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by BitJam
Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:03 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Experimental frugal install
Replies: 31
Views: 1211

Re: Experimental frugal install

Haven't tried frugal installation in a loooong time, does it add an entry to UEFI? fehlix covered how a frugal install modifies the system, namely it adds a directory to an existing partition and copies files into it. That's it. No partitioning, no creating file systems, no modifications of any boo...
by BitJam
Wed Feb 14, 2024 3:27 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Experimental frugal install
Replies: 31
Views: 1211

Re: Experimental frugal install

Welcome! :party2: I think the problem was I was booting the .iso from a grml-rescueboot folder in Debian. It booted fine and I could have done a regular file directory install, but the frugal installer didn't like whatever parameters I was choosing and I tried a few different options. Yes, a frugal...
by BitJam
Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Securely delete all data on external SSD [Solved]
Replies: 19
Views: 1255

Re: Securely delete all data on external SSD [Solved]

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX conv=noerror,sync,notrunc status=progress It's also possible to add , say, bs=1M or say 4M to make it faster, but without that (the above way) will be "bit-for-bit" (perfect).. ...Just change the /dev/zero to /dev/random (when needed) and of=/dev/sdX to wh...
by BitJam
Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Easy iso mount?
Replies: 18
Views: 827

Re: Easy iso mount?

Compared to the command @Adrian gave, the isomount mounts the ISO at /mnt/iso and the isoumount also doesn't remove the folders it created, but I would hasten to say it is not at all a bad thing because /mnt/iso can be recycled the next time the isomount tool is used. One area where isomount is sup...
by BitJam
Wed Apr 05, 2023 3:50 am
Forum: MX Fluxbox Official Release
Topic: Where is the frugal installation persistent data? [Solved]
Replies: 10
Views: 816

Re: Where is the frugal installation persistent data? [Solved]

Yes! You've got it! We tried hard to prevent the live system from doing stupid, destructive things to the system it runs on. For example, while our live-usb-maker will repartition the target device, we try to make sure that device is removable and not currently in use. The frugal install is even mor...
by BitJam
Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:01 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: live kernel updater [Solved]
Replies: 5
Views: 350

Re: live kernel updater [Solved]

You need to remaster after installing the new kernel. The reason for this requirement is to ensure all the modules for the new kernel are on the system even if persistence is not enabled. If those modules aren't available then booting will fail horribly. It doesn't matter which remaster you use. The...
by BitJam
Tue Apr 04, 2023 3:51 am
Forum: Installation
Topic: fulltime portable OS, LiveUSB creation options
Replies: 9
Views: 798

Re: fulltime portable OS, LiveUSB creation options

You can enable (or not enable) persistence on every live boot. You select it from the boot menu. For your system I recommend using static root persistence. The first time you enable persistence it will ask you what size to make the root persistence file. For you I suggest 10 Gig. You can also have p...
by BitJam
Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:19 am
Forum: MX Fluxbox Official Release
Topic: Where is the frugal installation persistent data? [Solved]
Replies: 10
Views: 816

Re: Where is the frugal installation persistent data? [Solved]

I discovered that the antiX-Frugal partitition is required because it is where the data is kept, but the confusion arises because that partition is hidden from the running system. I moved the demo and root files within Live-usb-storage which is within the antiX-Frugal partition to hide them. My exp...
by BitJam
Fri Mar 24, 2023 3:49 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: MX Live usb
Replies: 1
Views: 212

Re: MX Live usb

We seem to be losing contact with your keyboard so we no longer see your key presses. It seems strange that it worked for a few questions and then stopped here. Oh well. For now, you should be able to get past this step by using the "persist=auto" boot parameter. This tells the system to a...
by BitJam
Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:27 am
Forum: MX Fluxbox Official Release
Topic: Where is the frugal installation persistent data? [Solved]
Replies: 10
Views: 816

Re: Where is the frugal installation persistent data? [Solved]

Welcome je55eah ! On a live-usb the /live-usb-storage/ directory gives you persistent storage even with no persistence enabled. In the main live file system /root/live-usb-storage/ is bind mounted to /live-usb-storage/root/ (on the usb) and /home/demo/live-usb-storage/ is bind mounted to /live-usb-s...

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