Vincent writes: << From: Vincent <<a href="mailto:mailinglists@vinnl.nl">mailinglists@vinnl.nl</a>> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] persistent 9.04 doesn't persist To: Xubuntu Help and User Discussions <<a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:aed7edfa0904301352l6e1c72d8w7d06ecb979e946ab@mail.gmail.com">aed7edfa0904301352l6e1c72d8w7d06ecb979e946ab@mail.gmail.com</a><div id=":1kg" class="ii gt">> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:49 PM, David Duckslammer < <a href="mailto:davidduckslammer@gmail.com">davidduckslammer@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > I have installed to a thumbdrive per > <a href="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-xubuntu-904-persistent-install-windows/#more-1564" target="_blank">http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-xubuntu-904-persistent-install-windows/#more-1564</a> > > When I shutdown/reboot/halt the files are not saved. > > How can I debug it? > I'm not sure, I never used that method. However, if you are able to burn a CD, I'd recommend you to burn Xubuntu to one, then run the LiveCD and install it to USB from there. See (note: I wrote this) <a href="http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/ubuntu-from-your-flash-drive-easier-than-ever-before/" target="_blank">http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/ubuntu-from-your-flash-drive-easier-than-ever-before/</a> That's sort of the official way and has worked for me. >> Ok, I downloaded the ISO, made and booted on the live CD. The usb-creator app is not part of the live CD though it surely seems as if it should be. I can't download and install it it because I'm running on a CD. I refuse to overwrite my laptop harddisk until I know for sure ubuntu actually works with all my hardware. Your instructions are great, but they do not apply to someone who just wants to give ubuntu a test drive without loading the entire system on his harddisk - which completely defeats the pupose of installing it on a thumbdrive. What I really need to test is the wifi. Under the other install referenced previously, linux saw my wifi adapter but I couldn't figure out how to configure it. Under the live CD, it doesn't even see the adapter. I don't know what will happen if I install ubuntu on the harddisk. Being as wifi is my only connection to the internet, I am hesitant to do the install without being sure. This is why I want to test it out with a persistent install on a thumbdrive. Catch-22! </div>