I would suggest a different approach to creating a persistent USB Xubuntu. I have used it successfully and I think the instructions provide more information and better detail than pendrive. Note that they say on the page that you can use an automated version of these instructions, but they have not worked well for me. Rather, I think the manual approach is better. <a href="http://rudd-o.com/en/linux-and-free-software/a-better-way-to-create-a-customized-ubuntu-live-usb-drive">http://rudd-o.com/en/linux-and-free-software/a-better-way-to-create-a-customized-ubuntu-live-usb-drive</a> <div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 22:44:44 -0500 From: David Duckslammer <<a href="mailto:davidduckslammer@gmail.com">davidduckslammer@gmail.com</a>> Subject: [xubuntu-users] xubuntu on thumbdrive: instructions don't work To: xubuntu-users <<a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:8cc5da5f0905012044w55058516u947698ecc4ed9809@mail.gmail.com">8cc5da5f0905012044w55058516u947698ecc4ed9809@mail.gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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>> 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! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-users/attachments/20090501/30be9104/attachment-0001.htm" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-users/attachments/20090501/30be9104/attachment-0001.htm</a> ------------------------------ </blockquote></div>