Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> The other point is that rather surprisingly >> the instructions did not point to the ISO required. >> > You are supposed to run it from the directory with the CD image. You > should be able give the full path to the image as the image name if > you run from a different directory. I didn't express myself clearly. What I meant was that the instructions did not give an URL where one could obtain the CD ISO online. >> Finally, I found the USB stick was (perhaps not surprisingly) >> mounted read-only, so one could not eg add a user; >> or rather, one could, but it was not there on re-booting. >> > Are you sure the USB stick was mounted read-only, or was it just the > compressed file system that was mounted read-only? The reason I ask, > is because what this install does is copy the compressed file > system, and the files needed to load/boot it over to the USB stick. > The main advantages of using the USB stick are access speed, and > physical size. I'm sure you are right, though I don't completely understand what you are saying. "Mount" showed /dev/sdb1 (the memory stick) as ro. I then ran "mount -o remount,rw /dev/sdb1" and it became rw. However none of the changes I made when sdb1 was rw seemed to "stick"; all disappeared when I re-booted. > > It is possible to install and boot from a USB stick, but I am not > sure about the life of the USB stick when doing so. There are some > things you can do to cut down on the number of writes to the USB > stick... > > Mikkel
