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Live Installation to External Device
With a live installation of an operating system, it can be run directly from an external device:- bypassing the existing, internal operating system on ones computer
- without altering the configuration of the existing, internal operating system on ones computer (unless one deliberately chooses to do so in order to fix a broken system configuration)
- SD flash memory card
- USB flash memory drive
- solid-state drive (SSD)
- hard disk drive (HDD)
- optical disc drive (see LiveDVD)
1. How to create a live installation to external device
- acquire the disk image file (with file extension .img, .iso or .zip) of the desired operating system, such as a recent Puppy Linux release (read Appendix 2)
- then, write the disk image file (with file extension .img, .iso or .zip) to an external device
2. How to write (burn) a disk image file to external device
- From within GNU/Linux:
- ensure the target device is disconnected from the computer
- next, list all USB external devices connected to the computer, via the command-line interface:
lsblk
- next, connect the target device to the computer via an USB port
- next, determine the correct device name (sdX) of the target device by invoking the lsblk command again, and comparing both outputs:
lsblk
- then, write (burn) the disk image file (with file extension .img, .iso or .zip) to external device, via the command-line interface
- WARNING the dd command will overwrite all existing data on the target device X, where X represents the device letter for your target device - USE ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK:
time sudo dd bs=4M conv=notrunc,fdatasync oflag=direct status=progress if=<DISK IMAGE FILE> of=/dev/sdX
- From within Microsoft Windows:
- ensure an external device is connected to the computer, usually via a USB port
- then, use either one of the following free software programs:
- Rufus (advanced) (the latest version of Rufus requires Windows 8 or later; last supported version for Windows 7 is version 3.22)
- USBImager (simple)
3. How to run GNU/Linux from the external device
- ensure the external device is connected to the computer, usually via a USB port
- next, ensure that the U.E.F.I./B.I.O.S. firmware (low-level software that starts just prior to the operating system doing so) is configured to follow the desired boot sequence (read Appendix 3)
- next, ensure that the computer is in a power-off state
- next, power-on the computer
Appendix
https://easyos.org/install/how-to-install-easyos-on-a-new-ssd.htmlhttps://easyos.org/install/how-to-write-easyos-to-a-flash-drive.html#EasyDD_frontend_for_dd
https://www.happyassassin.net/posts/2014/01/25/uefi-boot-how-does-that-actually-work-then/
https://uefi.org/faq
