On 2015-11-25, rlhar...@oplink.net <rlhar...@oplink.net> wrote: > On Wed, November 25, 2015 7:22 am, Brian wrote: >> On Wed 25 Nov 2015 at 11:29:52 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: >>> David >>> is talking about using the USB as an installation target. >> >> Personally I would forget about a customised Debian Live and follow >> David's suggestion to install Debian on a USB stick. Unstable can be >> installed to a stick with the mini.iso from >> >> http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-i386/current/ >> images/netboot/ > > I am ignorant here; the technique is new to me. > > After installation to a USB stick, then what? Do I boot the Windows > machine with the USB on which Debian is installed?
Yes. You then use the OS in the same way as if it were installed on the hard drive. > And does the resulting environment differ from the environment provided by > the debianlive ISO? Any changes you make will persist to the USB across reboots. (The system might feel slow compared to a 'normal' installation.) The live iso, on the other hand, is intended for installation and system rescue and is read-only. -- Liam
