john wendel wrote:
Phil Meyer wrote:
john wendel wrote:
Clueless here,
I've got an F10 install running well, and I'd like to move the
system to a flash disk. This flash will become the boot device for a
small system I'm building. Can I just use "cp" and end up with a
workable system? I know that I need to do a grub install. Anything
else?
I'd appreciate any clues about what I need to tweak on the resulting
flash to get it booting/running.
Thanks,
Clueless ( John )
You might consider using livecd-creator to create a live custom
image, and then using livecd-iso-to-disk to create your bootable
flash drive.
I have done this about 100 times at work, and it works well. When
you use livecd-iso-to-disk you can add overlays for both system and
home that will allow dynamic changes.
Another thing: you might create links to /var/lib/pgsql,
/var/lib/mysql, /var/log, etc etc, during the postinstall of the
kickstart used for livecd-creator.
That way, you can have a separate partition on the flash drive for
data, rather than putting data in an overlay.
Good Luck!
This looks like a nice solution for most people. I guess I should have
mentioned that the system I'm installing isn't "rpm package" based
anymore; I've removed (as in "rm <file>") all the stuff I won't be
using for the few applications the target box will run. Everything now
fits in a 512 MB flash with room to spare.
Thanks for the reply.
John
By using the livecd-tools, your target drive will be built with a
squashfs image. Your 512MB limit could conceivably contain an actual
1.5GB of data.
Also, using kickstart to build the image, you can eliminate packages you
don't need or want. You could even rm files if you wanted to in the
postinstall.
The best part is, by using a kickstart to get it perfect, it can be
replicated, such as for a new release.
Good Luck!
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