Snapshot Oddity

[Rudy_Kaos]

I've been using MX-XFCE for over a year and the Live USB Maker has saved my bacon a few times. I'm quite familiar with the tool. However, with MX-KDE I'm still able to make a bootable USB but there is no install option. This is my personal backup, your MX-KDE live iso is fine. I'm running on 4 hours sleep in 2 days so it's probably me.

Make Snapshot Preserving Accounts
Then run Live USB Maker in full featured mode
(same as I do in XFCE)

Expected outcome is to see the install icon appear on desktop while making the snapshot but it never appears.
Expected outcome when booting into my live usb snapshot, to see install icon on desktop but nada.

[JayM]

If your installed system doesn't have an installer icon on the desktop or if you've excluded Desktop in the exclusion settings in Snapshot then your snapshot won't have one either. Just open a terminal and run

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sudo minstall

after booting from your snapshot. Otherwise, right-click on your desktop prior to making a snapshot and create a launcher for minstall, then don't exclude your desktop in the snapshot tool.

BTW please edit your topic (click the pencil icon) as this has nothing to do with Live USB Maker.

[Rudy_Kaos]

That worked like butter, you be a genuwine rocket surgeon I really appreciate it. Odd but I always exclude my desktop in XFCE, next time I'll include it the live kde usb and see what happens.

[Rudy_Kaos]

If your installed system doesn't have an installer icon on the desktop or if you've excluded Desktop in the exclusion settings in Snapshot then your snapshot won't have one either. Just open a terminal and run

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sudo minstall

after booting from your snapshot. Otherwise, right-click on your desktop prior to making a snapshot and create a launcher for minstall, then don't exclude your desktop in the snapshot tool.

BTW please edit your topic (click the pencil icon) as this has nothing to do with Live USB Maker.

Using sudo minstall does work and I have no problem doing installs like that. I'm reporting this because it is not the expected behavior. KDE Snapshot is not acting like it should or at least like it does under XFCE. BTW, title fixed to snapshot, told you I needed sleep :)