Weird project

[Douglas Jerome]

Stephen wrote:
> I am trying to modify the Debian Squeeze live install to be more
> "persistent" or something similar. that i can run from USB, and make
> changes instead of having it revert to its original state.
> 
> I am almost to the point of re-partitioning the USB stick for
> Fat32/ext and trying to install directly to The USB device.
> 
> Anyone have any thoughts on this?
> 

You might look at how Tiny Core Linux does this; I think
it uses a union file system and store updates on the flash
drive.

Personally, I use my ttylinux that has a flash installation
program; it makes a system that has a RAM disk root file
system but I have it mount /home that is an ext2 partition on
the flash drive.