Which distros can run from an USB drive and save their sessions there?

[Macfunky]

I know that Puppy Linux can do this but what other distros are there that can be run from a USB drive and save their sessions there?

[DZ*]

I know that Puppy Linux can do this but what other distros are there that can be run from a USB drive and save their sessions there?

Ubuntu runs fine that way from a USB. I have a stick currently running Natty on which I did several full OS upgrades since I first installed Ubuntu on it in 2009.

You just do a regular install choosing the USB drive for everything including grub instead of the hard drive. At least 8Gb stick is recommended. Disconnect the hard drive before starting the install if in doubt.

[rrichardd0911]

Puppy Linux was the first OS I tried a few weeks back. Not wanting to use a CD on such a small download, I went to Unetbootin and downloaded it. So won't the rest of the OS's listed at that site also give you the "save session" option?

[hhh]

Knoppix.

[Duncan J Murray]

If you don't need the stick to install linux onto other computers, then DZ's way is best. It should work with pretty much any linux installation, although I've only tried it with Ubuntu 10.10.

[Zeta-K]

I suggest you sit down before viewing this page, if not already, so that you can rise and applaud after reading it.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/linux-live-usb-creator/

I love lili.

[Zeta-K]

I suggest you sit down before viewing this page, if not already, so that you can rise and applaud after reading it.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/linux-live-usb-creator/

I love lili.

Actually a lot of tools on pendrivelinux would accomplish what you're asking, but I prefer the one the link points to.

[haqking]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent

[ilovelinux33467]

Fedora can do this as well
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB#Data_Persistence

[sdowney717]

I did this here using a usb stick, it works.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

I used the option
"Burn your CD or create a USB drive"

[drawkcab]

Ubuntu runs fine that way from a USB. I have a stick currently running Natty on which I did several full OS upgrades since I first installed Ubuntu on it in 2009.

You just do a regular install choosing the USB drive for everything including grub instead of the hard drive. At least 8Gb stick is recommended. Disconnect the hard drive before starting the install if in doubt.

^^^ this works well if you're running any linux distro from the same computer

for example, you can keep a sdhc card with a full install on it and run it from the card every time

[DZ*]

^^^ this works well if you're running any linux distro from the same computer

I booted that stick from computers that include a mini 10v notebook, a few laptops, and several desktops. It would boot from the same computers as a live CD would. One shouldn't install proprietary video drivers, although different wifi drivers can coexist.

[Plumtreed]

...a USB drive is like any drive, you can install any OS to a USB drive and it will 'save-their-sessions'......needs to be big enough and partitioned correctly (but many OSs will even do that for you).