Hi, On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 08:50:28AM -0400, Jeffrey Mark Siskind wrote: > I'd like to make a live wheezy USB dongle. I followed the instructions on
Why wheezy ... it's old. > https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb > > to make a live USB from > > > http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/7.11.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-7.11.0-amd64-standard.iso There are many ways to make a bootable HDD image if this can be booted. By using aufs or newer overlayfs, you can choose to make OS persistent while your running system writing on RAM(tmpfs). https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/InstallOnSDcardOrUsbStick I have not tested but this may give you hint. I also use kvm to install system on USB connected HDD from my working Debian system. many ways ...
