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| Neil Jones... |
 Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:30 pm |
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I am trying to install various distribution of Linux (experimenting) on
to the USB thumb drive. None of them have been completely successful yet.
Knoppix was the closest to the perfect install. However, the install in
not persistant and Knoppix is not finding/connecting to my Wifi network.
The USB installs do not prompt for different user accounts. They seem
to take you to a default account fedora, knoppix etc. which do not have
the root privileges.
How can I install a persistant image of Knoppix to a USB thumb drive?
Thank you.
NJ
PS - Also, Please let me know if you have instructions to install a
persistant Slackware on USB. I have tried Pendrive Linux site but have
not found the persistant solution yet for Knoppix and none for Slackware. |
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| David W. Hodgins... |
| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:22 pm |
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On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:30:47 -0400, Neil Jones <castellan2004-atnews at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: I am trying to install various distribution of Linux (experimenting) on
to the USB thumb drive. None of them have been completely successful yet.
Try http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/02/08/make-your-own-portable-mandriva-flash/
Quote: The USB installs do not prompt for different user accounts. They seem
to take you to a default account fedora, knoppix etc. which do not have
the root privileges.
In Knoppix, you enter the command "su" (no password required), to get root
access.
Regards, Dave Hodgins
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| Michael Black... |
| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:47 pm |
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On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Neil Jones wrote:
Quote:
I am trying to install various distribution of Linux (experimenting) on
to the USB thumb drive. None of them have been completely successful yet.
Knoppix was the closest to the perfect install. However, the install in
not persistant and Knoppix is not finding/connecting to my Wifi network.
The USB installs do not prompt for different user accounts. They seem
to take you to a default account fedora, knoppix etc. which do not have
the root privileges.
How can I install a persistant image of Knoppix to a USB thumb drive?
But isn't this because Knoppix is a live distribution, intending
to be run from the CDROM?
There'd be little point in having multiple accounts in that case,
since they'd disappear after each boot.
I gather you can install Knoppix, and surely you want to read
about that before installing it to a USB drive.
Also, do distributions actually prompt for new accounts? I can't
remember whether mine does or not. It's irrelevant because you can
always add a user at any time, with a program like adduser. I imagine
the fancy newfangled distributions may have some gui based program
that does it, too.
Quote: Thank you.
NJ
PS - Also, Please let me know if you have instructions to install a
persistant Slackware on USB. I have tried Pendrive Linux site but have
not found the persistant solution yet for Knoppix and none for Slackware.
Slackware has never been a live distribution. You have to install it,
and then it's "persistent". So long as you have a USB flash drive
that's big enough, or you can live with a selective install, then
you install to the flash drive, and set things up to boot from it.
Michael |
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| Jerry Peters... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:07 pm |
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In comp.os.linux.admin Michael Black <et472 at (no spam) ncf.ca> wrote:
Quote: On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Neil Jones wrote:
I am trying to install various distribution of Linux (experimenting) on
to the USB thumb drive. None of them have been completely successful yet.
Knoppix was the closest to the perfect install. However, the install in
not persistant and Knoppix is not finding/connecting to my Wifi network.
The USB installs do not prompt for different user accounts. They seem
to take you to a default account fedora, knoppix etc. which do not have
the root privileges.
How can I install a persistant image of Knoppix to a USB thumb drive?
But isn't this because Knoppix is a live distribution, intending
to be run from the CDROM?
There'd be little point in having multiple accounts in that case,
since they'd disappear after each boot.
I gather you can install Knoppix, and surely you want to read
about that before installing it to a USB drive.
Also, do distributions actually prompt for new accounts? I can't
remember whether mine does or not. It's irrelevant because you can
always add a user at any time, with a program like adduser. I imagine
the fancy newfangled distributions may have some gui based program
that does it, too.
Thank you.
NJ
PS - Also, Please let me know if you have instructions to install a
persistant Slackware on USB. I have tried Pendrive Linux site but have
not found the persistant solution yet for Knoppix and none for Slackware.
Slackware has never been a live distribution. You have to install it,
and then it's "persistent". So long as you have a USB flash drive
that's big enough, or you can live with a selective install, then
you install to the flash drive, and set things up to boot from it.
Michael
RIP-Linux, which is designed to be used for recovery, is built on
Slackware. There are instructions and IIRC a shell script to make it
bootable from a USB device. It's also easily customizable, if you're
familiar with Slackware.
Jerry |
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