Linux Tips

A larger casper-rw loop file is particularly useful for those who have performed a linux install to a large thumb drive using a Windows USB tutorial and need more persistent storage space for saving changes. The default casper-rw loop file might be low. Boot from the Live CD and then (once the system is up and running) insert the USB drive that contains your Linux install and small casper-rw. Creating a NEW larger casper-rw loop file The following method will create a NEW casper-rw file that will replace the old one. If you want to resize an existing image see the next section. 1. After you have booted up and running in Linux, insert the flash drive that contains your casper-rw loop file 2. Now open up a terminal 3. Type the following into the terminal window and press enter dd if=/dev/zero of=casper-rw bs=1M count= 1024 (replacing 1024 with the "size in MB" you wish to use for saving changes persistently) 4. Type the following into the terminal and press ent...