
DD for Windows (dd.exe) and Mke2fs are used to make a casper-rw persistent
file for storing changes. The casper persistent feature was created by
Ubuntu and can in theory be used on any Ubuntu based remix.
Formatting is done via the open source fat32format tool created by Tom
Thornhill"

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actionparsnip
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Subject: Re: [Question #201832]: Update OS on usb stick

Your question #201832 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/201832

    Status: Open => Answered

actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
You will need to recreate the stick, if you boot to liveCD (or use a
standing ubuntu install). You can use usb creator and there is an option
for persistence. You should use as much space as you can for that as
this is what holds the changes. If yuo don't have this then no changes
to the USB can stick

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       Reload of Ubuntu showed that the persistence level was set to 0:
       I have increased to 1GB. Many thanks for the solution.
            John

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Subject: Re: [Question #201832]: Update OS on usb stick

       Your question #201832 on Ubuntu changed:
       https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/201832

           Status: Open => Answered

       actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
       The ISO is 700Mb, leaving a bit of free space for persistence

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Usb-creator.png/300
px-Usb-creator.png

       Note the 1.1Gb storage area. You need that.

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Please mark it solved

Thanks
~jeet

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.