USB Berry installation queries

[tantrik]

Hi friends,

I am a new user of Berry Linux. I am using Berry Linux 1.00 live cd. So far I kinda like the distro. I want to install berry linux on my usb. It has 4 GB space. I found some instructions on http://www.aec1984.com/berry/edoc_install.html. Before I try the instructions given on the site I have some querries.

What format will my usb in for installing berry linux? Is it fat 32, fat 16, ext3, or ext4 partition? How do I save changes (i.e., persistence) after installation on usb?

I will be very happy if you help me out in my aforesaid queries. Thanks in advance.  

[ianw1974]

By looking at the instructions in the link you posted, the fact it's using a grub install, would mean that your USB partition would need to be formatted, ext3, ext4 or whichever Linux-based filesystem (reiserfs, jfs, xfs, etc) that you want to use.

[Jon]

Hi tantrick

Welcome to DSO.  I agree with Ian on the issue of formatting.   I'm not really sure what you mean about persistance.  Do you mean that you're uncertain of how to run a linux on your USB drive and save a file you created (word processor, etc.)?

Jon

[ianw1974]

Persistence will probably be about changes being immediately written to the USB stick, or waiting a few seconds before they are written.

If you want them written immediately, then use ext2 as your filesystem, or some other non-journal filesystem.  That way, changes are immediately written to disk, but should you lose the system at that point you can get corrupt data.  With journaling, it writes more info to the usb stick, so you will probably kill it quicker - but the data when being written in the event of a power outage will be safer.  But you'll be replacing usb sticks much more regularly.

[kyo]

Hi everyone!

I am also a newbie in Linux, and I've chosen to use Berry Linux. I am also planning to install it on a USB drive and might use it on a netbook.

I just wanna ask if Berry Linux is ideal for newbies and would I be having a hard time using it at first?

Thanks

[Jon]

Hey kyo,

From what we've seen it might be challenging to install.  I think if it works, it works EXCELLENTLY.  Otherwise, it will be fairly difficult to install.

If you're looking for an easy install, I'd tackle Mint or Ubuntu.

Jon

[kyo]

hey everyone, I was able to install Berry on 4GB flashdrive. I kinda run the setup.exe file of the live CD on windows and there was a popup saying to install it. There was a drop-down menu on where to install Berry and I chose the location of my flashdrive. Problem is the first three (out of six) options are disabled leaving you with three. The last option says "Berry OS ? USB ????????" (I assume the "?" were kanas that didn't display properly).

I didn't actually clicked that option but instead the 2nd available option and it was the option to create a swap space on the flashdrive, I think. The first option will ask you to make a data space on the drive.

So, after setting up the values for data and swap space, I clicked the last option and I think it did install Berry on the flashdrive automatically. The only problem I am having is that when I ran it on my laptop, it's in the Japanese default. I can't choose the option to run it in English at the beginning because everything loaded like a snap.

Since I'm a newbie, I have to study the basics and how to's