mylivecd: How would you use a remaster image larger than 4 GB ?

[Just18]

I would use dual layer dvd or a pendrive.

Is it possible to make remasters bigger then 4 gigs nowadays? I remember it was restricted to 4.3 and would love to see this change as my installation + files won't fit 4.3 gig anymore.

Regards.

Andy

Yes, on a flash stick or other removable drive ........  remaster using the option to specify the working directory (noclean is also an option), which will cause the creation of the ISO to fail IF it is too big.

BUT .....  the working directory is not deleted, and in that directory are the files created for the LiveOS ISO.

You can then use LiveUSB Creator to create a Live OS on a flash stick by telling it to use those files.

I have created a LiveUSB of ~11.5GB size.
Presently I have one of 4.6GB.



EDIT:  I see AS got there before me 

[AndrzejL]

Thanks guys

[ThirdOfSix]

I have not done a lot of livecd backups lately because my systems always have several guest operating systems running under virtualbox and it has been a while since they have fit on a disk.

Even so, I normally create one DVD and then save a coply of the ISO on a drive on my network.

I still do not trust pendrives etc. I have seen a much higher percentage of dead pendrives than bad DVDs.

I am always trying to get Windows users to use PCLOS and find it easier to give them a system with windows in Virtualbox running on PCLOS so that when they crash Windows and get desparate, I can talk them through accessing the internet via PCLOS.

Because of this, I like to have their complete system on a live DVD that they can boot from when they mess things up completely or if they have to borrow one of my loaner computers.

The other reason that pendrives are not my main choice is that I mostly use older computers and a lot of them will not boot from a pen drive.

Of course, those days are probably nearly gone anyway at least as far as KDE goes.

What I would love to see is a version of livecd that will store the host operating system on a first DVD or CD and then allow for inserting 2nd or 3rd disks containing virtual operating systems and/or data partitions such that any idiot could restore a large system using only the internal optical drive.

[Just18]

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Because of this, I like to have their complete system on a live DVD that they can boot from when they mess things up completely or if they have to borrow one of my loaner computers.

The other reason that pendrives are not my main choice is that I mostly use older computers and a lot of them will not boot from a pen drive.

Of course, those days are probably nearly gone anyway at least as far as KDE goes.

What I would love to see is a version of livecd that will store the host operating system on a first DVD or CD and then allow for inserting 2nd or 3rd disks containing virtual operating systems and/or data partitions such that any idiot could restore a large system using only the internal optical drive.

Those things are possible ....  just not with really old machines ........  you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear 

You can use a floppy or CD to boot a USB drive ......and store what you want on it

You could, if there was sufficient memory, copy the LiveOS to ram and use a DVD-RW or USB drive for writeable storage

You could install the liveOS on a bootable rewritable DVD-RW and use the DVD for storage

The best of all is the USB drive - flash or HDD ....  it is faster, holds more data than DVD and does not have the same possibility of mis-reads as optical media.

I have seen a much higher percentage of dead pendrives than bad DVDs.

Then you are, I suggest, in a very small minority based on the number of coasters most people seem to generate ......  and the susceptibility of the media to damage.

[AS]

Within few hours and this poll will be closed!

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no one is planning to use blu-ray media for remastered installations, the majority will do it using USB sticks or USB disks ...

Thanks for reading and voting! 

AS

[AndrzejL]

Yeah kinda disappointing. Was hoping for more votes too As.

Regards.

Andy

[ThirdOfSix]

Within few hours and this poll will be closed!

394 views    24 votes 

no one is planning to use blu-ray media for remastered installations, the majority will do it using USB sticks or USB disks ...

Thanks for reading and voting! 

AS

Actually, blu-ray would be my number one choice.

I just did not select it because I currently do not have a blu-ray capable drive and do not expect them to be affordable any time soon.

I see that blu-ray playback has reached a price that I could afford but since I do not and will not pay the price for the movies, playback only makes no sense.