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Creating a Linux Live USB with Persistent Storage (Linux/macOS)

Creating a Linux live USB with persistent storage is very easy on Windows using tools like Rufus. But what about Linux or macOS?

This guide walks you through multiple methods to achieve the same result using Ventoy.

Overview

You have two main approaches:

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Installing TrollStore (TrollRestore Python Method, Windows)

1. Download and install Python (3.13 and newer, this tutorial is tested on 3.14.3): https://python.org
2. Download and install iTunes: https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/win64
3. Download and install Visual Studio Build Tools: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
   • In the installer, make sure to check "Desktop Development with C++" before clicking Install.
4. Download TrollRestore_Linux.zip: https://github.com/JJTech0130/TrollRestore/releases/latest
5. Extract TrollRestore_Linux.zip
6. In the TrollRestore_Linux folder, open requirements.txt and change the first line (don't forget to save it): pymobiledevice3<=6.2.0
7. While holding the Shift button, right-click the TrollRestore_Linux folder, and select "Open PowerShell window here"

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// from https://github.com/verygenericname/SSHRD_Script/commit/708ce254fea08e442ecb4cd20c3fdbfe6ce9ab66

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#define MAX_DIFFS 16384

void print_usage(const char *prog_name) {
    printf("Usage: %s kernelcache_original kernelcache_patched output.bpatch\n", prog_name);

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# diff between theapplewiki and fwkeydb ivkeys

types=(iPhone1,1 iPhone1,2 iPhone2,1 iPhone3,1 iPhone3,2 iPhone3,3 iPhone4,1 iPhone5,1 iPhone5,2 iPhone5,3 iPhone5,4
       iPad1,1 iPad2,1 iPad2,2 iPad2,3 iPad2,4 iPad2,5 iPad2,6 iPad2,7 iPad3,1 iPad3,2 iPad3,3 iPad3,4 iPad3,5 iPad3,6
       iPod1,1 iPod2,1 iPod3,1 iPod4,1 iPod5,1)

#types=(iPhone2,1)

comps=(AppleLogo BatteryCharging BatteryCharging0 BatteryCharging1 BatteryFull BatteryLow0 BatteryLow1 BatteryPlugin DeviceTree KernelCache LLB RecoveryMode EraseRamdisk iBEC iBSS iBoot UpgradeRamdisk)

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#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {
system("nvram -c");
system("nvram boot-partition=2");
system("nvram auto-boot=1");
//system("nvram auto-boot=0"); // for 4.2.x and lower, to send device to recovery after restore
system("umount /mnt1");
system("mount_hfs /dev/disk0s1 /mnt1");
system("dd if=/iBoot of=/mnt1/iBEC bs=512k");

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#!/bin/bash

# If you like this script and my work on libimobiledevice, please
# consider becoming a patron at https://patreon.com/nikias - Thanks <3

REV=1.0.17
export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.11

if test "`echo -e Test`" != "Test" 2>&1; then
  echo Please run this with zsh or bash.

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Home Depot Offsets iOS 9.x.
Found with the help of https://github.com/stek29/awful-offset-finder
offset finder gives wrong clock_ops offsets for 9.0-9.1, so those are found manually.
allproc offsets are likely wrong for 9.0-9.0.2.
I can't get the 9.0-9.0.2 offsets to work anyway when I tried testing on my iPhone 5.

A5 9.0-9.0.2
0x317de4
0x31a5d0
0x1daec

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Home Depot Offsets iOS 8.x.
Found with the help of https://github.com/Merculous/OF32
bufattr_cpx and bx_lr offsets: first result of searching hex 00687047
A5 offsets should work. tested working: 8.0, 8.3, 8.4.1
A6 does not seem to work at all on Home Depot, possibly because of something to do with the Trident exploit.

A5 8.0-8.0.2
0x2c5308
0x2c73e8
0x1ba80

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#!/bin/bash

platform="ios"
echo "* Platform: iOS Procursus"
mkdir bin deb tmp
cd tmp
sudo apt install -y autoconf automake autopoint bison cmake cmake-data curl dirmngr docbook-xml docbook-xsl fakeroot file flex gettext gettext-base git gnupg gnupg-utils gpg gpg-agent gpg-wks-client gpg-wks-server gpgconf gpgsm libarchive13 libcurl4 libfl-dev libfl2 libksba8 liblocale-gettext-perl liblzo2-2 libnghttp2-14 libpod-parser-perl libpython3.9 librtmp1 libsgmls-perl libssh2-1 libterm-readkey-perl libtextstyle0v5 libtool libusb-1.0-0 libuv1 libxml2 libxml2-utils libyaml-tiny-perl m4 make patch perl pinentry pkg-config po4a python3 python3.9 scdaemon triehash wget build-essential clang clang-11 dsymutil dsymutil-11 ld64 libc++-11-dev libc++-dev libclang-common-11-dev libclang-cpp11 libllvm11 liblto liblto11 libtapi libuuid16 libxar1 odcctools text-cmds
if [[ ! -d /usr/share/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk ]]; then
    curl -LO https://github.com/phracker/MacOSX-SDKs/releases/download/11.3/MacOSX10.15.sdk.tar.xz
    7z x MacOSX10.15.s

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#!/bin/bash

device=$1
ecid=$2

if [[ -z $device || -z $ecid ]]; then
    echo "* Save Cydia blobs for your device"
    echo "Usage:"
    echo "    $0 [ProductType] [ECID]"
    echo