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The reason this is useful for USB sticks is that most of them are a bit shit.
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The reason this is useful for USB sticks is that most of them are a bit shit.
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Trying to run an operating system off a USB drive typically results in a corrupted drive pretty quickly
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Trying to run an operating system off a USB drive typically results in a corrupted drive pretty quickly
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(if you can get the system to install properly in the first place).
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(if you can get the system to install properly in the first place). The scripts and configuration files
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in this repository are made to address this by keeping changes to the system in RAM until shutdown and
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therefore lowering disk I/O.
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## Installation
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## Installation
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You need the following:
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You need the following:
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- Computer (duh)
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- Computer (duh)
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- 8G of RAM or more
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- ???G of RAM or more
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- Can boot off USB (most computers made after 2003)
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- Can boot off USB (most computers made after 2003)
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- USB stick (at least 8G)
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- USB stick (at least ???G)
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- Internet connection
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- Internet connection
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- During the installation, roughly ??? will be downloaded.
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There are a couple manual steps to get started before the installer scripts can take over:
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There are a couple manual steps to get started before the installer scripts can take over:
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- Set up a Void live medium
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- Set up a Void live medium
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- Download here: https://voidlinux.org/download/
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- Download here: https://voidlinux.org/download/
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- The following instructions assume you downloaded the "base" image
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- The following instructions assume you downloaded the "base" image
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- Burn to CD/DVD or flash it to USB stick
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- Burn to CD/DVD or flash it to USB stick
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- Windows should have a built-in thing for burning ISOs.
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- Windows should have a built-in thing for burning ISOs to optical media.
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- You can use something like Win32DiskImager or Rufus for USB sticks.
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- You can use something like Win32DiskImager or Rufus for USB sticks.
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- This will delete what’s on the stick.
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- This will delete what’s on the stick.
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- Boot into Void live and prepare things
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- Boot into Void live and prepare things
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