Debian persistence is working fine for me on an external SSD with Ventoy. To me it seemed much less complicated than the instructions in the Debian wiki. I prepared the SSD with Ventoy, preserving most of the space for an ext4 partition to be installed later. I downloaded a ZIP file from ventoy containing ready-to-use persistence files and copied one of them to the ventoy partition. I used the script VentoyPlugson.sh which is part of the Ventoy software and made Ventoy persistent. Then I copied the Debian 12.5 Live ISO with Xfce to the Ventoy partition. Via Ventoy, it is bootable, and changes like installing programs or customizing the DE are persistent.
The SSD I prepared this way is one of my external backup media. Apart from backing up my data on it, I can boot it on any computer, have access to my backups and even can install Debian, in case my own computer gets lost or stolen or broken. Perfect solution for me. The instructions can be found in the Ventoy README file or on the Ventoy web site.
The SSD I prepared this way is one of my external backup media. Apart from backing up my data on it, I can boot it on any computer, have access to my backups and even can install Debian, in case my own computer gets lost or stolen or broken. Perfect solution for me. The instructions can be found in the Ventoy README file or on the Ventoy web site.
Statistics: Posted by juribel — 2024-05-22 17:24