On 06/10/2015 09:42 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
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 XfceLog 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