[Inx] Inx Digest, Vol 15, Issue 1

Tue Jul 28 19:58:18 PDT 2009

Let me be the first to report here that the USB script works well  - I had good success the first time through and I was even able to figure out how to make my computer boot from USB (finally).    My only  problem was I needed a smaller screen size - wasn't sure how to do it with the USB boot.  I would have posted from my USB boot, but the computer I was using at the moment had a wifi card and in order to use ceni I needed the root password and I couldn't remember it.  As a linux noob, I appreciated the extra warning about being sure which /dev/sd?? to use.

Once I figure out how to adjust the screen size and get ceni worked out, then install then use the update script, I will report back again.  :)

MDG

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>Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:50:23 +1000
>From: Peter Garrett <inx-one at optusnet.com.au>
>Subject: [Inx] Fw: [Inx-devel] Bootable INX USB stick script
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>Hello all,
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>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...
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>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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>Begin forwarded message:
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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
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>
>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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