On 05/09/2015 12:44 PM, Frederick Grose wrote:
On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 9:36 PM, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>wrote:
On 05/08/2015 06:12 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
Hi All,
I am always having something go wrong with Live USB. I occurs to me
that why don't I just directly install FC21 to a flash drive?
Will this
work and will it be bootable? (I use the Live CD to do
installs, so I
don't need that feature on a bootable stick.)
Many thanks,
-T
Please cancel question.
Oh oh. Just found this:
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-install-linux-usb-flash-drive
This is not the full story.
Live CDs scan the hardware at boot time, and so are likely to
be compatible with the most machines.
Dracut can be configured to not default to the hostonly="yes" option
(/usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/01-dist.conf in Fedora). So you can build
an initial ram filesystem that has the same hardware capability as the
LiveCD/USB.
Live CDs must by necessity have a small footprint, which means
there's more space for your files - or you can just buy a smaller,
cheaper drive.
Live CDs run as much as they can in RAM, which makes for better
performance.
USB3 flash drives are quite fast. A regular installation can also be
configured to take advantage of the available RAM.
Live CDs don't use swap.
In Fedora, my Linux swap partition on a hard disc is recognized and
used by a LiveUSB. One could also create a swap file on the USB drive,
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Storage_Administration_Guide/s2-swap-creating-file.html
With the large USB flash drives you have, a full installation may be
your best and quickest solution. You should try it before dismissing
the option.
--Fred
Hi Fred,
Would you know of a paper I can follow that goes into all this?
Many thanks,
-T
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