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Key limitation: can't be installed to run standalone (in a partition on your nvme boot drive) if you care about partitions alignment. Variants without this lim

by csdvrx 3y ago

Key limitation: can't be installed to run standalone (in a partition on your nvme boot drive) if you care about partitions alignment. Variants without this limitation were discussed yesterday. Usecase: a rescue distribution to start from the UEFI menu manually, or automatically if your normal boot fails

walteweiss 3y ago
Why not dual boot any Linux for that? If you use Windows. Coz if it run Linux, you’re fine, you can just load another kernel of your is happened to break after the update.
- csdvrx 3y ago
  The goal is to have full ISOs, for Ubuntu, Windows 11 etc with the minimal number of partitions and files, for easy maintenance and imaging to other computers A few ISO + a UEFI entry to select them is much simpler: the ISO file will never change. It can not be rended unbootable by mistake I tried to explain that yesterday in a reply to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38668260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38668260 and on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38668809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38668809
  - walteweiss 3y ago
    Sounds like not a bad idea for the tool, but very niche. Theoretically, something similar can be achieved with a read-only partition, or a read-only installation (e.g. Fedora Silverblue). I won’t argue that may include more competency than just throwing some ISOs at the partition. But for me, that feels like a more comfortable way of having a rescue system at hand. I have an Arch installation USB for the same reasons, to save my Arch installation if anything happens. I had been thinking of creating a separate USB with Arch installed, but I’m not sure it’s needed. As in reality all of my maintenances were to boot, chroot and update or downgrade some things. In case I need a GUI, I use a Fedora installation. I assume your scenario is more like that.
    - csdvrx 3y ago
      > In case I need a GUI, I use a Fedora installation. I assume your scenario is more like that. Yes, it's just faster to boot to an installation or liveCD iso, as it's rarely needed and updating it only requires a new ISO. Having a full installation on a separate partition is riskier (what if something writes to the partition) and more brittle (too many moving parts)

by csdvrx 3y ago

walteweiss 3y ago

Why not dual boot any Linux for that? If you use Windows. Coz if it run Linux, you’re fine, you can just load another kernel of your is happened to break after the update.

csdvrx 3y ago
The goal is to have full ISOs, for Ubuntu, Windows 11 etc with the minimal number of partitions and files, for easy maintenance and imaging to other computers A few ISO + a UEFI entry to select them is much simpler: the ISO file will never change. It can not be rended unbootable by mistake I tried to explain that yesterday in a reply to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38668260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38668260 and on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38668809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38668809
- walteweiss 3y ago
  Sounds like not a bad idea for the tool, but very niche. Theoretically, something similar can be achieved with a read-only partition, or a read-only installation (e.g. Fedora Silverblue). I won’t argue that may include more competency than just throwing some ISOs at the partition. But for me, that feels like a more comfortable way of having a rescue system at hand. I have an Arch installation USB for the same reasons, to save my Arch installation if anything happens. I had been thinking of creating a separate USB with Arch installed, but I’m not sure it’s needed. As in reality all of my maintenances were to boot, chroot and update or downgrade some things. In case I need a GUI, I use a Fedora installation. I assume your scenario is more like that.
  - csdvrx 3y ago
    > In case I need a GUI, I use a Fedora installation. I assume your scenario is more like that. Yes, it's just faster to boot to an installation or liveCD iso, as it's rarely needed and updating it only requires a new ISO. Having a full installation on a separate partition is riskier (what if something writes to the partition) and more brittle (too many moving parts)