Re: Debian for flash usb, external hdd or ssd

From	Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project
Subject	Re: Debian for flash usb, external hdd or ssd
Date	2021-06-26 02:10 +0200
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On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 9:49 PM caio santos da silva wrote:

> My is Caio and I have a little idea for Debian system. My idea to you is the creation of a system exclusive for Flash USB, external HDD or SSD. Already exist the GNU/Linux Slax, such system able to install directly in a Flash USB, and its performance is really good, but it is a simple system. Thus my idea is about the creation of Debian for portables devices, which will be really interesting have a portable OS or multiples portables OS for new uses.

That sounds a bit like Debian Live, which are read-only images that
can be written to CD/DVD/USB/etc:

https://www.debian.org/CD/live/
https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-live/

If you mean a normal read-write system that just lives on USB, a
normal Debian install can do that and has been able to since at least
2006, I used Debian in that configuration myself around that time.
These days it will be harder to find public/shared computers (Internet
cafes were common back then) and harder to find computers where the
owner/sysadmin allows booting from USB, so you will probably need
portable Windows/macOS virtualisation tools installed on a second
partition. Also booting from USB on UEFI systems is likely more
complicated than the BIOS systems I was using so some booting tweaks
might be needed.

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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Re: Debian for flash usb, external hdd or ssd Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-06-26 02:10 +0200

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