LIVE USB updates not working?

Further to my thread on problems creating a LIVE USB drive (the solution was to use dd, gparted, then mkdir -p /mnt/my_usb etc from the original tutorial).

I've now got a LIVE USB drive working with persistence, at least it remembers my Desktop settings so I guess it's working.

However, it doesn't seem to update properly. If I run this command:
apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade -y
it reports that there are 156 upgraded files, so I enter Y to continue. It then proceeds to download all the files, but if I run the command again, it tells me exactly the same thing.

What have I done wrong?

I also tried Applications | System Tools | Software Update

This also finds 156 updates. It seems to go through all the right actions, but then stops with an error [something about lack of access, I will post the error details when I re-run it]...

Hmmm...

In the interim I ran apt-get install gnome-tweak tool, this required that I first run dpkg --configure -a then apt-get -f install (I have no idea, I just did as prompted). Since doing this, the Software Update appears to be doing something, as several updates are currently marked as installed. Is this related?

It is currently doing: Committing changes, Installing packages, (Committing changes, Installing packages... )

You can run apt-get update on a persistent usb install of kali1-09

Be we do not think you can upgrade a persistent usb. Everytime we tried it ate the usb and we had to go thur the entire reinstall process again.

MTeams

When I created my last USB as you did above I change the 1 at the end
Of the dpkg command to 16, I have done apt get updates and installed
Various things with no issues, as far as I have read, you just can not
Keep any core updates.

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Originally Posted by phantom1bc

When I created my last USB as you did above I change the 1 at the end of the dpkg command to 16...

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Not sure I follow you (not helped by not understanding what dpkg is); there is no 1 at the end of the command I used.

over in this thread https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...ll=1#post40958

change

Code:

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dd if=kali-linux-1.0.8-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M

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to

Code:

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dd if=kali-linux-1.0.8-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=16M

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all said and done, you shouldn't see the persistence drive/partition when logged in persistent
http://s28.postimg.org/3ortqeqf1/Scr...2015_01_08.png

Update on this (ha!).

The procedure in my Post #2 appears to have worked, no updates found after a reboot.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by phantom1bc

over in this thread https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...ll=1#post40958

change

Code:

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dd if=kali-linux-1.0.8-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M

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to

Code:

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dd if=kali-linux-1.0.8-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=16M

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all said and done, you shouldn't see the persistence drive/partition when logged in persistent
http://s28.postimg.org/3ortqeqf1/Scr...2015_01_08.png

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@Phantom1bc, where did you get that wallpaper?

I am still not able to do a dist-upgrade. How exactly is it that you were able to increase the size of the OS partition and do the actual updates? I have tried running with persistence and apt-get update is ok, but an apt-get dist-upgrade fails as it runs out of space. What am I missing?