USB Sticks "not persistent"

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  • bigbeark
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    • Jan 2010
    • 661
    • Canada
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    USB Sticks "not persistent"

    I was trying to load a Linux Mint ISO using DVD ROM and it was just not working. My bad, it turned out I had forgotten to put a terminator on the back of my SCSI card.

    Before I figured that out, I decided to use a USB stick I had previously loaded with Ubuntu 12.4. I tried it on a whole bunch of newer machines, no go. Always the message suggesting it couldn't find location xxxx.

    So I decided to reburn the ISO to the memory stick. I found http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744. I downloaded Image Writer from the repository. It took me a few tries to see that you must rename the .iso to a .img, after that I successfully "burned the stick" and it worked.

    In the text he refers to USB sticks not being persistent which means the files on them degrade after a time. So if you see that location message you know the stick needs to be refreshed!
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    • gilly1984
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      • Jun 2012
      • 751
      • UK
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      Re: USB Sticks "not persistent"

      Persistent just means you can save stuff to the usb stick.

      It creates a partition of the size you choose to save things like settings so you dont have to re-do them next time you boot from usb.
      Do NOT touch heatsinks when testing for voltages as they may be LIVE!

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