rrolsbe,

Hmmm, interesting... I think the differances are "Persistant" and "Save Config"

Persistant makes a image that is used to load, install, etc... files and configurations to a drive. Persistant is one step above "Save Config", and not only allows you to do more things having it, but, also stores more things on that. Whereas, the "Save Config", afaik, saves the /home user area, correct me if I am wrong.

I am working off of memory, and its been a while... so... from what I recall, both use a file to store everything, within that file, something like knoppix.img or something. Depending on what you select, persistant or save config, determines what is stored on it...

I cant imagine a big deal on the run times... you are either going to "flush" the data in one step, when you say so, or, smaller "chunks" on a persistant. If the issue was that great, hard drive installs would be waiting to flush everything when you go and shutdown, instead of doing it "every-so-often". Also, you dont need to worry about the wear factor, as does people who use a hard drive, no mechanical moving parts. I would think the MTBF on flash media is way longer than a hard drive.

Just some thoughts, not quite sure if I gave any answers,
MS Cuddles
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