On Sunday 03 August 2008 13:34:20 Richard Shaw wrote: > On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Rahul Sundaram > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > >> My laptop runs Mandriva, but because I do end-user support for both > >> Mandriva and Fedora issues I'd like to have both systems. Unfortunately > >> I simply don't have enough drive space to install another OS, so I > >> wondered whether I could actually install F9 onto an 8GB usb stick. > >> > >> I've read http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo and > >> http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/11/07/i-am-fedora-and-so-can-you/, > >> but these seem to refer to a non-upgradable system. Since I need to be > >> able to use KDE 4.1 that won't suffice. > >> > >> Can anyone please point me to useful reading, or give a brief rundown of > >> tasks and things to remember in doing this? > > > > The USB howto will work fine. You can currently upgrade everything on the > > USB key except the kernel IIRC. It is really no different from running > > off a hard disk other than the fact that it is more portable. > > > > Rahul > > This has not been my experience. I was actually able to update the kernel > without problem but several other packages have caused problems, most > notably udev which had an issue during reboot with an error about loading > the 50-udev-default.rules. > > I've also had problems with updating xorg. X tried and failed to load, but > instead of only trying 3 times it went into an infinite loop. > > Also, after reading a previous post on this list, I would keep updates to > only things you care about since the overlay file records block changes and > you will eventually run out of overlay. > > My HW if anyone is interested: > HP 8510w (Laptop workstation) > Core2Duo (2.4GHz) > Centrino vPro chipset. > Nvidia Quadro 256MB > > Richard
Ah yes - the overlay. I'm not sure that I more than half understand it, but if I do, that could be a problem. The LiveCD will be KDE 4.0 (probably 4.0.3) and I need 4.1, so there would be a huge amount to update. What would be the best chance of dealing with that? Anne
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