Some of you know I have been working on updating a liveUSB for a dance music appliance. In 2012 I built one that has been quite successful, but the distros and tools used for that have "died". In the 2016 attempt, I've managed one version so far -- it is not ideal but workable -- and in the process learned some things. To avoid forgetting, I've been writing up what I did, and the draft is now on Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/s/st2zwx9aton81vt/DMasterUSB.pdf?dl=0 Comments and collaboration welcome. Special thanks to Alex Pilon for help. Best, John Nash