13 Oct
2023
13 Oct
'23
2:11 p.m.
On Friday 13 October 2023 05:37:54 deloptes via tde-users wrote:
That's not a bad idea. I have actually installed a complete system on a USB
stick before; not only the root partition, but also swap and home. And I have
been considering putting the efi boot partition on a flash drive, except that
I need to get a few more flash drives before I can waste one for such a small
partition. Unless it can be put there along side a Linux installation, then
boot either from the machine's OS or from the one installed on the USB stick?
That sounds like it could work, or not.
Bill
And no, by the
way, I have no other computer with which to get on the
internet, and never use my phone for internet. Someday perhaps I will get
another machine, but at present I have about six more machines packed
away in storage.
If I were you, I would install Debian/Devuan on USB stick. You can instruct
the BIOS to boot from USB if available, in some cases even from specific
USB Stick. This way you will not put your work environment in danger.
When this works you can transfer the installation to the disk or install on
the disk.
In any case a bootable USB drive is very useful tool to have around.