Installing Slackware onto usb stick
Hello,
I am wanting to install Slackware on a usb stick so that I can boot from it and use Slackware on different computers. I was wondering if I can do the standard install procedure, using the usb stick as the install drive. If I can than are there any pitfalls I should watch out for? |
Hi deadalus.globalnode, Welcome to LQ. Have a look here, it's documented.
http://wiki.alienbase.nl/doku.php?id=slackware:usbboot Good luck. ;-) |
Thank you. I wonder why I couldn't find it on Google. Any way I appreciate the help.
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Or try Slax?
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You can install slackware TO an usb device just like you install it on any other hard drive. The only pitfall is, that the slackware standard for naming devices in /etc/fstab is the tradiotional unix way (/dev/sdN). So if it's sdb on one computer it could be sdf on another one. To solve this issue use labels or uuids to identify the partitions. |
Docs?
Do you know where I could find documentation or a tutorial on using labels or uuids?
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Check man for the following :
Code:
fstab , lilo.conf, vol_id, e2_label |
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Code:
bash-3.1# mkswap -L 2nd_SWAP /dev/sda8 Emilio |
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