Solved Help with persistant storage. Thanks for everyone’s assistance Linux mint cinnamon 22 is installed and duel/boot works great

[davinci74]

So i am a novice and i have installed linux mint cinnamon on a usb. Do i have to create a persistant storage in order to keep my bookmarks, passwords and thing of that nature? If so can someone direct me to the place so that i can follow the instructions and create one. Thanks for your time and advice...

 

[Trenix25]

So i am a novice and i have installed linux mint cinnamon on a usb. Do i have to create a persistant storage in order to keep my bookmarks, passwords and thing of that nature? If so can someone direct me to the place so that i can follow the instructions and create one. Thanks for your time and advice...

Persistent storage in a web browser allows a web server to store information on your computer between web sessions. Bookmarks do not require you to allow persistent storage permission. I once used a stock trading platform that stored my screen layout in persistent storage on my computer. Other web sites might seek to use it for other things. You generally do not need to allow permission to use it. Most web servers simply use HTTP cookies to tell your web browser to hold on to information to send back to it to keep both the web browser and the web server on the same page, so to speak.

Signed,

Matthew Campbell

 

[davinci74]

Persistent storage in a web browser allows a web server to store information on your computer between web sessions. Bookmarks do not require you to allow persistent storage permission. I once used a stock trading platform that stored my screen layout in persistent storage on my computer. Other web sites might seek to use it for other things. You generally do not need to allow permission to use it. Most web servers simply use HTTP cookies to tell your web browser to hold on to information to send back to it to keep both the web browser and the web server on the same page, so to speak.

Signed,

Matthew Campbell

Thanks for your response Matthew. I was think it was similar to tails os where you have to create one. But I understand what you're explaining to me. Thanks Sir.

 

[KGIII]

i have installed linux mint cinnamon on a usb

To be clear, did you actually go through the installer and pick a USB device to install Mint to, or are you talking about preparing a USB stick to run Mint in a live environment?

 

[davinci74]

To be clear, did you actually go through the installer and pick a USB device to install Mint to, or are you talking about preparing a USB stick to run Mint in a live environment?

yes i have installed Mint on a thumb drive and been running it live. Am i missing something? I've been experimenting with it al night, its very interesting and I enjoy it so far

 

[Brickwizard]

yes i have installed Mint on a thumb drive and been running it live.

so you are booting it as a test distribution,and now want to boot from a pen-drive and be able to keep files/folders/any work on it, in which case you need to create a pen-drive with persistence, and it will need to be no less than 60gb

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/easy2boot-live-usb-persistence

 

[davinci74]

so you are booting it as a test distribution,and now want to boot from a pen-drive and be able to keep files/folders/any work on it, in which case you need to create a pen-drive with persistence, and it will need to be no less than 60gb

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/easy2boot-live-usb-persistence

Thanks brickwizard that is what i was looking for. I figured it was just like Tails and had to create a persistent storage. Is it unusual that I'm asking about persistence storage. But yeah thanks again Sir.

 

[davinci74]

so you are booting it as a test distribution,and now want to boot from a pen-drive and be able to keep files/folders/any work on it, in which case you need to create a pen-drive with persistence, and it will need to be no less than 60gb

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/easy2boot-live-usb-persistence

 

[davinci74]

so I went to the hyperlink you suggested Brickwizard and that is a lot of procedures and seems pretty complicated. Is there another way besides easyboot?

 

[Brickwizard]

there is a dummies way [not intending any insult as i use it myself occasionally]
you have your bootable ISO on a pen-drive, Now get another good branded one of at least 64 gb and pref usb3 [blue insert in connector]
put the ISO in the primary USB port [normally the one nearest the power supply if its a laptop] and the new usb in a spare point, now switch on your machine whilst tickling the one time [short] boot key], select the ise with the pen drive and run as you have been, now depending on the distribution click on the install icon [AND FOLLOW the instructions in my signature] EXCEPT when it starts to install it will open a screen with the driver and partitioning, click on the drop down box and find the new pen-drive and select, now, select use complete drive and ok/install, provided you have selected the correct destination for the new pen-drive, it will install to it, as if it was an SSD or old fashion plate spinner,
this is a great way to carry your own computer with you as you will be able to boot it from most compatible machines, BUT BE AWARE use a good quality pen-drive for maximum life, as they do burn out quicker being used in this way

 

[davinci74]

there is a dummies way [not intending any insult as i use it myself occasionally]
you have your bootable ISO on a pen-drive, Now get another good branded one of at least 64 gb and pref usb3 [blue insert in connector]
put the ISO in the primary USB port [normally the one nearest the power supply if its a laptop] and the new usb in a spare point, now switch on your machine whilst tickling the one time [short] boot key], select the ise with the pen drive and run as you have been, now depending on the distribution click on the install icon [AND FOLLOW the instructions in my signature] EXCEPT when it starts to install it will open a screen with the driver and partitioning, click on the drop down box and find the new pen-drive and select, now, select use complete drive and ok/install, provided you have selected the correct destination for the new pen-drive, it will install to it, as if it was an SSD or old fashion plate spinner,
this is a great way to carry your own computer with you as you will be able to boot it from most compatible machines, BUT BE AWARE use a good quality pen-drive for maximum life, as they do burn out quicker being used in this way

Mr. Brickwizard. after i follow the instructions of the dummy way will i be able to save

there is a dummies way [not intending any insult as i use it myself occasionally]
you have your bootable ISO on a pen-drive, Now get another good branded one of at least 64 gb and pref usb3 [blue insert in connector]
put the ISO in the primary USB port [normally the one nearest the power supply if its a laptop] and the new usb in a spare point, now switch on your machine whilst tickling the one time [short] boot key], select the ise with the pen drive and run as you have been, now depending on the distribution click on the install icon [AND FOLLOW the instructions in my signature] EXCEPT when it starts to install it will open a screen with the driver and partitioning, click on the drop down box and find the new pen-drive and select, now, select use complete drive and ok/install, provided you have selected the correct destination for the new pen-drive, it will install to it, as if it was an SSD or old fashion plate spinner,
this is a great way to carry your own computer with you as you will be able to boot it from most compatible machines, BUT BE AWARE use a good quality pen-drive for maximum life, as they do burn out quicker being used in this way

so you telling me if i follow the dummy way i will have persistent storage on the new 64gb usb????

 

[Brickwizard]

If you install to the new pen-drive correctly , it then becomes a removable [for want of a better word] hard-drive-so yes

I have one myself with mint LMDE on for when I need to check the condition and specs on old Windows machines or to show to potential new users how Linux works

 

[KGIII]

yes i have installed Mint on a thumb drive and been running it live. Am i missing something? I've been experimenting with it al night, its very interesting and I enjoy it so far

If you have installed Mint as an OS, not a live environment on USB, then you shouldn't need to enable persistence. Your files should be saved to the USB automatically and your bookmarks should be retained between power cycles.

 

[davinci74]

If you have installed Mint as an OS, not a live environment on USB, then you shouldn't need to enable persistence. Your files should be saved to the USB automatically and your bookmarks should be retained between power cycles.

see I am not familiar with these different ways to install linux mint cinnamon on a usb. I just follow the instructions to download Mint to my device then using etcher to flash the usb and i am able to run Mint from the usb on my device. so i am running live so none of my data is saved when i shut down linux. when i reboot i have to log in to my wifi and no bookmarks are saved and all that. I attempted to install linux from the install icon on the desktop but i get so for and it tells me to turn bitlocker off and i follow the hyperlink concerning that and there is no bitlocker on my device. whenever windows updated a couple weeks ago, i had to disable secure boot to run tails again and i had to submit my bitlocker key number to continue the process now bitlocker is not on my device anymore. so i can not go any further with duel/multi boot like i want to do. any advice?

 

[Brickwizard]

Disable both secure boot and windows quick-start [fast -boot] in the bios and perform a hard shutdown, by holding the power key down until the power led goes out, then go through the installation routeen

 

[davinci74]

secure boot and quick start are disabled and when i get to the 3rd from the last step of installation the wizard is telling me to disable bitlocker. in the control panel there is no option anywhere to turn off bitlocker. ever since i disabled secure boot and had to supply my bitlocker key to continue disabling the secure boot, bitlocker is not on my device anymore. it use to be on my device. thats what i do not understand. why the wizard keeps telling me to turn off bitlocker and i cant locate it nowhere on my device

 

[KGIII]

i am running live

That means you didn't install Mint.

So, yes, you'll need persistence enabled if you wish to store certain things across sessions.

Any files you save to the USB drive directly/intentionally, such as downloaded files set in their own folder on the USB drive, will survive between reboots. Things like cookies, bookmarks, and site settings will not be retained. But, you could create a folder called 'storage' and save stuff there.