<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>I have MXLinux live usb on a 8GB SDCard and it runs fine.<br><br></div><div>Here is what I am thinking. (Don't flame me please)<br></div><div><br></div>As per DJPfulio's suggestion, I will use tools like ventoy to create a data partition on the same SD card.<br></div><div>(yes this was mentioned in last weekend's meetup call and I did make a note but could not connect the dots on its usability since it was mentioned in the context of Multiboot, duh me)<br></div><div><br></div>MXLinux Live is only 1.9GB in size. I can create a 4GB data partition on the same SD card and use that.<br><br></div>I also respect Wayne's time posting the 64GB link on Amazon for Lexar with such small form factor.<br><br></div>-N<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 12:53 PM Boris Borisov via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Live Linux with persistence means that distro uses some space on your SD card or flash drive to save your files or configurations. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So next times when boots up from save live flash drive would read all these files and get you back to the point where you left.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You don't do installation. You run same live Linux distro from same flash card or stick.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I never done it on MX Linux</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But I used it on Puppy Linux 10 years ago and just works.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 11:53 DJPfulio--- via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
On 4/20/22 10:37, Narahari 'n' Savitha via Ale wrote:<br>
> Would love this approach.<br>
> <br>
> Want to save WiFi config stored.<br>
> Do I need one USB with MXLinux Live<br>
> and<br>
> Another SD card ?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> OR<br>
> <br>
> Can the SD card have both Live and persistence together ?<br>
> <br>
> Any knowhow on this will help me.<br>
> <br>
> Warm Regards<br>
> -N<br>
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We talked about the tools for this Sunday. You were there. Look for tools like Ventoy or mkusb that allow creation of 'data' partitions and provide overlay file systems. A few others were mentioned Sunday by others. We posted them to the chat window too.<br>
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