[Inx] inxtaller on usb (almost there)

[Peter Garrett]

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 20:28:31 +1100
Karl Goetz <karl at kgoetz.id.au> wrote:

> 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.

Most of this can be simplified by downloading inx-1.17, which contains
both inxusb and inxtaller, with menus that explain their use (I hope!).

You can access those menus from the "Tools" menu:

i: Install Information and Options

All the install methods start from a live booted inx CD of course...


Note that inx-1.17 also includes the net install method, which requires
a bit more understanding and a fair bit of downloading, but is far more
flexible than "inxtaller" and allows you to specify partitions etc. via
the net install iso alos included in 1.17.

You can get 1.17 here:
http://inx.maincontent.net/devel/unstable/

Direct link for the iso:
http://inx.maincontent.net/devel/unstable/inx-unstable-1.17.iso

Peter

> 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
> > >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS)
> http://www.kgoetz.id.au
> No, I won't join your social networking group
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