christophe
If you don’t mind starting over… This is what I do with my 1 GB RAM computer & Live USB:
1. Boot your freshly-made live USB; select persist_static on boot-up menu.
2. Make your root persistence file 1.5 GB. (That has proven to be enough for me to add the few progs I use & run dist-upgrade.) Go with 2 GB if you add a lot of programs.
3. Cancel (or whatever the similar option is available) when you’re prompted for HOME persistence. (I’ll explain why below).
4. Enter your system. Configure/add/remove your programs & run dist-upgrade like you have been. You should have ample space for this in your 1.5-2 GB persistence.
5. Do your REMASTER. Make sure you include your /home in the new persistence file, when prompted.
Options: I like the fastest-compressing choice, because I find I have enough room on the 8 gig stick, & it takes a lot less time to complete. But any compression choice will work. You’ll be asked to create a new root persistence file afterward. Since I already have my programs set up & the occasional upgrades only trickle in, I usually set the new root at about 1 GB. (Then later, I just repeat the remastering process whenever I see it’s filling up.) Reboot directly afterwards.
6. Once your system is back up, go back to where you make your persistence files and choode the option to FIX broken/outdated files. It offers for you to delete the previous linuxfs & rootfs (.bak) files. Do this, since you don’t need them anymore (if everything is working, of course).
7. The reason not to make a home persistence file: Make symbolic links from Live-usb-storage to use your whole flash drive instead. The easiest way (to me) is to:
a. open 2 ROX windows
b. open 1 to home (probably already there), and open the other to ~/Live-usb-storage
c. select & drag your document folders in home (Documents, Downloads, etc) – MOVE (NOT copy) these to Live-usb-storage
d. select these same folders in Live-usb-storage and drag them back to your home folder – but this time, make sure to select “link (relative)” – NOT copy or move. This keeps the files in the “open” space outside of your persistence files, but all your programs treat them as in your home folder. My experience has been that I was only using about 50 MB of my home persistence file after I did this, so I eventually just stopped creating the separate home file (i.e., the whole thing was just wasting space)! And it opens up all my flash drive space for downloads, game files, etc – and the system treats them as if they are “in” my home directory once they are linked back this way.
Hope this helps!
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