Hi, the problem is solved. It was a feature and not a bug. I guess I got confused by:
1. many sources [1,2,3] claiming that it was enough to run: lb config --bootappend-live "persistence" 2. the fact that the default value for LB_BOOTAPPEND_LIVE in the live-build-cgi.debian.net service is just the empty string, suggesting that the LB_BOOTAPPEND_LIVE option was just appending to the default string but not setting it and falling back to the default if it was the empty string. 3. the naming of LB_BOOTAPPEND_LIVE which suggested it would just append to the boot options Those things made me not search for the --bootappend-live option in the debian-live manual. Searching for it now yields that everything is well documented and I would've avoided the trouble and spared you another two useless emails in your inbox, if I had RTFM. But maybe somebody with a similar problem finds this email at some point. Conclusion: to create a boot medium with persistence as the default, use: --bootappend-live "boot=live config quiet splash persistence" cheers, josch [1] http://mohan43u.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/howto-bake-persistent-live-usb-debian-way/ [2] http://chalsattack.com/tutorial_3/ [3] http://debian.profijt.info/?page_id=54 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130803080820.12699.5542@hoothoot