Create Live USB from live DVD?

[tascoast]

Can I use an old MX-14 live DVD to somehow create a live usb of the same?

Does this perhaps mean I need to run the dvd live, make a snapshot on my machine, then use that as an MX-14 installer?
Will this effectively be the same thing as installing from DVD?

Is here an easier way?"





Background
The target machine is a pesky Toshiba NB550D with one memory slot only, the existing 1GB Ram proving very challenging to run the installed Win 7 Starter (had been reset to factory following some mishap).

I will recommend the owner considers a 2GB DDR3 Ram laptop module, for aprox the equiv of four or five takeaway coffees, if they want to actually make any use of the machine.

I understand they want to rip music by an external USB DVD player (bios does not support USB DVD boot options) which seems beyond current RAM, although copying over some and using Clementine seems at least feasible and would satisfy their other hope, to listen to music on a long car journey upcomming.
Trying to run Firefox places huge demands upon memory though, for example.
kindly
Mick

[BitJam]

Can I use an old MX-14 live DVD to somehow create a live usb of the same?

Assuming you have a fairly recent MX or antiX system with a dvd reader then this is easy. Insert the dvd and mount it. Let's say it's mounted at /media/dvd/. Plug in a usb-stick and then on the command line run:

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sudo live-usb-maker --from /media/dvd/

Or, if you know the dvd device (like /dev/sr0) then this should work too:

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sudo live-usb-maker --from /dev/sd0

but I don't have a live-dvd to test this on. I'm confident the first suggestion will work. I've used the second method to create one live-usb from another.

[fehlix]

Is here an easier way?"

There are some clone options available:
Within MX Live USB Maker select: Clone an existing live system - and select the mounted DVD directory
Using live-usb-maker on the command line those options might help:

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  --from=clone=<dir>    clone from a mounted live-usb or iso-file.
  --from=<dev>          copy from a livecd/dvd or live-usb