Problem installing F8 LIve on jump drive?

Knute Johnson knute at frazmtn.com
Tue Feb 5 21:42:10 UTC 2008


>Knute Johnson wrote:
>> I'm trying to install F8 to a USB jump drive.  Everything is fine 
>> until it asks for the network setup and then it pops up a dialog that 
>> says 2718MB required for root Back or Exit.  My root has 3700MB so I 
>> don't know what the problem is.  Anybody know how to get around this 
>> problem?  
>> 
>> Thanks,
>
>I don't know about that problem, but as option may be to put the live image on 
>there rather than actually install to it.  Work is being done on that, see this 
>thread in -devel:
>https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-February/msg00087.html
>
>With this you'll have the compressed livecd image on the usb drive, and have 
>much more room for other files.  You may not be able to install new software to 
>it though, I haven't tried that.

Thanks,

I have installed the live CD to a jump drive before and that works 
great except for the problem of not being able to install any other 
programs or keep any data.  I used a different program than the one 
you pointed me to but it did work.



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Knute Johnson
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