Re: Is it possible to convert a live image on a USB to a running system on that same USB

2022-09-07 Thread Terry Polzin
Sorry, Live ISO was installed on the NVME which is in an external case and connects to USB On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 4:51 PM George N. White III wrote: > On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 5:17 PM Terry Polzin wrote: > >> This did work installing the live image to an M2 NVME. >> > > I'm not sure if this means

Re: Is it possible to convert a live image on a USB to a running system on that same USB

2022-09-07 Thread George N. White III
On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 5:17 PM Terry Polzin wrote: > This did work installing the live image to an M2 NVME. > I'm not sure if this means your NVME boots the LiveFedora system or you actually installed Fedora on the NVME. Is the NVME in a USB case or installed in an internal "slot", thus avoidin

Re: Is it possible to convert a live image on a USB to a running system on that same USB

2022-09-07 Thread Terry Polzin
This did work installing the live image to an M2 NVME. Thanks for all the responses. On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 6:27 AM ja wrote: > On Tue, 2022-09-06 at 07:13 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 10:25 PM Terry Polzin wrote: > > > Barry, > > > > > > I tried that, the insta

Re: Is it possible to convert a live image on a USB to a running system on that same USB

2022-09-06 Thread ja
On Tue, 2022-09-06 at 07:13 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 10:25 PM Terry Polzin wrote: > > Barry, > > > > I tried that, the installer only seems to consider devices it detects as > > hard drives. > > > > > I have often installed Linux on USB memory "sticks".   Boo

Re: Is it possible to convert a live image on a USB to a running system on that same USB

2022-09-06 Thread George N. White III
On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 10:25 PM Terry Polzin wrote: > Barry, > > I tried that, the installer only seems to consider devices it detects as > hard drives. > I have often installed Linux on USB memory "sticks". Boot the Live Linux installer and check the status of the USB stick with "Disks". I

Re: Is it possible to convert a live image on a USB to a running system on that same USB

2022-09-06 Thread Barry
> On 6 Sep 2022, at 02:26, Terry Polzin wrote: > >  > Barry, > > I tried that, the installer only seems to consider devices it detects as hard > drives. Hmmm, I ended up using a usb 3 portable ssd in the end as my emergency recovery solution. But that was because the usb stick was very sl

Re: Is it possible to convert a live image on a USB to a running system on that same USB

2022-09-05 Thread Terry Polzin
Barry, I tried that, the installer only seems to consider devices it detects as hard drives. On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 5:57 PM Barry wrote: > > > On 4 Sep 2022, at 23:56, Terry Polzin wrote: > >  > To be clear, I don't want to install a disk device. > > Basically I need a procedure to > > >-

Re: Is it possible to convert a live image on a USB to a running system on that same USB

2022-09-05 Thread Barry
> On 4 Sep 2022, at 23:56, Terry Polzin wrote: > >  > To be clear, I don't want to install a disk device. > > Basically I need a procedure to > > Remove the livecd user and disable auto login. > Keep grub intact on the USB and write it's updates there. > I'm perfectly happy booting the USB v

Re: Is it possible to convert a live image on a USB to a running system on that same USB

2022-09-05 Thread Michal Schorm
Hello Terry, If I understood you correctly, you want to do some modifications to the LiveOS image. On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 12:56 AM Terry Polzin wrote: > To be clear, I don't want to install a disk device. I'd argue that the operating system installed persistently to the USB drive by some custom

Is it possible to convert a live image on a USB to a running system on that same USB

2022-09-04 Thread Terry Polzin
To be clear, I don't want to install a disk device. Basically I need a procedure to - Remove the livecd user and disable auto login. - Keep grub intact on the USB and write it's updates there. I'm perfectly happy booting the USB via the BIOS. I am currently testing with the XFCE-live ima