Installation of ExTiX to a USB stick
(To perform the installations you must be root)
ISO-hybrid
The ExTiX ISO is now a ISO-hybrid, which means that it can very easily be transferred (copied) to a USB pen drive.
A) “Normal” installation in Linux without persistence
ExTiX can be installed/transferred to a USB stick directly from the ISO file. It might be good to use this method if your computer lacks a CD/DVD drive, or if you just prefer to run Linux systems from a USB stick.This is the way to perform the installation:
1. Boot up a Linux system (Ubuntu or…) and download the ISO file extix-26.8-64bit-lxqt-refractasnapshot-2800mb-260811.iso
2. Open up a terminal and cd to the folder where the ISO file is
3. Insert a USB stick and make sure which name it was given (/dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdc1 or …)
4. Run the installation command cp extix-26.8-64bit-lxqt-refractasnapshot-2800mb-260811.iso /dev/sdb
5. Then run the command sync
Done!
NOTE1: It is not necessary to format the USB stick.
NOTE2: Do not use /dev/sda. (You will then delete the partition on which you probably have a Windows system).
NOTE3: You shall not write /dev/sdb1 (which is easy to believe).
After following the instruction 1 – 5:
Restart your computer with the USB stick in place and change the BIOS so that the computer in the first place is booting from the USB stick.
NOTE4: If the above described method doesn’t work for you, you should try with another USB stick. (Another brand). All different versions of SanDisk are known to work very well. See also below.
B) Alternatives in Windows – no persistence
The installation can also be done in Windows with Rufus (Create bootable USB drives the easy way). Download Rufus. Rufus will recognize your inserted USB stick automatically (but check it carefully anyway). Find your downloaded ISO file and start Rufus. The created ExTiX USB stick with Rufus will work perfectly! Just restart your computer and have fun! NOTE: Persistence won’t be enabled. For persistence you have to follow my advice’s under C). NOTE: A very good alternative to Rufus is Etcher. Works in the same way. I use it myself all the time.
Final notes
You can now safely remove the USB stick and restart your system. Select your USB stick from your computer’s UEFI boot menu ((typically using F12, F11, F8, or Esc during system startup). ExTiX will now boot smoothly straight to the menu and desktop on any (UEFI) machine!
