<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">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. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Give it a try and see. The big thumbdrives are an opportunity to experiment. Thank you, Ted P<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 8:47 AM Brian O'Keefe <<a href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>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. <br>
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<div>On 7/30/20 6:45 AM, Don Crowder wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 8:56
PM Tom Ashcraft <<a href="mailto:trailerdog234@comcast.net" target="_blank">trailerdog234@comcast.net</a>>
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<p>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.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 29, 2020
at 11:36 AM Brian O'Keefe <<a href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com" target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>>
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<p>Hello All,</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Just thought that I'd let you all know.</p>
<p>Ciao<br>
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