Arch Linux

Bedwa

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Registered: 2022-09-08

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Should I full install Arch Linux or use ventoy's persistence with live

I am using a SanDisk USB 3.0 256GB

ewaller

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Re: Should I full install Arch Linux or use ventoy's persistence with live

Moving to Installation

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Trilby

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Re: Should I full install Arch Linux or use ventoy's persistence with live

I had never heard of ventoy's and had to look it up.  You can do whatever suits you, but if you use ventoy you will not have an arch linux system - at least not one that can get support here.

You may be interested in this wiki page for installing to removable media.

EDIT 2: I see from a previous thread of yours you've already found the page above.  But you may not have worked through the installation guide yet which is what you should do now.  In that other thread you said you "installed" the iso on the VM, but I don't think you did any installation: you just booted the iso in the VM which is step 1.4 in the installation guide.  In your other thread you were asked about "pointing the install" to your usb disk, which is step 1.11 of the installation guide (you mount the partitions from the usb disk appropriately before running pacstrap).  Note that I've highlighted a couple steps in the guide, but you cannot skip the ones in between (i.e., you need to create the approrpiate partitions on the flash drive).

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tucuxi

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2020-03-08

Posts: 291

Re: Should I full install Arch Linux or use ventoy's persistence with live

It depends on your usecase, which you haven't shared with us. I use both.

Bedwa

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Registered: 2022-09-08

Posts: 14

Re: Should I full install Arch Linux or use ventoy's persistence with live

I had never heard of ventoy's and had to look it up.  You can do whatever suits you, but if you use ventoy you will not have an arch linux system - at least not one that can get support here.

You may be interested in this wiki page for installing to removable media.

EDIT 2: I see from a previous thread of yours you've already found the page above.  But you may not have worked through the installation guide yet which is what you should do now.  In that other thread you said you "installed" the iso on the VM, but I don't think you did any installation: you just booted the iso in the VM which is step 1.4 in the installation guide.  In your other thread you were asked about "pointing the install" to your usb disk, which is step 1.11 of the installation guide (you mount the partitions from the usb disk appropriately before running pacstrap).  Note that I've highlighted a couple steps in the guide, but you cannot skip the ones in between (i.e., you need to create the approrpiate partitions on the flash drive).

No I followed the guide and partitioned /dev/sdb (my usb) and am debating whether to change to ventoy or not.

Bedwa

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Registered: 2022-09-08

Posts: 14

Re: Should I full install Arch Linux or use ventoy's persistence with live

It depends on your usecase, which you haven't shared with us. I use both.

academically and to learn / program

tucuxi

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2020-03-08

Posts: 291

Re: Should I full install Arch Linux or use ventoy's persistence with live

It depends on your usecase, which you haven't shared with us. I use both.

academically and to learn / program

In that case try out both options.

ZetaRevan

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Registered: 2022-10-25

Posts: 14

Re: Should I full install Arch Linux or use ventoy's persistence with live

TIL. I didn't even know ventoy had a persistence plugin.  I just use it to house all my distro isos to boot to for installing.  I wouldn't run a OS off a USB unless I had to (once did a work from home stint where they sent a USB with a preconfigured Linux setup that you had to boot off to do your work, was call center from home & they didn't provide any equipment).