KNOPPIX Persistent - Saving settings to USB
Knoppix Persistent USB; Once you have successfully booted from your Knoppix USB flash drive, you might find that there are changes you would like to make and settings you need to adjust. After getting everything the way you want it, you will need to save your changed settings back to the stick and have them automatically applied at boot. The following instructions illustrate how to save your changes to the USB drive and then restore those saved changes (have them persist) upon subsequent reboots.