On Mar 22, 10:44 am, bb <bblo...@arcor.de> wrote: > emil schrieb: > > > On Mar 20, 10:52 pm, Alec Mihailovs <alec.mihail...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> On Mar 19, 4:51 am, bb <bblo...@arcor.de> wrote: > > >>> I tried to compile sage from source on slitaz, a very small and > >>> ultrafast starting linux and slitaz might be installed to a bootable USB. > >>> No success. > > >> You could just use Sage live CD (bootable). If it boots from a CD, it > >> would boot from USB as well, I guess. > > >> It is rather small, contains Sage 4.3.1 on Puppy Linux, and is > >> available from > > >>http://mira.sunsite.utk.edu/sagemath/livecd/index.html > > >> as well on other mirrors. > > >> Alec Mihailovs > > > Hi, > > > To get the Sage Lice CD installed on USB should be easy. Start the > > Live CD. Then Go to the > > Menu>Setup>Puppy Universal Installer > > > There are plenty of install options. Choose USB hard drive or USB > > flash drive. > > > The following menus should be straightforward, try to stick with the > > install options. > > > I tested it and post this message from the live CD installed to a > > flash drive. > > Advantage is that it runs considerable faster than the LIVE CD and it > > is easy to carry it around. > > > Emil > > > PS: There is also Menu>Setup>BootFlash Install Puppy to USB. This > > wizard is more advanced and will also format your stick. If you want > > to keep your data use the "universal installer" mentioned above > > Tnx. I will try Sage live on USB for my new machines. But "on road" I > use a 20 years old laptop that wont start from USB. Why? No one ever > tried to steal it! > > Regards BB
Hi BB, there are still possibilites for your ancient laptop. Generally the base distro for the live CD was designed to run on old hardware. If you have 700 MB free on your HD you can try a frugal install. This will not conflict with any existing OS on your laptop. If your primary OS is Linux you can use GRUB (comes with the Live CD: Menu>System>GRUB Bootloader config) to boot the Live CD. I don't know how to do this with old windows or dos versions, but on XP you can use the program Unetbootin to make a frugal install into a windows partition (tested). There is also the possibility to have a boot floppy (google for puppy linux wakepup). This floppy can boot puppy linux from a device which is not bootable otherways (e.g your USB), so it should also work for the Sage live CD. About saving your work: In theorie it should be possible to save your work on the USB in a "pupsave" file. This file is created after your first boot. Basically it contains all modifications to the directory structure, especially the folder /root. So if you have a frugal install of the live CD on your old laptop, but no pupsave file on the hard disk and the laptop can find the pupsave file on your USB during booting, you can still access your directories and work on your Sage USB/Flash stick. Hope it works for you, and I hope I can finalize my next release of the live CD (including Texmacs). Emil -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
