[sf-lug] KNOPPIX on USB (was: SF-LUG meeting notes for Mon 2019-03-18)

[aaronco36]

Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote at [1]

> When i hear that a new version of the Knoppix iso file is out I
> will download that and update any Knoppix Flash Drives on hand,
> If someone wants a DVD of Knoppix I will be happy to prepare if
> requested before the meeting a day or so in advance. Writing
> DVDs takes a lot more time than writing an iso to a Flash Drive.

In that case, you (Bobbie S) might be keenly interested to note that 
according to the announcement of the very-limited Beta-type version 8.5.0 
of Knoppix [2]....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ quoting from [2] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
With the new Hybrid layout of the ISO file, the file can be copied 
directly to USB flash disk, either using standard Linux tools like dd or 
cp, or programs like -> Win32 Etcher. In this case, the first partition is 
read-only because of the iso9660 file system. Because of that, boot 
options cannot be changed permanently. Example:
dd if=KNOPPIX_V8.5-2019-02-10-EN.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This means that when Knoppix 8.5.x _does_ eventually get released to its 
standard mirrors, then you could use Linux 'dd' from the terminal to 
directly create a bootable USB stick as opposed to writing to a DVD 
beforehand first, given that writing to a DVD "takes a lot more time than 
writing an iso to a Flash Drive".

Of course to perform this, you (Bobbie S) might have have to get around 
the Linux Terminal discomfort you specifically expressed in [1] as 
follows:
> I never wanted to be a Linux Terminal expert because it is so
> different from the AmigaOS which was a much simpler system and
> on which I did lots of stuff essentially in root mode all the
> time.  I learn things as I need them and keep examples of
> fixes and terminal commands on hand for future use.

On the positive side of directly imaging the Knoppix 8.5.x iso onto a USB 
stick via 'dd' -- once you (Bobbie S) overcome any stigma with using the 
Linux Terminal a.k.a. commandline -- then you can more readily use one or 
more of the 8 GB capacity drives you mentioned at [3] you already 
purchased via Walmart online and better "justify" this purchase ;-)
-A

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References
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[1]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2019q1/013931.html
[2]http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/knoppix850-en.html
[3]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2019q1/013923.html
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