[ale] Using LiveUSB for Fedora

[Brian Pitts]

On 09/28/2010 10:45 AM, Scott Castaline wrote:
>   Looking for advice on utilizing a LiveUSB Flash Drive. I'll be going 
> to Fla. for several weeks and want to be able to use Fedora on a Windows 
> PC without actually installing it on the hard drive. I want to know the 
> following:
> 
> 1. Recommended sizes of flash drive
> 2. Will I be able to install additional software onto the drive?
> 3. Can I change the LiveUser to another user?
> 4. Can I copy files from my home system onto the LiveUSB?
> 5. How changeable is the system once booted?

To briefly answer 2-4, in the liveusb creator you decide how much space
to dedicate to persistent storage. Rather than actually altering the
live system, an overlay filesystem that stores only the changes you make
is used.

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All the best,
Brian Pitts