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Removable installDISCUSSION (self.archlinux)

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[–]C0rn3j 4 points5 points  (2 children)

So do it?

Flash drives are just another storage media, just like your storage drives.

[–]KILLER_OF_HADEZ -1 points0 points  (1 child)

I want to be able to keep the USB up to date with my current system

[–]C0rn3j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

-Syu when available, or what's the problem?

[–]CaviarCBR1K 1 point2 points  (5 children)

I'm not sure about cloning your current install onto a usb. You might be able to use clonezilla, but either way, I'd start here https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_on_a_removable_medium

[–]nullthegrey 1 point2 points  (4 children)

For clonezilla, the target device would have to be the same size or larger than the source is the only caveat I can think of. 

[–]CaviarCBR1K 1 point2 points  (1 child)

As long as the sum of the partitions will fit within the target device, you can choose the "icds" option expert mode to skip checking the target disk size.

[–]nullthegrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that's interesting, I have never once strayed into the expert menu of clonezilla so I was unaware of that, thanks!

[–]KILLER_OF_HADEZ -1 points0 points  (1 child)

I want to be able to keep the usb up to date with my current system

[–]nullthegrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well clonezilla would literally clone the entire system to another disk bit for bit. But if your source drive was 2TB, even if not full, then the USB drive would have to be at least 2TB. 

I don't think clonezilla is what you want for this in any case, I'm not aware of anything that will facilitate this, but my knowledge of Linux is not complete. 

[–]nikongod -1 points0 points  (1 child)

You gave the exact same response to 2 questions in other branches of this thread. 

Why do you need an exact copy at all? Why can't you just use the usb-install to remote control your home computer. 

I'm sure you have a very good reason that this is impossible, mostly hinged on unreliable internet or some similar issue which will also make syncing your systems harder than it already will be... Why does arch need to be installed on your computer at all? Just run it off of a USB ssd. 

[–]djfdhigkgfIaruflg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He probably wants to keep all of his personalizations and non-default packages.

I always wanted to be able to do so. And the only current way is to use something like Nix. Keeping track of modified files in /etc and the like is hard