[openFATE 307551] Booting Live OS from a USB drive
Feature added by: Ben Metzner (Bman22) Feature #307551, revision 1 Title: Booting Live OS from a USB drive openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ben Metzner (bman22) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I think it would be great to allow for a live session to be run via a usb key. Almost every live distro i know supports it as a feature, and even a lot of non-live-specific distro's have the option to run live from a usb key. If this could be incorperated in 11.2, or 11.3, it would be great. Just providing an ISO file to image to a usb drive would be great, seeing as the current images won't boot from a usb key. Use Case: Somebody who wants to be able to easily carry around multiple linux distrobutions, and boot them from a usb drive, or memory card reader in their computer. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I want this specifically so i can image some sd cards with my favorite distro's (OpenSuSE obviously being one of those), and just reboot the computer with a different sd card when i want a different distro, instead of having to carry around multiple cd drives, as well as an external cd player for my netbook. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307551
Feature changed by: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) Feature #307551, revision 2 Title: Booting Live OS from a USB drive openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ben Metzner (bman22) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I think it would be great to allow for a live session to be run via a usb key. Almost every live distro i know supports it as a feature, and even a lot of non-live-specific distro's have the option to run live from a usb key. If this could be incorperated in 11.2, or 11.3, it would be great. Just providing an ISO file to image to a usb drive would be great, seeing as the current images won't boot from a usb key. Use Case: Somebody who wants to be able to easily carry around multiple linux distrobutions, and boot them from a usb drive, or memory card reader in their computer. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I want this specifically so i can image some sd cards with my favorite distro's (OpenSuSE obviously being one of those), and just reboot the computer with a different sd card when i want a different distro, instead of having to carry around multiple cd drives, as well as an external cd player for my netbook. + Discussion: + #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-01-14 20:58:08) + Additionally I recommend to use casper fs for persistent storage. It + has the advantage over hybrid iso, that the usb stick can be used as + before and the installation on it is non destructive. And a gui utility + (or rebranding of an existint utility) for making such an installation + on usb stick easier for windows&linux. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307551
Feature changed by: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) Feature #307551, revision 3 Title: Booting Live OS from a USB drive openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ben Metzner (bman22) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I think it would be great to allow for a live session to be run via a usb key. Almost every live distro i know supports it as a feature, and even a lot of non-live-specific distro's have the option to run live from a usb key. If this could be incorperated in 11.2, or 11.3, it would be great. Just providing an ISO file to image to a usb drive would be great, seeing as the current images won't boot from a usb key. Use Case: Somebody who wants to be able to easily carry around multiple linux distrobutions, and boot them from a usb drive, or memory card reader in their computer. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I want this specifically so i can image some sd cards with my favorite distro's (OpenSuSE obviously being one of those), and just reboot the computer with a different sd card when i want a different distro, instead of having to carry around multiple cd drives, as well as an external cd player for my netbook. Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-01-14 20:58:08) Additionally I recommend to use casper fs for persistent storage. It has the advantage over hybrid iso, that the usb stick can be used as before and the installation on it is non destructive. And a gui utility (or rebranding of an existint utility) for making such an installation on usb stick easier for windows&linux. + #2: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) (2010-07-14 04:16:49) + Which parts of the above can not be done with current LiveCD isos? + You can write them with dd onto USB storage of 1GB or more and use the + remainder as persistent file storage. + http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307551
Feature changed by: jpxviii jpxviii (jpxviii) Feature #307551, revision 4 Title: Booting Live OS from a USB drive openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable + openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed + Priority + Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ben Metzner (bman22) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I think it would be great to allow for a live session to be run via a usb key. Almost every live distro i know supports it as a feature, and even a lot of non-live-specific distro's have the option to run live from a usb key. If this could be incorperated in 11.2, or 11.3, it would be great. Just providing an ISO file to image to a usb drive would be great, seeing as the current images won't boot from a usb key. Use Case: Somebody who wants to be able to easily carry around multiple linux distrobutions, and boot them from a usb drive, or memory card reader in their computer. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I want this specifically so i can image some sd cards with my favorite distro's (OpenSuSE obviously being one of those), and just reboot the computer with a different sd card when i want a different distro, instead of having to carry around multiple cd drives, as well as an external cd player for my netbook. Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-01-14 20:58:08) Additionally I recommend to use casper fs for persistent storage. It has the advantage over hybrid iso, that the usb stick can be used as before and the installation on it is non destructive. And a gui utility (or rebranding of an existint utility) for making such an installation on usb stick easier for windows&linux. #2: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) (2010-07-14 04:16:49) Which parts of the above can not be done with current LiveCD isos? You can write them with dd onto USB storage of 1GB or more and use the remainder as persistent file storage. http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307551
Feature changed by: jpxviii jpxviii (jpxviii) Feature #307551, revision 5 Title: Booting Live OS from a USB drive + Hackweek V: Unconfirmed + Priority + Requester: Important openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ben Metzner (bman22) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I think it would be great to allow for a live session to be run via a usb key. Almost every live distro i know supports it as a feature, and even a lot of non-live-specific distro's have the option to run live from a usb key. If this could be incorperated in 11.2, or 11.3, it would be great. Just providing an ISO file to image to a usb drive would be great, seeing as the current images won't boot from a usb key. Use Case: Somebody who wants to be able to easily carry around multiple linux distrobutions, and boot them from a usb drive, or memory card reader in their computer. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I want this specifically so i can image some sd cards with my favorite distro's (OpenSuSE obviously being one of those), and just reboot the computer with a different sd card when i want a different distro, instead of having to carry around multiple cd drives, as well as an external cd player for my netbook. Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-01-14 20:58:08) Additionally I recommend to use casper fs for persistent storage. It has the advantage over hybrid iso, that the usb stick can be used as before and the installation on it is non destructive. And a gui utility (or rebranding of an existint utility) for making such an installation on usb stick easier for windows&linux. #2: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) (2010-07-14 04:16:49) Which parts of the above can not be done with current LiveCD isos? You can write them with dd onto USB storage of 1GB or more and use the remainder as persistent file storage. http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307551
Feature changed by: jpxviii jpxviii (jpxviii) Feature #307551, revision 6 Title: Booting Live OS from a USB drive Hackweek V: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority - Requester: Desirable + Requester: Important Requested by: Ben Metzner (bman22) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I think it would be great to allow for a live session to be run via a usb key. Almost every live distro i know supports it as a feature, and even a lot of non-live-specific distro's have the option to run live from a usb key. If this could be incorperated in 11.2, or 11.3, it would be great. Just providing an ISO file to image to a usb drive would be great, seeing as the current images won't boot from a usb key. Use Case: Somebody who wants to be able to easily carry around multiple linux distrobutions, and boot them from a usb drive, or memory card reader in their computer. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I want this specifically so i can image some sd cards with my favorite distro's (OpenSuSE obviously being one of those), and just reboot the computer with a different sd card when i want a different distro, instead of having to carry around multiple cd drives, as well as an external cd player for my netbook. Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-01-14 20:58:08) Additionally I recommend to use casper fs for persistent storage. It has the advantage over hybrid iso, that the usb stick can be used as before and the installation on it is non destructive. And a gui utility (or rebranding of an existint utility) for making such an installation on usb stick easier for windows&linux. #2: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) (2010-07-14 04:16:49) Which parts of the above can not be done with current LiveCD isos? You can write them with dd onto USB storage of 1GB or more and use the remainder as persistent file storage. http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307551
Feature changed by: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) Feature #307551, revision 7 Title: Booting Live OS from a USB drive Hackweek V: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ben Metzner (bman22) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I think it would be great to allow for a live session to be run via a usb key. Almost every live distro i know supports it as a feature, and even a lot of non-live-specific distro's have the option to run live from a usb key. If this could be incorperated in 11.2, or 11.3, it would be great. Just providing an ISO file to image to a usb drive would be great, seeing as the current images won't boot from a usb key. Use Case: Somebody who wants to be able to easily carry around multiple linux distrobutions, and boot them from a usb drive, or memory card reader in their computer. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I want this specifically so i can image some sd cards with my favorite distro's (OpenSuSE obviously being one of those), and just reboot the computer with a different sd card when i want a different distro, instead of having to carry around multiple cd drives, as well as an external cd player for my netbook. Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-01-14 20:58:08) Additionally I recommend to use casper fs for persistent storage. It has the advantage over hybrid iso, that the usb stick can be used as before and the installation on it is non destructive. And a gui utility (or rebranding of an existint utility) for making such an installation on usb stick easier for windows&linux. #2: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) (2010-07-14 04:16:49) Which parts of the above can not be done with current LiveCD isos? You can write them with dd onto USB storage of 1GB or more and use the remainder as persistent file storage. http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick + #3: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-10-12 22:00:53) + - currently, it is not possible to use 1 gb of a 4 gb stick for live- + stick, and the rest as fat32 partion (to use from any OS) + - I never got working the persistent partition although exactly + following the guide linked above. + - there is no gui tool, please do not require an unexperienced user to + use console. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307551
Feature changed by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #307551, revision 8 Title: Booting Live OS from a USB drive - Hackweek V: Unconfirmed + openSUSE-11.3: Done Priority - Requester: Important - openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed - Priority Requester: Desirable - openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed + openSUSE-11.4: Done Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ben Metzner (bman22) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I think it would be great to allow for a live session to be run via a usb key. Almost every live distro i know supports it as a feature, and even a lot of non-live-specific distro's have the option to run live from a usb key. If this could be incorperated in 11.2, or 11.3, it would be great. Just providing an ISO file to image to a usb drive would be great, seeing as the current images won't boot from a usb key. Use Case: Somebody who wants to be able to easily carry around multiple linux distrobutions, and boot them from a usb drive, or memory card reader in their computer. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I want this specifically so i can image some sd cards with my favorite distro's (OpenSuSE obviously being one of those), and just reboot the computer with a different sd card when i want a different distro, instead of having to carry around multiple cd drives, as well as an external cd player for my netbook. Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-01-14 20:58:08) Additionally I recommend to use casper fs for persistent storage. It has the advantage over hybrid iso, that the usb stick can be used as before and the installation on it is non destructive. And a gui utility (or rebranding of an existint utility) for making such an installation on usb stick easier for windows&linux. #2: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) (2010-07-14 04:16:49) Which parts of the above can not be done with current LiveCD isos? You can write them with dd onto USB storage of 1GB or more and use the remainder as persistent file storage. http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick + #5: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2010-11-08 16:41:16) (reply to #2) + I agree that the request above is fullfilled already. #3: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-10-12 22:00:53) - currently, it is not possible to use 1 gb of a 4 gb stick for live- stick, and the rest as fat32 partion (to use from any OS) - I never got working the persistent partition although exactly following the guide linked above. - there is no gui tool, please do not require an unexperienced user to use console. + #4: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2010-11-08 16:40:50) (reply to #3) + What you describe are bugs or extra features: please create a bug + report if the persistent storage does not work and create additional + feature entries. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307551
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