"liveusb-creator" versus "livecd-iso-to-disk"?

[Powell, Michael]

> -----Original Message-----
>   background: i'm teaching a linux admin class next week and i will be
> supplied with laptops for the students that i've been asked *not* to
> overwrite, so my plan is to create bootable *and writable* USB drives
> for everyone. (the course will actually run on RHEL/centos 6.5 but i'm
> assuming my question is still relevant.)
> 
>   as i read it (and i could be totally misunderstanding what i'm
> reading), "liveusb-creator" does *not* give me a writable system, while
> "livecd-iso-to-disk" can, using the "--overlay-size-mb" option.
> 
>   i'm going to be getting the laptops on very short notice so i want to
> create a number of bootable, writable USB drives. has anyone else done
> this? am i right in concluding that "livecd-iso-to-disk" is the way to
> go? (and would this also work similarly for centos 6.5?)
> 
>   thanks.
> 
> rday

Both have persistent overlay / storage capabilities...