[Fedora-livecd-list] Re: Note on direct install
On 03/05/2017 05:14 AM, Lars Bjørndal wrote:
[ToddAndMargo]
> On 03/03/2017 11:05 PM, Lars Bjørndal wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> [ToddAndMargo]
>>
>>> I went the route of doing a direct install to a flash drive
>>> of Fedora Core 25, x64.
>>
>> Thank you for sharing.
>>
>> How did you make the direct install, did you install a live usb onto a
>> different usb stick?
>
> I booted off of
>
>
https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/25/Spins/x86...
>
> which I dd'ed to a flash drive.
>
> Then I used the install to drive utility and picked my target Flash drive
> instead of the local hard drive
And it's grub2 that boots the system? You don't need to fiddle with
grub in order to boot?
It is whatever would be used for an install to internal hard drive.
>> Another question I'd like to ask, is about booting the
device on
>> different machines. Does it boot both on UEFI and on old BIOS systems?
>
> Oh my goodness gracious what a pain in the neck. Each machine
> boots different. On some, "legacy USB" has to be active in BIOS.
> Others you have to turn off UEFI (even though the stick supports
> both). Some Legacy has to be off. Yada, yada, yada.
>
> A lot of the time to get into BIOS, I press all the "f" keys as
> fast as I can. Some BIOS'es have a "boot override"
>
[...]
> My favorite BIOS'es are the ones where "f12" goes straight
> to boot override.
>
> Same issues you have with the Live USB.
So from the boot perspective, you don't think there's a difference if
you use a live USB stick compared to your soulution with a
real/installed USB drive?
No difference I can tell.
Make a "dd". They are fragile.
One challenge I have, is that I'm blind. Before I can read
anything, a
screen reader like BRLTTY has to be started. And so, I need help from
a sighted person to be able to adjust BIOS settings or choose boot
media. So, as you can see, to me it's really important that the boot
process is automated as much as possible.
Again, thank you.
Lars
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