[Inx] inxtaller on usb (almost there)

[Karl Goetz]

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:04:16 +0100
Ludo Beckers <lazylew at gmail.com> wrote:

> lines 280, 281 confirm that
> I guess I'll stick with using a live cd till I have an old machine I
> can deploy

I was trying to work out why i thought inx had a persistant mode -
finally found the command i was after: inxusb
Should install inx onto a usb stick, setting up a live partition and a
data partition.

thanks,
kk

> thanks for your advice
> Ludo
> 
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:46 AM, Karl Goetz <karl at kgoetz.id.au> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:42:32 +0100
> > Ludo Beckers <lazylew at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I received several links for downloading inxtaller, but this one
> > > was the clearest one, since it had a Download button, which I
> > > couldn't find on the other links.
> > >
> > >
> > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inx-devel/inx/inxtaller/view/head:/inxtaller
> > >
> > > Now before I do something really stupid, I'd like to be sure I
> > > don't :-) On my 8GB usb stick I now have a file called inxtaller
> > > (24.4 KB shell script)
> >
> > installer is - as far as i remember - run inside inx.
> >
> > > So if I reboot my pc with usb as 1st boot it will start inx,
> > > correct? But... will that erase my entire disk on the pc, or did
> > > all the warnings I got mean that the entire space on the usb will
> > > be used?
> > >
> > > Better safe than sorry ;-)
> >
> > The installer appears to contain the clue as to what happens at line
> > 79. My quick look indicates that it asks you to confirm which drive
> > you will use, but as with any install i'd take a backup first :)
> >
> >
> > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inx-devel/inx/inxtaller/view/head:/inxtaller#L79
> >
> > thanks,
> > kk
> >
> > --
> > Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS)
> > http://www.kgoetz.id.au
> > No, I won't join your social networking group
> >


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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS)
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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