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Does ANYONE (besides the author) have persistence working? - famewolf - 06-13-2020

If you have persistence working on an iso ie you made changes and they stuck...not just that the menu offered to boot "with persistence" please post what iso and your ventoy.json.  If so, are you running the most recent version of ventoy?

I've tried 4 different iso's.  Of them one hangs on boot with or without persistence.  The other 3 give me the option to choose "with persistence" but don't actually HAVE persistence from what I can tell.

The ventoy.json I used is (confirmed by https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/ as correect):

{
  "persistence":[
      {
        "image":"/ISO/redobackup-livecd-1.0.5.1.iso",
        "backend":"/persistence/redobackup.img"
      },
      {
        "image":"/ISO/manjaro-kde-20.0.3-200606-linux56.iso",
        "backend":"/persistence/manjaro-kde-20.0.3.img"
      },
      {
        "image":"/ISO/extix-20.2-64bit-kde-refracta-snapshot-calamares-2380mb-200127.iso",
        "backend":[
            "/persistence/persistence_ext4_1GB_casper-rw.img"
        ]
      },
      {
        "image":"/ISO/lfa-64bit-lxde-efi-refracta-nvidia-1670mb-200607.iso",
        "backend":"/persistence/lfa-64bit-lxde.img"
      }
  ]
}


Contents of /ISO:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  740294656 Aug 31  2018  bodhi-5.0.0-64.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  760217600 Aug 31  2018  bodhi-5.0.0-legacy.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  301989888 Jun  5 02:48  clonezilla-live-2.6.6-15-amd64.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  287309824 Jun  5 02:36  clonezilla-live-2.6.6-15-i686-pae.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 2564407296 Jun  5 00:08  extix-20.2-64bit-kde-refracta-snapshot-calamares-2380mb-200127.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1261371392 Jun  4 20:51  extix-20.4-64bit-efi-lxqt-nvidia-mini-1170mb-20200404.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 2709946368 Jun  5 01:29  extix-20.5-64bit-deepin-20beta-live-2500mb-200517.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1410744320 Jun  4 15:27  exton-os-64bit-efi-budgie-gnome-refracta-calamares-1310mb-200319.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1799553024 Jun  7 14:00  lfa-64bit-lxde-efi-refracta-nvidia-1670mb-200607.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1502609408 Oct 23  2018  lxle-14.04.3-32bit.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1604321280 Jun  4 12:44  lxle_16.04.4_32.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 3123830784 Jun  8 02:58  manjaro-kde-20.0.3-200606-linux56.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 2835957760 Jun  4 17:53  manjaro-xfce-20.0.2-200531-linux56.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  698351616 Jun  3 12:17  redobackup-livecd-1.0.5.1.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  721420288 Jun  5 03:01  systemrescuecd-amd64-6.1.4.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  707788800 Jun  5 04:23  systemrescuecd-i686-6.1.4.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1217341440 Jun 13  2018  tails-amd64-3.7.1.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1167990784 Jun  9 03:21  tails-i386-2.9.1.iso
drwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf     131072 Jun  9 14:41 'TrueNAS-12 0-MASTER-202006050424-e19f49426'
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  728922112 Jun 12  2018  Ultimate_Boot_CD_5.3.8.iso

Contents of /persistence:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf       1440 Jun  9 02:34 CreatePersistentImg.sh
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun  9 03:32 lfa-64bit-lxde.img
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun  9 03:35 manjaro-kde-20.0.3.img
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun  9 03:12 persistence_ext4_1GB_casper-rw.img
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun 13 11:16 persistence.img
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun 13 11:21 redobackup.img

vt_dump_persistence show a status of "SUCCESS" for all 4 entries and the filenames match the .json.  See screenshot.

RE: Does ANYONE (besides the author) have persistence working? - Vahaha - 06-14-2020

Yes, It works fine on linuxmint-19.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso.

RE: Does ANYONE (besides the author) have persistence working? - KaMyKaSii - 06-14-2020

(06-13-2020, 04:40 PM)famewolf Wrote: If you have persistence working on an iso ie you made changes and they stuck...not just that the menu offered to boot "with persistence" please post what iso and your ventoy.json.  If so, are you running the most recent version of ventoy?

I've tried 4 different iso's.  Of them one hangs on boot with or without persistence.  The other 3 give me the option to choose "with persistence" but don't actually HAVE persistence from what I can tell.

The ventoy.json I used is (confirmed by https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/ as correect):

{
  "persistence":[
      {
        "image":"/ISO/redobackup-livecd-1.0.5.1.iso",
        "backend":"/persistence/redobackup.img"
      },
      {
        "image":"/ISO/manjaro-kde-20.0.3-200606-linux56.iso",
        "backend":"/persistence/manjaro-kde-20.0.3.img"
      },
      {
        "image":"/ISO/extix-20.2-64bit-kde-refracta-snapshot-calamares-2380mb-200127.iso",
        "backend":[
            "/persistence/persistence_ext4_1GB_casper-rw.img"
        ]
      },
      {
        "image":"/ISO/lfa-64bit-lxde-efi-refracta-nvidia-1670mb-200607.iso",
        "backend":"/persistence/lfa-64bit-lxde.img"
      }
  ]
}


Contents of /ISO:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  740294656 Aug 31  2018  bodhi-5.0.0-64.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  760217600 Aug 31  2018  bodhi-5.0.0-legacy.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  301989888 Jun  5 02:48  clonezilla-live-2.6.6-15-amd64.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  287309824 Jun  5 02:36  clonezilla-live-2.6.6-15-i686-pae.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 2564407296 Jun  5 00:08  extix-20.2-64bit-kde-refracta-snapshot-calamares-2380mb-200127.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1261371392 Jun  4 20:51  extix-20.4-64bit-efi-lxqt-nvidia-mini-1170mb-20200404.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 2709946368 Jun  5 01:29  extix-20.5-64bit-deepin-20beta-live-2500mb-200517.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1410744320 Jun  4 15:27  exton-os-64bit-efi-budgie-gnome-refracta-calamares-1310mb-200319.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1799553024 Jun  7 14:00  lfa-64bit-lxde-efi-refracta-nvidia-1670mb-200607.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1502609408 Oct 23  2018  lxle-14.04.3-32bit.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1604321280 Jun  4 12:44  lxle_16.04.4_32.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 3123830784 Jun  8 02:58  manjaro-kde-20.0.3-200606-linux56.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 2835957760 Jun  4 17:53  manjaro-xfce-20.0.2-200531-linux56.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  698351616 Jun  3 12:17  redobackup-livecd-1.0.5.1.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  721420288 Jun  5 03:01  systemrescuecd-amd64-6.1.4.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  707788800 Jun  5 04:23  systemrescuecd-i686-6.1.4.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1217341440 Jun 13  2018  tails-amd64-3.7.1.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1167990784 Jun  9 03:21  tails-i386-2.9.1.iso
drwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf     131072 Jun  9 14:41 'TrueNAS-12 0-MASTER-202006050424-e19f49426'
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  728922112 Jun 12  2018  Ultimate_Boot_CD_5.3.8.iso

Contents of /persistence:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf       1440 Jun  9 02:34 CreatePersistentImg.sh
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun  9 03:32 lfa-64bit-lxde.img
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun  9 03:35 manjaro-kde-20.0.3.img
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun  9 03:12 persistence_ext4_1GB_casper-rw.img
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun 13 11:16 persistence.img
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun 13 11:21 redobackup.img

vt_dump_persistence show a status of "SUCCESS" for all 4 entries and the filenames match the .json.  See screenshot.
As my comment on another topic, try to let a blank space after all ":", like:
Code:
"image": "/ISO/manjaro-kde-20.0.3-200606-linux56.iso",
"backend": "/persistence/manjaro-kde-20.0.3.img"


RE: Does ANYONE (besides the author) have persistence working? - Redneck_fr - 06-14-2020

Pour moi aussi, aucun soucis avec la persistence, ça marche :-) :

********* Ventoy.json *************

{
    "persistence" : [
        {
            "image": "/Iso/Linux/linuxmint-19.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso",
            "backend": "/Iso/Linux/persistence_ext4_4GB_casper-rw.img"
        }
    ]
}

RE: Does ANYONE (besides the author) have persistence working? - famewolf - 06-14-2020

(06-14-2020, 04:18 PM)KaMyKaSii Wrote:
(06-13-2020, 04:40 PM)famewolf Wrote: If you have persistence working on an iso ie you made changes and they stuck...not just that the menu offered to boot "with persistence" please post what iso and your ventoy.json.  If so, are you running the most recent version of ventoy?

I've tried 4 different iso's.  Of them one hangs on boot with or without persistence.  The other 3 give me the option to choose "with persistence" but don't actually HAVE persistence from what I can tell.

The ventoy.json I used is (confirmed by https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/ as correect):

{
  "persistence":[
      {
        "image":"/ISO/redobackup-livecd-1.0.5.1.iso",
        "backend":"/persistence/redobackup.img"
      },
      {
        "image":"/ISO/manjaro-kde-20.0.3-200606-linux56.iso",
        "backend":"/persistence/manjaro-kde-20.0.3.img"
      },
      {
        "image":"/ISO/extix-20.2-64bit-kde-refracta-snapshot-calamares-2380mb-200127.iso",
        "backend":[
            "/persistence/persistence_ext4_1GB_casper-rw.img"
        ]
      },
      {
        "image":"/ISO/lfa-64bit-lxde-efi-refracta-nvidia-1670mb-200607.iso",
        "backend":"/persistence/lfa-64bit-lxde.img"
      }
  ]
}


Contents of /ISO:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  740294656 Aug 31  2018  bodhi-5.0.0-64.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  760217600 Aug 31  2018  bodhi-5.0.0-legacy.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  301989888 Jun  5 02:48  clonezilla-live-2.6.6-15-amd64.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  287309824 Jun  5 02:36  clonezilla-live-2.6.6-15-i686-pae.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 2564407296 Jun  5 00:08  extix-20.2-64bit-kde-refracta-snapshot-calamares-2380mb-200127.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1261371392 Jun  4 20:51  extix-20.4-64bit-efi-lxqt-nvidia-mini-1170mb-20200404.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 2709946368 Jun  5 01:29  extix-20.5-64bit-deepin-20beta-live-2500mb-200517.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1410744320 Jun  4 15:27  exton-os-64bit-efi-budgie-gnome-refracta-calamares-1310mb-200319.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1799553024 Jun  7 14:00  lfa-64bit-lxde-efi-refracta-nvidia-1670mb-200607.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1502609408 Oct 23  2018  lxle-14.04.3-32bit.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1604321280 Jun  4 12:44  lxle_16.04.4_32.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 3123830784 Jun  8 02:58  manjaro-kde-20.0.3-200606-linux56.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 2835957760 Jun  4 17:53  manjaro-xfce-20.0.2-200531-linux56.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  698351616 Jun  3 12:17  redobackup-livecd-1.0.5.1.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  721420288 Jun  5 03:01  systemrescuecd-amd64-6.1.4.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  707788800 Jun  5 04:23  systemrescuecd-i686-6.1.4.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1217341440 Jun 13  2018  tails-amd64-3.7.1.iso
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1167990784 Jun  9 03:21  tails-i386-2.9.1.iso
drwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf     131072 Jun  9 14:41 'TrueNAS-12 0-MASTER-202006050424-e19f49426'
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf  728922112 Jun 12  2018  Ultimate_Boot_CD_5.3.8.iso

Contents of /persistence:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf       1440 Jun  9 02:34 CreatePersistentImg.sh
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun  9 03:32 lfa-64bit-lxde.img
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun  9 03:35 manjaro-kde-20.0.3.img
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun  9 03:12 persistence_ext4_1GB_casper-rw.img
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun 13 11:16 persistence.img
-rwxrwxrwx 1 famewolf famewolf 1073741824 Jun 13 11:21 redobackup.img

vt_dump_persistence show a status of "SUCCESS" for all 4 entries and the filenames match the .json.  See screenshot.
As my comment on another topic, try to let a blank space after all ":", like:
Code:
"image": "/ISO/manjaro-kde-20.0.3-200606-linux56.iso",
"backend": "/persistence/manjaro-kde-20.0.3.img"


I actually REMOVED a blank space from persistence: because someone said it was a problem.  I'll try it but the json site validated the code. *update* correction..I removed a space BEFORE the :....I'll add one after all of them. Thanks to you and Redneck_fr for your replies!

RE: Does ANYONE (besides the author) have persistence working? - longpanda - 06-15-2020

Please make a try with Ventoy-1.0.13.
And you can use F5 debug to check the ventoy.json if you have problem with persistence.

RE: Does ANYONE (besides the author) have persistence working? - captain-sensible - 06-15-2020

got it working see my thread difficulty with persistence