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==Storage==
 
==Storage==
When a Live CD or Live DVD (a LiveOS image on read-only disc media) is booted, temporary storage is prepared for the system in RAM on each boot by the [http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git;a=blob;f=modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-root;hb=HEAD /sbin/dmsquash-live-root] in initrd0, the initial ram disk filesystem. An in-memory copy-on-write system overlay is used (see [[#File Systems|File Systems]] below).   
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When a Live CD or Live DVD (a LiveOS image on read-only disc media) is booted, temporary storage is prepared for the system in RAM on each boot by [http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git;a=blob;f=modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-root;hb=HEAD /sbin/dmsquash-live-root] in initrd0, the initial ram disk filesystem. An in-memory, copy-on-write system overlay is used (see [[#File Systems|File Systems]] below).   
    
The Fedora LiveOS system allows for persistent storage in 3 locations:
 
The Fedora LiveOS system allows for persistent storage in 3 locations:
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===Home filesystem===
 
===Home filesystem===
But, one may find many advantages to installing Sugar on a Stick with a persistent, home folder (using the --home-size-mb NN --delete-home options), which will hold all the Activities one wants to try and, perhaps later, throw away—all without consuming the write-once, overlay that can be consumed very quickly, because this particular file space is not normally reusable.
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One may find many advantages to installing Sugar on a Stick, or any LiveOS, with a persistent, home folder (using the --home-size-mb NN --delete-home options), which will hold all the Activities one wants to try and, perhaps later, throw away—all without consuming the write-once, overlay, which can be consumed very quickly; and overlay file space is not normally reusable.
    
===Device filesystem===
 
===Device filesystem===