Re: How to Make Fedora 33 portable usb

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On Tue, 2020-12-29 at 12:53 +1030, Tim via users wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-12-28 at 20:37 -0500, Anil Felipe Duggirala wrote:
> > How would I go about creating a usb bootable (portable) installation
> > of Fedora?
> > I am aware of the Live Fedora 33 Workstation images. But, for
> > example, when boothing from that, your settings (program setting) are
> > not saved. 
> > How can I have a Fedora usb that I can use on different pcs? Where I
> > have additional software installed? And settings? And maybe even a
> > permanent /home storage space?
> 
> In theory, just plug in the drive and do an installation to that drive.
> 
> You'll need to configure your PC's BIOS/UEFI to boot from the USB
> drive, too.  It might already be pre-configured to try doing that.
>  
> -- 
>  
I create a bootable USB version of each Fedora release - just in case!

I use an XFCE live USB stick as the source and "install to disk"
to a second USB stick - 5 minutes. (after sorting out a custom ext4 layout)
[All my machines are now UEFI so dual BIOS/UEFI boot not required]
I would strongly recommend the Flash Voyager® GTX USB 3.1 such as
https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Storage/USB-Drives/flash-voyager-gtx-3-1-config/p/CMFVYGTX3C-128GB
Very fast and can be trimmed - you can tell it is slower than a SATA SSD but
not enough to worry about in an emergency.

I do the following as well but not certain this is still necessary.
"dnf install dracut-config-generic	To force a generic initramfs F33
This installs a single file /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/02-generic-image.conf	hostonly="no"
To force an existing kernel to use a "fully configured" initramfs file then
dracut --regenerate-all --force		Not checked F33
NB this will regenerate and over-write all /boot/initramfs* files
Make copies first if required."

John
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