[nmglug] Things to do to fill the day

[Ted Pomeroy]

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 <okeefe at cybermesa.com> 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 <trailerdog234 at comcast.net>
> 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 <okeefe at cybermesa.com>
>> 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
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