On Wed 25 Nov 2015 at 11:29:52 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2015-11-25, rlhar...@oplink.net <rlhar...@oplink.net> wrote: > > On Tue, November 24, 2015 11:28 pm, David Christensen wrote: > >> On 11/24/2015 09:16 PM, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > > ... > >> I discovered the install-Debain-to-USB trick a couple of years ago, when > >> I was using Wheezy. I am only just starting to migrate to Jessie, and > >> expect that it works too. > > > > Yes; the CD images routinely are designed for USB booting. Just use dd to > > copy the image to the USB device. I do not recall where I saw the > > recommendation for the blocksize parameter, but this is what I use: > > > > # dd if=<isoimagename>.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=8M > > > > The above command copies the installer or live iso to a USB stick. David > is talking about using the USB as an installation target.
The OP seems to have two requirements: 1. To run Debian Live with xfce desktop and clamav. 2. To have the most up-to-date packagae versions possible. Personally I would forget about a customised Debian Live and follow David's suggestion to install Debian on a USB stick. Unstable can be installed to a stick with the mini.iso from http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/