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forumwurm
May 12th, 2009, 10:41 AM
I have made a bootable stick according to this manual:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromImgFiles#Windows

the gui didn't worked for me but it was easy with the command line tool.

Now I can start from the usb stick and i can install from the stick, but...

is it possible to work from the usb stick. so how can I install updates and additional software to the stick?

thanks for your help.

forumwurm
May 28th, 2009, 08:44 AM
no ideas?

nickmcg
May 30th, 2009, 06:45 AM
I'm looking to do something similar with the standard 9.04.

I used the usb startup creator, and, although it boots, every time I'm asked for language, and I boot into the live CD (equivalent)

forumwurm
June 14th, 2009, 10:06 PM
nobody a solution for that

thx

dandnsmith
June 15th, 2009, 10:01 AM
It's possible - I've done it.
There are a few points to note:
1. the img file for the remix, when installed by the recommended method(s), will occupy the whole of the usb stick.
2. if you try to install it to a partition on the stick, or recover unused space, you may have a bit of trouble (I did).
3. pen drive linux (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/) has methods for a 'persistent install' to usb stick - but they only work for iso files.

What I did was to create the usb stick for the remix,
create a persistent install stick, analysing the method used,
duplicate the setup on a usb stick, paying attention to the way the syslinux boot is controlled, and putting on a casper-rw module.

It worked for a while, but then either the usb-stick had problems or the rw space was filled (but, according to me, it was less than half full).

You have to realise that, unless you do a proper, full install to usb stick, you will be limited to size and scope of 'updates', and they won't be updating in the true sense.