O! That's a good thing - upgradable liveHD installation. I'll try it tonight.
thanx, guys! 2008/11/15 aymeric mansoux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Сергей Карелин said : >> Yes, I have ubuntu installed but I want to replace it with cup of miso. >> >> As I see liveHD installation will not allow to install new packages >> like fluxus or LiVES. Somebody forgot include them into distributive)) >> So I would like to have "normal" pure:dyne system without debian >> downloading if it possible. > > You can install new packages with a liveHD installation but you might > have to upgrade the core from time to time when a new milestone is > released. It all depends on what are your habits (every day update addict > or once in a while update). > > For example, for my personal use, I have one machine which is a full > install because I install, remove, test, break, fix, things all the > time on it. > > But on another laptop I have only a liveHD + a few extra packages > installed because I need this machine to just work out of the box for my > Pd needs, and I don't care to have the latest firefox, as long as the > one I have installed just "works". > > > Now, we are testing some upgrade procedure, so it would be possible to > combine liveHD + heavy update and addition of extra packages. Right now > it doesn't quite work (some issues with live-rw partition and core > update), but I'm sure we'll get there. > > > Also, if I understand your orginal question correctly, you wanted to > know if you could just copy the content of the squashfs image on a > partition (to populate a local ext3 fs for example), and then add a grub > and generate an initrd, etc ... > The good news is that I'm sure this is possible, and it is actually on > my TODO (would provide a faster way to get a full installation in the > future) but I did not have time to make some tests yet, and probably > won't before next sprint. > > So if you want to try ... :) > > a. > > > > > >> >> 2008/11/15 krgn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > do you have already a some gnu/linux system intalled? if yes, you can copy >> > the 'live' folder from the root of the pure:dyne CD/DVD to the root >> > partition on your computer and edit the grub.conf file of your normal >> > gnu/linux installation to include pure:dyne. you can find an example >> > grub.conf (or sometimes its called 'menu.lst' too) in the 'extra' folder on >> > the CD/DVD. >> > if you don't have another gnu/linux system installed its a little trickier >> > and I'm not 100% sure what to advise in that case, but you could consider >> > getting an external usb hard-drive and run pure:dyne from that. >> > >> > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Сергей Карелин <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi all! >> >> >> >> So is subject possible? Copy root from squashfs to HD and replace/edit >> >> initrd.img - is it enough or this task is more complicated then I can >> >> imagine? >> >> >> >> --- >> >> [email protected] >> >> irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ( c * k ) ^ g >> > >> > --- >> > [email protected] >> > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne >> > >> --- >> [email protected] >> irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne -- Сергей Карелин +7-916-700-63-67 --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
