Kenneth Parker wrote: > Here I am. And yes, I have run installs on USB Drives, on one system, and > then tried to boot it on another. Things that go wrong include different > naming conventions for Ethernet, sound woes, and even (at least once) only > getting into Text Mode, due to wildly different Video hardware. So what I > was trying to figure out was, what's involved in booting a Live DVD (or > USB) iso system, and if anybody had figured out how to populate the file > systems, yet do Hardware Tests, during the booting process.
All you described is expected and there is nothing wrong with it. When you do a USB boot, you have to prepare the USB to support as much hardware as possible before you boot. Also you do not, I repeat, you do not configure network or other stuff - you keep the customizations to a minimum.