Does HD Installation have Persistent Store Like Live USB ?

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By HD installation I assume you mean a Poor Man's Install. That is, copy the knoppix files from the CD to HD and boot to them.

A peristent store is not necessary and does not make sense for the full HD installation.

Yes, you can have a persistent store with an HD Poor Man's Install.

If you do NOT make a peristent store and run a Poor Man's Install you will lose any changed settings on reboot. I haven't checked if you lose on logoff.

The key issue is the lack of the home= boot code in Knoppix 6. This allowed you to put the persistent store on a different device to that where the Knoppix files are stored. This is obviously necessary when running from a CD.

So long as you can have your persistent store on the same device as the Knoppix files it is possible to have one.

One reason for a Poor Man's Install on an HD is to make it quicker to run Knoppix. Constantly accessing the CD is a pain on old machines without enough memory to make Knoppix memory resident. It is also a bit tricky to play music or video CD/DVD if you have a Knoppix disk stuck in the drive.