Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Saving work on Gnu radio live usb stick

[Martin Braun]

On 27.12.2015 01:16, Chris Kuethe wrote:
> Doesn't unetbootin format the device as FAT32, which doesn't support
> files larger than 4GB...

Yep, it does, and yes, this is a common issue. I'm not sure how you can
make bigger persistence partitions with other file systems, but I'm sure
it's possible.

M

> 
> On Dec 26, 2015 22:42, "Yahia Tachwali" <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
>     Thanks Neel and Johnathan. I have used UNetBootin to create a new
>     GNU Radio live but I have set the persistent memory to 4 GB (Thanks
>     to Richard Bell advice). It is zero by default so you end up with no
>     memory to save your work by default and it seems it does not set it
>     beyond 4GB. It feels like due to some 32bit limitation somewhere!
> 
>     I guess I am good for now and thanks for the help
> 
>     Yahia
> 
>     On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Johnathan Corgan
>     <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
>         On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Neel Pandeya
>         <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>          
> 
>             The GNU Radio Live SDR image [1] does not have persistence,
>             so you will not be able to permanently save anything to the
>             USB drive.
> 
> 
>         ​This is inaccurate.
> 
>         The GNU Radio Live SDR image is an ISO image.  It can be burned
>         to a DVD, which indeed does not have persistence, but the more
>         typical way to use it is to create a bootable USB drive with a
>         program like UNetBootin or Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator.  Both of
>         these options have the choice to create a persistence area that
>         will automatically preserve files created or changed during the
>         use of the live image.
> 
>         ​-- 
>         Johnathan Corgan
>         Corgan Labs - SDR Training and Development Services
>         http://corganlabs.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     -- 
>     Kind regards,
>     Yahia Tachwali
> 
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