[lug] unetbootin and Space used to preserve files across reboots

[Davide Del Vento]

Too slow to be usable sounds more USB1 than USB2 to me (I had that problem
on a laptop). Or maybe your bar is higher than mine :-)

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 11:04 PM, Jed S. Baer <blug at jbaer.cotse.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:53:16 -0600
> Davide Del Vento wrote:
>
> > It's possible that the thing be a loopback mount of a file? See if you
> > have a file of that size....
> > Back in the day I did made two partitions and it worked flawlessly.
>
> Well, there is a loopback mount, and a unionfs. Through trail / reboot, I
> discovered I can create a user, and then /home/user appears, and data
> persists there. It appears I can update what's installed, but not install
> new software. That's a show-stopper, as I need tomb and keepassx at a
> minimum.
>
> However, it runs so slowly as to be unusable. I suppose a faster flash
> drive would help, but it is USB2. I think I'll try going dual-boot. Wish
> I had USB3 on this laptop.
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