Full install on USB

Forum: HD Install
Topic: Full install on USB
started by: eydaimon

Posted by eydaimon on April 04 2007,02:34

Any plans to make DSL fully installable on USB as defined here: < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_USB > as opposed to DSL being derived as it is packaged now?

I was hoping to be able to do this with DSL now :/

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on April 04 2007,03:11

Frugals are the way to go, esp. for flash devices since it limits writing to the device by a lot.

Why would you need a "full" installation though?

Posted by eydaimon on April 04 2007,03:56

Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ April 03 2007,23:11)

Frugals are the way to go, esp. for flash devices since it limits writing to the device by a lot.

Why would you need a "full" installation though?

I want more persistance than what it currently offers as a frugal install.

Can I configure everything without having to enter everything on the commandline?

Also, according the frugal install installation:
< http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Frugal_Install >

1) Boot the LiveCD. Choose Frugal Install from the menu.

What menu?

Posted by lucky13 on April 04 2007,04:33

That's not what flash memory is made for. You're going to toast your USB stick running a full OS like that.

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I want more persistance than what it currently offers as a frugal install.

You want more persistence of what?

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Can I configure everything without having to enter everything on the commandline?

Configure what on the command line? And what's wrong with that?

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What menu?

The one in fluxbox, the one in jwm. Take your pick.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on April 04 2007,05:05

Well... you'll probably want to use the USB-ZIP or USB-HDD script since those will set up your usb drive's geometry/partitions for you, instead of the regular frugal script.

Posted by eydaimon on April 04 2007,15:37

Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ April 04 2007,01:05)

Well... you'll probably want to use the USB-ZIP or USB-HDD script since those will set up your usb drive's geometry/partitions for you, instead of the regular frugal script.

Thanks. I assume those are available on the CD?

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on April 04 2007,17:17

yes

Posted by eydaimon on April 05 2007,06:07

hi, I tried to find those scripts on the drive. I was unsuccessfull. I'm probably missing something obvious.

I even did a find . | grep USB but nothing came up.

I booted the CD and looked for it. not even anything on doing a frugal install.

Posted by lucky13 on April 05 2007,08:03

On the drive or in the menu? Where did you look? Run DSL from CD. In fluxbox or jwm, right click to get a menu. Scroll to tools - look for "For USB-ZIP Pendrive" or "For USB-HDD Pendrive." Select one of those. They're in every menu of every DSL ISO I've used.

Or from command prompt, take your pick:
sudo pendrive_usbzip.sh
sudo pendrive_usbhdd.sh