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Persistence not working with LMDE7 - petergb - 05-07-2026
Greetings all,
I have recently set up a 128GB USB stick with Ventoy thus:
sudo bash Ventoy2Disk.sh -i -L FZV3 -r 20000 /dev/sdc
On the main partition of the stick I have placed 4 versions of Linux Mint
linuxmint-20.3-mate-64bit.iso
linuxmint-21.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso
linuxmint-21.3-mate-64bit.iso
linuxmint-22.3-mate-64bit.iso
Each of these versions of Linux Mint has a 2GB persistence file associated with it. I created a 2GB Persistence file using CreatePersistentImg.sh, then copied the file to the USB stick into the same folder as the isos, and then renamed it to suit the particular iso. Then I used:
sudo bash VentoyPlugson.sh /dev/sdc
...and the browser-based configuration utility to associate the persistence file with the appropriate iso. I repeated this process for all the 4 versions of Linux Mint.
All this worked very well! All 4 versions boot OK with or without persistence, and I have verified that the persistence is actually working as it should.
Now comes the problem. I want to try out LMDE7, so I went through the same steps as above with the LMDE7 iso, and then associating it with a 2GB persistence file using the browser-based configuration utility. It all looked like it had gone OK, no obvious error messages.
After doing this I can boot into LMDE7 using the Ventoy stick, and the option for persistence appears on the Ventoy menu as expected - but the persistence does not work.
It would be great to get the persistence working for LMDE7. Can anybody help, please?
Ventoy is 1.1.10 x86_64.
Ventoy Version in Disk: 1.1.10
Disk Partition Style : MBR
Secure Boot Support : YES
Linux 5.15.0-177-generic x86_64
If you need further information then please ask.
with best wishes, petergb.
RE: Persistence not working with LMDE7 - longpanda - 05-07-2026
(05-07-2026, 06:51 AM)petergb Wrote: Greetings all,
I have recently set up a 128GB USB stick with Ventoy thus:
sudo bash Ventoy2Disk.sh -i -L FZV3 -r 20000 /dev/sdc
On the main partition of the stick I have placed 4 versions of Linux Mint
linuxmint-20.3-mate-64bit.iso
linuxmint-21.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso
linuxmint-21.3-mate-64bit.iso
linuxmint-22.3-mate-64bit.iso
Each of these versions of Linux Mint has a 2GB persistence file associated with it. I created a 2GB Persistence file using CreatePersistentImg.sh, then copied the file to the USB stick into the same folder as the isos, and then renamed it to suit the particular iso. Then I used:
sudo bash VentoyPlugson.sh /dev/sdc
...and the browser-based configuration utility to associate the persistence file with the appropriate iso. I repeated this process for all the 4 versions of Linux Mint.
All this worked very well! All 4 versions boot OK with or without persistence, and I have verified that the persistence is actually working as it should.
Now comes the problem. I want to try out LMDE7, so I went through the same steps as above with the LMDE7 iso, and then associating it with a 2GB persistence file using the browser-based configuration utility. It all looked like it had gone OK, no obvious error messages.
After doing this I can boot into LMDE7 using the Ventoy stick, and the option for persistence appears on the Ventoy menu as expected - but the persistence does not work.
It would be great to get the persistence working for LMDE7. Can anybody help, please?
Ventoy is 1.1.10 x86_64.
Ventoy Version in Disk: 1.1.10
Disk Partition Style : MBR
Secure Boot Support : YES
Linux 5.15.0-177-generic x86_64
If you need further information then please ask.
with best wishes, petergb.
As I known, LinuxMint is based on Ubuntu, so you should use persistence file with label casper-rw
LMDE is based on Debian, so you should use persistence file with label persistence.
Code:
sh CreatePersistentImg.sh -l persistence -c persistence.conf -s 2048 -t ext4RE: Persistence not working with LMDE7 - petergb - 05-08-2026
Hello longpanda,
Thank you for your most helpful reply. I have created a persistence file with the command which you gave, and it is working properly with LMDE7.
More than that though, I can now understand what is meant by "label" rather better, and so I can now understand the online instructions properly.
(previously I had just thought of a "label" as something which can be set for a storage volume, so the instructions didn't seem to make sense)
Thanks once again, and I shall now see if I can get this thread marked as "Solved"..
best wishes, petergb.