This directory is used to build a USB key containing a Kubuntu 8.04 LiveCD with persistent OS files and persistent /home files. Kubuntu boot tricks: 1. Booting with persistence added to the kernel options will permit mounting of a USB casper-rw and home-rw partitions on the USB key. casper-rw is used to store changed OS files, and home-rw is the home directory. Bugs with Kubuntu boot process: 1. The initrd.gz image must be opened, fixed and the repacked. 2. The fix involves removing the ,mode=755 from the mount line for the persistent OS partition (casper-rw) or /cow