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

Anne Wilson cannewilson at googlemail.com
Sun Aug 3 12:04:18 UTC 2008


On Sunday 03 August 2008 12:49:10 Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> 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.
>
Thanks, Rahul. That's really good to know.  I'll give it a try.

Anne
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