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.
--
Knute Johnson
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