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Flash MX Live ISO image to HDD partition. (Not normal install)
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:56 am
by byterhythm
Is it possible to flash the MX ISO image to a hard drive partition instead of a USB drive?
By that, I mean to flash it as a Live image and NOT a normal install.
I wanted to make a rescue partition with the live ISO image in case I break my system. I can easily boot the live partition and reinstall from there. I keep losing my USB drives.
I couldn't find any info about this when searching Google.
Re: Flash MX Live ISO image to HDD partition.
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:16 pm
by fehlix
byterhythm wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:56 am
Is it possible to flash the MX ISO image to a hard drive partition instead of a USB drive?
I wanted to make a rescue partition with the live ISO image in case I break my system. I can easily boot the live partition and reinstall from there. I keep losing my USB drives.
I couldn't find any info about this when searching Google.
Yes, that's possible by using the flag disable USB check with Live USB Maker. Also you would need the boot option from=hd. I haven't tried on UEFI as the boot process is different to MBR/legacy/BIOS boot.
Re: Flash MX Live ISO image to HDD partition. (Not normal install)
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:52 pm
by byterhythm
It doesn't seem to let me select a specific partition though, it wants to use the whole disk.
Re: Flash MX Live ISO image to HDD partition. (Not normal install)
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:24 am
by fehlix
byterhythm wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:52 pm
It doesn't seem to let me select a specific partition though, it wants to use the whole disk.
You've asked to get it installed on the HD like on the USB.
If you want something else suggest to consider a frugal-install on a existing ext4 partition of the hdd.
Re: Flash MX Live ISO image to HDD partition. (Not normal install)
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:30 am
by PPC
The OP's (quite original idea, for a Linux distro, usual for computers that come with Windows pre installed) is always having MX in a backup partition, to reinstall (instead of a pen drive).
Thinking out side the box: can that user "flash install" to the whole disk, shrink that partition, use the free space to install MX and still use the original shrunken partition to boot from and reinstall, in case that is needed?
Re: Flash MX Live ISO image to HDD partition. (Not normal install)
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:31 am
by fehlix
PPC wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:30 am
The OP's (quite original idea, for a Linux distro, usual for computers that come with Windows pre installed) is always having MX in a backup partition, to reinstall (instead of a pen drive).
Thinking out side the box: can that user "flash install" to the whole disk, shrink that partition, use the free space to install MX and still use the original shrunken partition to boot from and reinstall, in case that is needed?
MX Live USB Maker can be used to leave space on the drive. So, after having flashed the ISO on the drive using full featured mode, the remaining left-free part on the drive can be re-used for something else, but it will wipe first the whole drive.
I would probably not go this route, but rather install frugal and create a dedicated Grub loader, but that would involve some manual actions.
Re: Flash MX Live ISO image to HDD partition. (Not normal install)
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 2:47 am
by byterhythm
Thanks for the info. I'll look into doing a Frugal install.