[Fedora-livecd-list] Is it possible to have an updatable system on a usb stick?

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 03 August 2008 13:34:20 Richard Shaw wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Rahul Sundaram
>
> <sundaram at fedoraproject.org>wrote:
> > Anne Wilson wrote:
> >> My laptop runs Mandriva, but because I do end-user support for both
> >> Mandriva and Fedora issues I'd like to have both systems.  Unfortunately
> >> I simply don't have enough drive space to install another OS, so I
> >> wondered whether I could actually install F9 onto an 8GB usb stick.
> >>
> >> I've read http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo and
> >> http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/11/07/i-am-fedora-and-so-can-you/,
> >> but these seem to refer to a non-upgradable system.  Since I need to be
> >> able to use KDE 4.1 that won't suffice.
> >>
> >> Can anyone please point me to useful reading, or give a brief rundown of
> >> tasks and things to remember in doing this?
> >
> > The USB howto will work fine. You can currently upgrade everything on the
> > USB key except the kernel IIRC. It is really no different from running
> > off a hard disk other than the fact that it is more portable.
> >
> > Rahul
>
> This has not been my experience. I was actually able to update the kernel
> without problem but several other packages have caused problems, most
> notably udev which had an issue during reboot with an error about loading
> the 50-udev-default.rules.
>
> I've also had problems with updating xorg. X tried and failed to load, but
> instead of only trying 3 times it went into an infinite loop.
>
> Also, after reading a previous post on this list, I would keep updates to
> only things you care about since the overlay file records block changes and
> you will eventually run out of overlay.
>
> My HW if anyone is interested:
> HP 8510w (Laptop workstation)
> Core2Duo (2.4GHz)
> Centrino vPro chipset.
> Nvidia Quadro 256MB
>
> Richard

Ah yes - the overlay.  I'm not sure that I more than half understand it, but 
if I do, that could be a problem.  The LiveCD will be KDE 4.0 (probably 
4.0.3) and I need 4.1, so there would be a huge amount to update.  What would 
be the best chance of dealing with that?

Anne
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