30 Jun
2015
30 Jun
'15
4:14 p.m.
On 30/06/15 06:55, Felmon Davis wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2015, Robert Peters wrote:
Just copy the debs to your usb stick and install with dpkg -i .. you can
install what you want in a live session. The aufs filesystem holds
changes in ram until poweroff/reboot. However you can use "persistence"
(see live-boot man page) which will write changes to a file or partition
and reload them next boot.
There is on my live-image a utility "exegnu2usb" It is a normal bash
script rather than binary blob. I haven't tested it lately on Jessie
though. Unetbootin does nothing that can't be done from standard cli tools.
Here I use a 64gb usb with multiple live systems, some with persistence,
selectable at boot from menu. All on a single partition. You can't do
that with unetbootin nor dd.
There is also a remaster utility "refracta-snapshot" with which you may
build a new ISO from the running live session, with whatever you want
preinstalled (you need a mounted ext* partition for the "work" area).
This is quite well tested and works very well for a "personal", portable
live-image.
I don't know much about PCLOS or if such utilities are available. The
exegnu images are deliberately designed to be "lightweight" and cd-size
compared to Alexandre's images. Whatever your needs, choice is good.
On 29 June 2015 at 22:50, Felmon Davis
<davisf(a)union.edu> wrote:
<snip>
I saw your post and congratulations for solving your problem.
in my case:
a) I don't think one can just copy stuff over to a livecd and have it
work. one has to deal with the special filesystem on a livecd; and
b) I don't want to install the system, I want to boot it, for instance
on a friend's Windows machine without disturbing their setup.
f.
ok, I may settle for PCL but my preference would
be to know how to
integrate
the firmware into the livecd and use exegnu. I'll avoid Ubuntu in any
case.
<snip>
Check my latest post under "New amd64 exegnulinux devuan-based iso
with TDE". If you have access to a distro with the non-free files,
maybe you can copy them to the live flashdrive. Or copy them over
after installation.
R. And exegnu is now too purist for this purpose.
Sorry Lisi.. I don't mean to be idealogically "purist". Till recently
exegnu was for current mainstream Debian Stable but since Jessie I just
don't want to work with systemd and have opted to support Devuan.
Unless you mean not including nonfree (which I never did anyway). Exegnu
is a non-profit project which supports GPL and has no lawyers on the
payroll.
D