Re: Things to do to fill the day
Brian O'Keefe <[email protected]>
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I figured that installing from an install flash drive to another is proper but wasn't sure. PureOS has just such instructions though it's installing from a flash drive installer of the OS onto a machine's drive. Obviously a remote drive would also work fine. Thanks for doing all of the work you do Ted! Brian On 7/30/20 9:40 AM, Ted Pomeroy wrote: > Brian & Co., Great thread. Some years ago I had some help at the Glug > to get an install of Xubuntu on a 32GB flash drive. I have also used > Knoppix with its partition for saved settings and pushed that to the > limit by editing /etc/apt/sources.list. I finally broke the saved > settings and had to re-install a live distro on that thumbdrive. I am > currently using the 32GB thumbdrive with the latest Xubuntu installed. > I did it by using a different live thumb to install to the 32GB. I > don't think you can install to the active live drive. Think about the > problems that would entail. My install to a single partition is less > than 10 GB, so I have some room to grow. I did treat the session as a > regular installation and that seems to work. There are several web > pages with advice on how to do this. And as Tom pointed out a 64 GB > thumbdrive is easily available. Some of the original Chromebooks only > have 64 GB, so it would be similar to installing on such a system. I > did add "noresume" to the linux line in /etc/default/grub, so that the > flash wouldn't hang up looking for a previous hardware arrangement. > Also added a swapfile, I get a boot error message on that, but after > boot it shows up and seems to work, though I have not had occasion to > need the swap. > Give it a try and see. The big thumbdrives are an opportunity to > experiment. Thank you, Ted P > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 8:47 AM Brian O'Keefe <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > PureOS provides an iso of the OS and instructions on how to create > an install flash drive for installation onto a machine. With Vbox > I installed to a virtual machine from the iso as is normally done > with Vbox. However the instructions also stated that a live > version can be used when booting from the flash drive or it can be > installed, an installer on the desktop when running the live > session. Can it be installed to the same flash drive that's > running the live session? It seems like it could with the correct > partitioning. > > On 7/30/20 6:45 AM, Don Crowder wrote: >> I've got a copy of Slax on a thumb drive and have used various >> live media distros on a flash drive to install Linux on machines >> that didn't have optical drives (or had optical drives that >> didn't work) but if you install from optical media to a thumb >> drive then GRUB is gonna want to know where that drive went every >> time you boot up the machine. >> >> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 8:56 PM Tom Ashcraft >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Install to a USB stick. A 64 GB USB 3.0 SanDisk Ultra Flair >> is ideal. $15 at Walmart. Weighs exactly 5 grams, same as a >> nickel. Great form factor and mechanically solid: 3/16" x >> 7/16" x 1-1/4" and you can keep it stashed in your pocket >> encrypted with all essential records and files for use on >> multiple machines. Great for testing and experimenting, >> redundancy, extra space, cheap insurance, etc. Not that I'm >> a fan of Walmart or that better deals can't be had, but >> certainly cheaper and less hassle than another computer to >> worry about. >> >> On 7/29/20 1:39 PM, Don Crowder wrote: >>> Thanks, I ran across it, as GNU/Linux OS, a couple of days >>> ago and was curious about it but I don't currently have a >>> machine I'm willing to use for distro-hopping so I did no >>> more than read about it. >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 11:36 AM Brian O'Keefe >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I was poking around and looking at a website >>> specifically re: Gnu and the Hurd OS. Hurd doesn't >>> really work much at all but there were 6 OSes listed >>> that were certified FOSS and approved by Stallman. They >>> each used the linux kernel. I downloaded PureOS and >>> installed in as a virtual machine (in the non-FOSS >>> Vbox). After a few tweaks it was up and running and I >>> really like it. I would migrate to it if I had a clue >>> how to keep everything. It's fast and clean, the FOSS >>> browser works perfectly. No issues with sound nor >>> anything else. It's Debian based so its Gnome GUI is >>> very familiar. >>> >>> Just thought that I'd let you all know. >>> >>> Ciao >>> >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nmglug mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nmglug mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org >> _______________________________________________ >> nmglug mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nmglug mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org > -- > _______________________________________________ > nmglug mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org > > > _______________________________________________ > nmglug mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org -- _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org