Re: Installing from live
On Tue 18 Sep 2018 at 18:25:53 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> David Wright wrote:
> > I mount all the "foreign" partitions readonly (both NTFS and FAT)
>
> That's a wise move in general, of course.
> But if you are downloading a BD sized ISO of 20+ GiB, then RAM based
> "disk" storage might be too small.
>
> As soon as the ISO is composed from template file and Debian packages
> by Jigdo, it may be burnt to a BD medium. But Jigdo needs a file path
> where to inflate its template file to full ISO size.
Sure, but a 32GB USB stick is now to be had for $10. Would that
be suitable?
> > I used Windows's tools to shrink its filesystems and partitions
>
> Well, that would be an invasive way to use the real disk of the MS-Windows
> machine. Also i expect it to need more GNU/Linux knowledge than we can
> expect, when it comes to making the free space usable by the Live system.
>
> Nevertheless, if you have a tangible proposal as alternative to
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/JigdoOnLive#Get_access_to_a_writable_disk_filesystem
>
> i am interested to see it.
That second sentence was really an aside. My main point is snipped
here, ie "in case Windows wasn't shut down with its filesystems fully
synced and unmounted".
What I was envisaging was a windows user closing down, booting up a
USB stick's live Debian and corrupting their windows disk by using
it to store ISO files.
https://www.howtogeek.com/243901/the-pros-and-cons-of-windows-10s-fast-startup-mode/
The reason I was being invasive (on windows's terms) is because, as I
explained at the end of another thread¹, I was making room for a new
Debian system on the laptop. I wasn't exhorting people to repartition
their disk for workspace, but just warning that writing to windows
partitions from a foreign OS can be unwise unless you're sure the disk
is fully unmounted.
¹
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/09/msg00468.html
Cheers,
David.
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