On 06/10/2015 01:19 AM, Ron Leach wrote:
> On 09/06/2015 19:58, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> On 06/09/2015 11:43 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>>>
>>> AFTER the first suscessful boot, to force the stick to scan for new
>>> hardware on each boot, edit dracut:
>>> /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/01-dist.conf
>>> hostonly="no"
>>>
>>> And to keep dracut updates from overwriting the above line into
>>> /etc/dracut.conf.d/01-custom.conf
>>>
>>
>> Tip: when setting up you flash drives partitions, tell the
>> drive installer you want to do it yourself, switch from LVM
>> to standard partition, then tell it it to automatically
>> partition for you. User user account, user the same
>> user name and group id as your base system. That
>> way you can plug the stick into your running base
>> system, mount the stick as a flash drive, and transfer
>> files back and forth to it like any other flash drive.
>>
>> There is a way to do this with an LVM partition, but
>> it is a pain in the ...
>>
>
> Todd, two useful tips, thank you, I might give this a try.
>
> Seeing your earlier postings about F22 not installing onto a stick, I
> should try with F21, shouldn't I?
>
> Ron
Hi Ron,
FC22 Xfce doesn't install properly, but FC22 Gnome does.
https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/
Just open a command prompt in Gnome, elevate to root, and
dnf groupinstall Xfce
Log out, enter your user name, then there will be a pull
down to tell it you want Xfce.
This is what I did.
-T
Tip: unless you see a BIOS message during POST (boot up), USB3
add on cards won't boot a flash drive. You have to use a
USB2 port. I haven't had any problem booting off a native
(on the motherboard) USB3 port.
on cards do