||<>|| [[../|Return to the '''Simple persistence''' page]] ----- = Simple persistence screendumps = . . . . . = gparted = == create 3 partitions == {{attachment:sp-1_gparted-create-3-partitions.png}} == after 'applying operations' == {{attachment:sp-2_gparted-after-applying-operations.png}} = Enter the boot option persistent = == syslinux == In standard Ubuntu and some but not all of the family flavours, you arrive at a screen that looks like this (a small logo appears at the bottom of your screen). Press any key and you will arrive at the syslinux menu. {{attachment:sp-3_get-to-syslinux.png}} === the syslinux menu === Press the '''F6''' key and then the '''Escape''' key and the '''End''' key, and '''backspace''' to a position before the dashes, where you enter the text '''persistent''' surrounded by spaces. Press the '''Enter''' key to continue booting! {{attachment:sp-3_syslinux-enter-boot-option-persistent.png}} == grub == === the grub menu === Press the '''e''' key at this menu {{attachment:sp-4_grub-try-lubuntu.png}} to get this window, where you enter the text '''persistent''' surrounded by spaces (near the end of the '''linux''' line, but before the dashes). Press '''ctrl + x''' or the '''F10''' key to continue booting! {{attachment:sp-5_grub-enter-boot-option-persistent.png}} == the grub menu of mkusb/persistent == In this case the boot option 'persistent' is already prepared in the menu. '''Run Lubuntu - persistent live''' {{attachment:sp-4_grub-persistent-and-try-lubuntu.png}} = Show persistence = The persistence can be inspected with the command {{{ df -h }}} and the output is very similar in BIOS mode and UEFI mode. Notice these two lines: {{{ /cow 9.8G 48M 9.2G 1% / /dev/sdb3 7.6G 19M 7.2G 1% /home }}} == BIOS mode == {{{ test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios bios }}} {{attachment:sp-6_bios-cmd-show-persistence.png}} == UEFI mode == {{{ test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios efi }}} {{attachment:sp-6_efi-df_-h_shows-persistence.png}} ----- [[../|Return to the '''Simple persistence''' page]]