Persistent configuration settings [motd + grub splash]

[James Takac]

On Thursday 05 July 2007 23:44:21 fletcher johnson wrote:
> Hello, I have tried editing both /etc/motd and /boot/grub/menu.lst both to
> no avail. When I insert my custom motd when I next reboot my custom motd is
> replaced with the default ubuntu motd. Also I've tried to disable the
> default splash screen on startup by changing the options for my kernel
> 'splash' to 'nosplash', but whenever i restart mysteriously the file has
> reverted back to its default of 'splash'. (Yes I have saved both files
> successfully as root so we can save a few emails that way :)

Which Ubuntu are you using? Feisty? Apparently there is a known prob re 
persistence with this live cd