Re: Debian using USB stick on diskless machine

2015-12-30 Thread Joe
On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:28:00 -0800 Rick Thomas wrote: > On Dec 29, 2015, at 12:51 AM, Ross Boylan > wrote: > > > The system is a bit sluggish; maybe ext4 on lvm wasn't the best > > choice for it. Ross > > Make sure the USB stick you’re using is rated for USB3, even if the > computer’s port i

Re: Debian using USB stick on diskless machine

2015-12-29 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 29, 2015, at 12:51 AM, Ross Boylan wrote: > The system is a bit sluggish; maybe ext4 on lvm wasn't the best choice for it. > Ross Make sure the USB stick you’re using is rated for USB3, even if the computer’s port is just USB2. The older USB2 sticks tend to be much slower at doing sust

Re: Debian using USB stick on diskless machine

2015-12-29 Thread David Christensen
On 12/29/2015 12:51 AM, Ross Boylan wrote: I think if I had run debian installer from one flash drive and installed onto another flash drive things would have gone more smoothly. Likely, so. I managed to get things mostly working. It was extremely ugly. I'll try to post full details later,

Re: Debian using USB stick on diskless machine

2015-12-29 Thread Ross Boylan
David, thanks for the suggestions. I think if I had run debian installer from one flash drive and installed onto another flash drive things would have gone more smoothly. I managed to get things mostly working. It was extremely ugly. I'll try to post full details later, but basically inserted U

Re: Debian using USB stick on diskless machine

2015-12-28 Thread David Christensen
On 12/28/2015 04:08 PM, Ross Boylan wrote: I have a diskless machine and figured it would be quicker to get it running off a USB thumb drive than PXE boot. I'd appreciate any suggestions or advice. That's one of my favorite tricks. I typically boot and install from an optical disk to avoid c