How Come You Can't Install Linux From a USB, Like You Can From A DVD?
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Usb install was done using the dd command. Already covered in this thread. These netbooks have no internal drive. USB or SD is the only way.
I am doing this out of laziness. It is just easier to set up a interface for my new Samsung Galaxy 7 Edge phone to a piece of hardware not being regularly used. Just sitting on the shelf. Than jumping through hoops with mtp and linux tools.
Code:
harry@biker:~
$ apt-cache policy mtp-tools
mtp-tools:
Installed: 1.1.8-1+b1
Candidate: 1.1.8-1+b1
Version table:
*** 1.1.8-1+b1 0
500 http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
harry@biker:~
$ cd /media
harry@biker:/media
$ ls
cdrom cdrw _data1 _data2 dvd mmcblk0p1 MTPdevice sr0
harry@biker:/media
$ cd /etc/udev/rules.d/
harry@biker:/etc/udev/rules.d
$ cat 51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04e8", ATTR{idProduct}=="6860", MODE="066
harry@biker:/etc/udev/rules.d
Since I am being a regular Window Manager Linux user with SpaceFM and Rox File Manager with udev for mounting things. Like I said. Computer user laziness syndrome.
I'm not sure I understand "Downloaded to a 46G partiton..."? How does one "download" something to a partition in such a way as to make it bootable?
Are you using Plan 9?
What I meant to say is, I burned the downloaded Ubuntu Mate to the newly partitioned 8 GB USB, but specifically to the 4GB partition, which had nothing else on it. My computer was then able to recognize and boot from it.
IMHO, optical discs are becoming obsolete these days.
I prefer to do net installs. When doing a net install it fetches the latest kernel and packages during installations.
Yes, and although I must admit to preferring to have a nice collection of DVD's with Linux operating systems on them, I agree it's a good thing. Less plastic polluting the world.
I'll have to check into net installing. First time I've heard the term (from one newbie to another. I know it says I'm a Member, but I'm pretty sure I'll be a newbie for the foreseeable future).
Last edited by michael diemer; 10-12-2016 at 07:02 PM.
I'll have to check into net installing. First time I've heard the term (from one newbie to another. I know it says I'm a Member, but I'm pretty sure I'll be a newbie for the foreseeable future).
Debian offers a net install image. Arch's iso is sort of like a net install and slackware offers a net install as an option as well.
Got the USB to be recognized. "Burned" ROSA, everything seemed to work good, until I tried to boot. Got "missing operating system" scrolling down the screen indefinitely. Went through the whole Unetbootin process until it was done.
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Apologies if you have already but, please, list the full details of this machine. Without people using them nobody will know whether they are intentionally broken or not.
Got the USB to be recognized. "Burned" ROSA, everything seemed to work good, until I tried to boot. Got "missing operating system" scrolling down the screen indefinitely. Went through the whole Unetbootin process until it was done.
Chris.
Greetings Chris!
It sounds like you are trying to install Rosa Linux (a Russian Linux distribution), is that correct? http://rosalinux.com
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