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http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Live?action=diff&rev2=29&...
The comment on the change is:
persistence isn't really related to the tool changes
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This is ''not'' a destructive process; any data you currently have on
your USB stick ''is preserved''.
=== Live USB Persistence ===
- Work has continued to better integrate the Live images with the rest of the system, and
improve the tools used for building them. The `livecd-creator` utility now also provides
an API for building alternative front-ends as well as tools for other types of images.
-
- The initial work to support persistent changes with a Live image has also landed. The
primary use case is booting from a Live image on a USB flash drive and storing changes to
that same device. To do this, download the Live image and then run the following command:
+ Support for persistent changes with a Live image exists for Fedora 9. The primary use
case is booting from a Live image on a USB flash drive and storing changes to that same
device. To do this, download the Live image and then run the following command:
{{{livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 512 /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1
}}}
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Replace ''/dev/sdb1'' with the partition where you want to put the
image.
Replace `512` with the desired size in megabytes of the persistent data, or `overlay`.
The `livecd-iso-to-disk` shell script is stored in the `LiveOS` directory at the top level
of the CD image. The USB media must have sufficient free space for the Live image, plus
the overlay, plus any other data to be stored on the media.
+
+ === Tool Changes ===
+ Work has continued to better integrate the Live images with the rest of the system, and
improve the tools used for building them. The `livecd-creator` utility now also provides
an API for building alternative front-ends as well as tools for other types of images.
=== Differences From a Regular Fedora Install ===