[Fedora-livecd-list] Is it possible to have an updatable system on a usb stick?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> My laptop runs Mandriva, but because I do end-user support for both Mandriva 
> and Fedora issues I'd like to have both systems.  Unfortunately I simply 
> don't have enough drive space to install another OS, so I wondered whether I 
> could actually install F9 onto an 8GB usb stick.
> 
> I've read http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo and 
> http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/11/07/i-am-fedora-and-so-can-you/, but 
> these seem to refer to a non-upgradable system.  Since I need to be able to 
> use KDE 4.1 that won't suffice.
> 
> Can anyone please point me to useful reading, or give a brief rundown of tasks 
> and things to remember in doing this?

The USB howto will work fine. You can currently upgrade everything on 
the USB key except the kernel IIRC. It is really no different from 
running off a hard disk other than the fact that it is more portable.

Rahul