Encrypted Persistence in Linux (LUKS Format) (Live Boot) Copy Paste in Terminal cryptsetup --verbose --verify-passphrase luksFormat /dev/sdb3 cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb3 my_usb mkfs.ext4 -L persistence /dev/mapper/my_usb e2label /dev/mapper/my_usb persistence mkdir -p /mnt/my_usb mount /dev/mapper/my_usb /mnt/my_usb echo "/ union" | sudo tee /mnt/my_usb/persistence.conf umount /dev/mapper/my_usb cryptsetup luksClose /dev/mapper/my_usb Restart. On boot select Live boot with Encrypted Persistence. Learn more/ Official website / Click here