[nmglug] Things to do to fill the day
Brian O'Keefe
okeefe at cybermesa.com
Thu Jul 30 12:35:44 PDT 2020
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 <okeefe at cybermesa.com
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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