[Inx] Fw: [Inx-devel] Bootable INX USB stick script

[Peter Garrett]

Hello all,

Forwarding the message below, previously sent to inx-devel@ , since I
hope some of you on inx@ will give it a try, and report back to the
list...

Obviously, to follow the instructions and have it 'work', plug in a usb
stick on your live INX session before running the script (I didn't
mention that in my post). The smallest practical size for the 'stick'
would be 512 MB, since the script makes two partitions (the second one
is 'casper-rw' , which makes 'persistence' possible).

Back up any data on your stick before trying this - it takes over the
whole usb stick, and creates new file systems on it.

If you are not familiar with the idea of 'persistence' - booting with
that option means your changes in a session will be retained. Thus for
example any files saved will be there on your next boot, or for example
you can run the update-inx script and the updates will 'stick'.

On shutdown from a usb session, I find it is best to simply hit <enter>
rather than unplugging the device - otherwise you get some scary
input-output errors ;)

Note that installing new system files like kernels etc. on this live USB
is pointless though, since live boot uses the 'casper' kernel and
initrd, which are separate from the rest of the system.

Original post follows....

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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:37:09 +1000
From: Peter Garrett <inx-one at optusnet.com.au>
To: inx-devel at lists.launchpad.net
Subject: [Inx-devel] Bootable INX USB stick script


Hi all, 

I have made a 'preliminary' script for creating a USB stick that boots
INX and allows "persistent" sessions. This is the first version, but it
seems to work OK here...

What you need:
* USB stick (minimum practical size for 'persistence' to be of use
would be about 512 MB)
* Live CD booted to get and run the script
* Literacy skills ;-)

How:
* Boot a live session of INX from CD (toram is OK if you prefer)

* Run 'wget http://inx.maincontent.net/inxusb '

(not yet visibly linked on the site, for obvious reasons)

chmod +x inxusb
sudo ./inxusb

That's pretty much it.

You should get a bootable USB with two partitions - labels 'INX' (first
partition - 250 MB) and 'casper-rw' (second partition - rest of drive).
Both partitions are currently ext2, so they won't be visible from
*cough* that other operating system ...

I'm using grub as bootloader, because boot screens for syslinux or
extlinux are a pain.

Now, this actually needs testing, so please give it a go. It only takes
a few minutes...

I hope for some feedback on this, because I want to add it to INX, and
it needs to be "safe for humanity" ...

Peter

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