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 ==== Persistence ====
+**Persistence** is the term used to describe the facility to update the live-usb (new packages or files) and have them stored on the storage media. Ideally we want this to be the SAME usb-stick as the live OS. Where the live-usb mimics a CD/DVD, the whole device is used for the live system and this is not possible. However, often the OS and boot setup use only a part of the storage media. However, getting persistence set up can be awkward.
+??links?? -- be good to explain why, and also to suggest diagnostic tools to determine what is possible.
+=== One approach ===
+The Antix 17 live media provide a live-USB-maker (under Applications/System Tools). JN managed to create a live-usb with this tool having static-persistence (directories for john and root). At 20190308 this has not been extensively tested. To make the stick I booted with one live-usb containing an Antix system (this had in fact already been modified by addition of several packages). Then I plugged in an empty 8G Lexar stick and had live-USB-maker build a new stick, selecting space for persistence.
+Open questions:
+  * What exactly does the script do? Why?
+  * Does the new stick allow files and new packages? Also apt update/upgrade?
+  * ?? More precise documentation of the steps
+  * Can we do the job from a Virtual Machine? Direct to USB? Can we fake a USB image for build and test?