On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, David Hare wrote: > On 30/06/15 06:55, Felmon Davis wrote: >> >> [...] >> >> 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. >> > > 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. thanks, this makes good sense. I'm a bit pressed for time but I'll experiment with the things you mention below when I have opportunity. f. > 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. > >> 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 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: > trinity-users-help@... > Read list messages on the web archive: > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > -- Felmon Davis