issue56:tutousbpersistent
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- | Bootable flash drives (often produced by UNetbootin) offer users the option of having a portable operating system (OS). However, session changes cannot be saved, nor can the OS ever be updated. This has proved problematic, | + | **Bootable flash drives (often produced by UNetbootin) offer users the option of having a portable operating system (OS). However, session changes cannot be saved, nor can the OS ever be updated. This has proved problematic, |
An option is to use a persistent flash drive, i.e. a drive designed to accept changes that are saved for future use. Unfortunately, | An option is to use a persistent flash drive, i.e. a drive designed to accept changes that are saved for future use. Unfortunately, | ||
- | Pendrivelinux.com (www.pendrivelinux.com/ | + | Pendrivelinux.com (www.pendrivelinux.com/ |
- | This includes drivers, codecs, updates, security patches, programs, music files, and documents. Anything changed during a session is saved back to the flash drive - unless you indicate otherwise (an option to ignore changes is offered). | + | Les disques flash USB de démarrage (souvent créés avec UNetbootin) donnent aux utilisateurs la possibilité d' |
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+ | Pendrivelinux.com (www.pendrivelinux.com/ | ||
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+ | **This includes drivers, codecs, updates, security patches, programs, music files, and documents. Anything changed during a session is saved back to the flash drive - unless you indicate otherwise (an option to ignore changes is offered). | ||
Installer is unique in that it doesn’t need installation but instead works off the desktop icon (it’s just 900KB), but it has one flaw in being a Windows-only program. | Installer is unique in that it doesn’t need installation but instead works off the desktop icon (it’s just 900KB), but it has one flaw in being a Windows-only program. | ||
- | The real curiosity is that it does load and work via Wine, but Installer cannot recognize flash drives unless they are listed by the Windows letter system, something Ubuntu (and Linux in general) does not use. Take my word and don’t bother using Installer with Wine - since the end result is nothing but disappointment. | + | The real curiosity is that it does load and work via Wine, but Installer cannot recognize flash drives unless they are listed by the Windows letter system, something Ubuntu (and Linux in general) does not use. Take my word and don’t bother using Installer with Wine - since the end result is nothing but disappointment.** |
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+ | Ceci comprend les pilotes, les codecs, les mises à jour, les patchs de sécurité, les programmes, les fichiers de musique et les documents. Tout ce que vous aurez modifié pendant une session est sauvegardé sur le disque, à moins que vous indiquiez le contraire (une option existe qui vous permet d' | ||
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+ | Installeur est unique, dans la mesure où vous n'avez pas besoin de l' | ||
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+ | Ce qui est vraiment étrange c'est qu'il se charge et fonctionne via Wine, mais Installeur ne peut alors reconnaître les disques flash à moins qu'ils ne soient listés au moyen du système des lettres de Windows, ce dont Ubuntu et Linux en général ne se servent pas. Croyez-moi sur parole : ce n'est pas la peine d' | ||
- | Bummer. Guess I can’t complain since it’s a free program, but, unless you have XP or 7 running in a VM or dual boot, you’d better plan on borrowing time off a friend’s PC. | + | **Bummer. Guess I can’t complain since it’s a free program, but, unless you have XP or 7 running in a VM or dual boot, you’d better plan on borrowing time off a friend’s PC. |
Fire up the program and you’ll get a dialog pop-up that doesn’t look like much until you tick the box to open what reads like a Linux family tree. Best as I can figure, roughly 70 versions are listed here - ranging from sub-200MB guppies to 4GB monsters. | Fire up the program and you’ll get a dialog pop-up that doesn’t look like much until you tick the box to open what reads like a Linux family tree. Best as I can figure, roughly 70 versions are listed here - ranging from sub-200MB guppies to 4GB monsters. | ||
- | Ubuntu is heavily recognized with 9.x to 11.10 versions - along with similar offerings for Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Remix, Rescue Remix, and Server. Rounding out these mainly Canonical choices you’ll also see Mythbuntu, Linux Mint (4 varieties), BackTrack (3 choices), or Debian (4 editions). | + | Ubuntu is heavily recognized with 9.x to 11.10 versions - along with similar offerings for Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Remix, Rescue Remix, and Server. Rounding out these mainly Canonical choices you’ll also see Mythbuntu, Linux Mint (4 varieties), BackTrack (3 choices), or Debian (4 editions).** |
- | Installer goes beyond Ubuntu, though, and offers choices range from operating systems to recovery discs, penetration testers, and anti-virus programs (some for Windows, too). | + | Une déception - c'est bien le mot. Néanmoins je ne veux pas me plaindre, car c'est un logiciel gratuit, mais, à moins d' |
- | In the drop down list, you’ll also find Acronis Rescue, ArchBang, ArchLinux, ArtistX, AVG Antivirus, Avira, BitDefender, | + | Lancez le programme et vous aurez une fenêtre de dialogue qui ne ressemble pas à grand chose jusqu' |
+ | Ubuntu y est largement reconnu avec les versions de la 9.x à la 11.10, ainsi que des versions similaires pour Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Remix, Rescue Remix et Server. Pour compléter ces choix - pour la plupart de chez Canonical - vous y verrez aussi Mythbuntu, Linux Mint (4 variétés), | ||
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+ | **Installer goes beyond Ubuntu, though, and offers choices range from operating systems to recovery discs, penetration testers, and anti-virus programs (some for Windows, too). | ||
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+ | In the drop down list, you’ll also find Acronis Rescue, ArchBang, ArchLinux, ArtistX, AVG Antivirus, Avira, BitDefender, | ||
Forgive me if I missed a couple or misspelled others, but it’s apparent nearly every Linux and desktop variation has a representative in this group somewhere. | Forgive me if I missed a couple or misspelled others, but it’s apparent nearly every Linux and desktop variation has a representative in this group somewhere. | ||
Can’t find your favorite? An option at the bottom allows for those not listed, and I understand some techies have managed to use Installer to create bootable Windows XP versions, although I’m sure Microsoft’s attorneys are really interested in that development. | Can’t find your favorite? An option at the bottom allows for those not listed, and I understand some techies have managed to use Installer to create bootable Windows XP versions, although I’m sure Microsoft’s attorneys are really interested in that development. | ||
- | Since this is an Ubuntu-based publication, | + | Since this is an Ubuntu-based publication, |
- | Lesson number one – don’t even think of using that 1GB flash drive you’ve had hanging around in the desk. If base Ubuntu is pushing 800MB, that leaves no more than 200MB for storage - and that’s not much. And if you plan on using one of the big boys like ArtistX or Ultimate Edition, you can plan on using a much larger flash drive since they start at 3GB. | + | Cependant, Installeur va au-delà d' |
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+ | Vous trouverez aussi dans le menu déroulant Acronis Rescue, ArchBang, ArchLinux, ArtistX, AVG Antivirus, Avira, BitDefender, | ||
+ | Pardonnez-moi si j'en ai sauté un ou deux et mal orthographié d' | ||
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+ | Vous ne trouvez pas votre préféré ? Une option en bas permet l' | ||
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+ | Puisque c'est une publication basée sur Ubuntu, je vais me tenir à ces variétés-là. | ||
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+ | **Lesson number one – don’t even think of using that 1GB flash drive you’ve had hanging around in the desk. If base Ubuntu is pushing 800MB, that leaves no more than 200MB for storage - and that’s not much. And if you plan on using one of the big boys like ArtistX or Ultimate Edition, you can plan on using a much larger flash drive since they start at 3GB. | ||
Consider 2GB the minimum for base Ubuntu, but don’t go over 8GB. Installer limits persistence space to 4GB, so even the largest OS plus persistence won’t exceed 8GB. | Consider 2GB the minimum for base Ubuntu, but don’t go over 8GB. Installer limits persistence space to 4GB, so even the largest OS plus persistence won’t exceed 8GB. | ||
- | Size is not the only consideration, | + | Size is not the only consideration, |
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+ | Leçon numéro 1 - Ne pensez même pas à l' | ||
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+ | En fait, à mon avis, 2 Go est le minimum pour l' | ||
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+ | Cependant, la taille n'est pas le seul facteur à prendre en considération. Les utilisateurs qui changent souvent d' | ||
- | Lesson number two – some online tutorials are out-of-date. A new version of Installer was issued in early April, 2011, so much of the information online from before that month is now outdated. | + | **Lesson number two – some online tutorials are out-of-date. A new version of Installer was issued in early April, 2011, so much of the information online from before that month is now outdated. |
For example, some of these sources state CD/DVD or flashcard-based .iso images can be used by Installer as the source code; however, I could never get these to work. Don’t know if it’s a program tick, or something changed with the newest version, but Installer would not recognize anything for me unless it was downloaded by the program. | For example, some of these sources state CD/DVD or flashcard-based .iso images can be used by Installer as the source code; however, I could never get these to work. Don’t know if it’s a program tick, or something changed with the newest version, but Installer would not recognize anything for me unless it was downloaded by the program. | ||
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That isn’t necessarily bad at all. Installer reaches out to the OS of choice website and drags the .iso image back for you. Let’s be realistic and admit not all websites are created equal, and some developers put more flash in their sites than they do their OS. It may take a little while but it beats playing hide-and-go-seek with a buried OS. | That isn’t necessarily bad at all. Installer reaches out to the OS of choice website and drags the .iso image back for you. Let’s be realistic and admit not all websites are created equal, and some developers put more flash in their sites than they do their OS. It may take a little while but it beats playing hide-and-go-seek with a buried OS. | ||
- | Now that you’ve seen what Installer looks like, it’s time to go close up and personal with what it can do. There are 4 progressive steps, i.e. each step cannot be accessed until the previous one is completed successfully. | + | Now that you’ve seen what Installer looks like, it’s time to go close up and personal with what it can do. There are 4 progressive steps, i.e. each step cannot be accessed until the previous one is completed successfully.** |
- | You will see: | + | Leçon numéro deux - certains des tutoriels en ligne sont dépassés. Une nouvelle version d' |
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+ | Par exemple, certaines de ces sources affirment que des images .iso sur CD/DVD ou sur carte flash peuvent être utilisées par Installeur comme code source. Cela étant dit, je n'ai jamais pu les faire fonctionner. Je ne sais pas si c'est un tic du programme ou si quelque chose a changé dans la version la plus récente, mais Installeur ne voulait reconnaître quoi que ce soit pour moi ; il fallait que ce soit téléchargé par le programme. | ||
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+ | Ceci n'est pas du tout forcément mauvais. Installeur va directement sur le site web du système d' | ||
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+ | Maintenant que vous avez une idée de l' | ||
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Step 1: Linux distribution selection. Pick the version desired from the massive listing I mentioned earlier. Installer will access the Internet if the “Locale ISO Selected” box is not ticked. Opting for an OS not listed means you’ll have to point Installer to the URL, but, in any case, expect a wait as the OS is downloaded. | Step 1: Linux distribution selection. Pick the version desired from the massive listing I mentioned earlier. Installer will access the Internet if the “Locale ISO Selected” box is not ticked. Opting for an OS not listed means you’ll have to point Installer to the URL, but, in any case, expect a wait as the OS is downloaded. | ||
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Make sure Installer picks your intended drive letter! Having the wrong selection can and will delete everything on that drive! | Make sure Installer picks your intended drive letter! Having the wrong selection can and will delete everything on that drive! | ||
- | Step 4: Persistence allocation. This doesn’t appear until step 3 is completed. The newest Installer version from April 2011 picks the remaining flash drive space, up to 4GB. | + | Step 4: Persistence allocation. This doesn’t appear until step 3 is completed. The newest Installer version from April 2011 picks the remaining flash drive space, up to 4GB. ** |
- | Earlier versions require users to pick persistence space, and this caused confusion since persistence is independent of OS size. Users had to know OS size along with drive size to determine persistence, | + | Vous verrez : |
- | The only problem with this system is that it lacks feedback. You have to assume how much of the flash drive is reserved for persistence, | + | Étape 1 : La sélection de la distribution Linux. Choisissez la version souhaitée à partir du listing énorme dont j'ai parlé ci-dessus. Installeur ira sur le net si « Local ISO Selected » (ISO locale sélectionnée) n'est pas coché. Si vous choisissez un système d' |
- | Lesson number three – no current Ubuntu based OS exceeds 4GB, far as I know. That means an 8GB flash drive is safe for any OS in this category since the fattest version plus 4GB persistence will not exceed flash drive capacity. | + | Étape 2 : C'est ici qu' |
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+ | Étape 3 : Choix du disque flash (la destination finale). Par défaut, c'est le disque flash déjà présent. Le système de fichiers utilisé est FAT32 et, si vous ne connaissez pas le format de votre disque, prévoyez d' | ||
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+ | Assurez-vous qu' | ||
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+ | Étape 4 : Allocation persistance. Celle-ci ne s' | ||
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+ | **Earlier versions require users to pick persistence space, and this caused confusion since persistence is independent of OS size. Users had to know OS size along with drive size to determine persistence, | ||
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+ | The only problem with this system is that it lacks feedback. You have to assume how much of the flash drive is reserved for persistence, | ||
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+ | Les versions antérieures demandaient aux utilisateurs de choisir l' | ||
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+ | Le seul problème avec ce système est que le retour d' | ||
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+ | **Lesson number three – no current Ubuntu based OS exceeds 4GB, far as I know. That means an 8GB flash drive is safe for any OS in this category since the fattest version plus 4GB persistence will not exceed flash drive capacity. | ||
Once everything is set, click Create, and take a break. You won’t have to wait more than 5 to 15 minutes before seeing the successful completion notification. | Once everything is set, click Create, and take a break. You won’t have to wait more than 5 to 15 minutes before seeing the successful completion notification. | ||
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Testing is merely a matter of resetting the BIOS on a computer to boot from the persistent drive. If all goes well, the Ubuntu menu should appear with the first option being “Run Ubuntu from this USB”. | Testing is merely a matter of resetting the BIOS on a computer to boot from the persistent drive. If all goes well, the Ubuntu menu should appear with the first option being “Run Ubuntu from this USB”. | ||
- | Some reviewers have complained that boot times are sluggish but this isn’t totally true. The first boot requires users to input keyboard style, language, time zone, etc, but once that information is saved, future boot times are within standard live-mode parameters (base Ubuntu 10.10 came up within 1 minute). | + | Some reviewers have complained that boot times are sluggish but this isn’t totally true. The first boot requires users to input keyboard style, language, time zone, etc, but once that information is saved, future boot times are within standard live-mode parameters (base Ubuntu 10.10 came up within 1 minute).** |
- | Keep in mind you are operating from a flash drive, so lag time is inevitable as programs are accessed, but flash drives are still quicker than comparable DVD versions. | + | Leçon numéro trois - À ma connaissance, |
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+ | Une fois que tout est prêt, cliquez sur « Create » et faites une pause. Vous n' | ||
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+ | Pour faire un test du disque, il suffit de régler le BIOS d'un ordinateur pour qu'il démarre à partir du disque persistant. Si tout se passe bien, le menu Ubuntu s' | ||
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+ | Certains critiques se sont plaints que les temps de démarrage soient lents, mais cela n'est pas entièrement vrai. Au premier démarrage l' | ||
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+ | **Keep in mind you are operating from a flash drive, so lag time is inevitable as programs are accessed, but flash drives are still quicker than comparable DVD versions. | ||
Another thing to remember is that changes will result in garbage file accumulation. Dead kernels and update files will still hang around, so plan on using Computer Janitor or Ubuntu Tweak to get rid of those - or your drive will fill up quicker than you realize. | Another thing to remember is that changes will result in garbage file accumulation. Dead kernels and update files will still hang around, so plan on using Computer Janitor or Ubuntu Tweak to get rid of those - or your drive will fill up quicker than you realize. | ||
- | This is where Disk Usage Analyzer comes into play. Be sure to check it often since there is no feedback on remaining drive space, and you don’t want to find out too late that all your effort cannot be saved because insufficient space exists. If you lack that program, right click the desktop icon or file, and get remaining space information. | + | This is where Disk Usage Analyzer comes into play. Be sure to check it often since there is no feedback on remaining drive space, and you don’t want to find out too late that all your effort cannot be saved because insufficient space exists. If you lack that program, right click the desktop icon or file, and get remaining space information.** |
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+ | Rappelez-vous que vous travaillez à partir d'un disque flash et il y a forcément un petit délai pendant le lancement des programmes, mais les disques flash sont quand même plus rapide que les versions comparables sur DVD. | ||
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+ | Autre chose dont il faut également se souvenir : le fichier de la corbeille va grossir avec vos modifications. Les noyaux morts et les fichiers de mise à jour seront toujours dans les parages ; il faudra donc prévoir l' | ||
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+ | Et c'est là où « Disk Usage Analyzer » peut vous aider. Assurez-vous de le vérifier souvent, puisqu' | ||
- | Once the command to shut down is given, users are asked to save or ignore changes made, and the computer shuts down just like a live mode CD/DVD would. | + | **Once the command to shut down is given, users are asked to save or ignore changes made, and the computer shuts down just like a live mode CD/DVD would. |
Now for the question that I’m sure a few are itching to ask. Is full installation still an option, and will changes made to the original drive transfer? | Now for the question that I’m sure a few are itching to ask. Is full installation still an option, and will changes made to the original drive transfer? | ||
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The “Install Ubuntu x.xx” icon is on the desktop, and everything you’ve added, deleted. or otherwise changed in past sessions, will still be there just as you left it earlier. Full installation is the same as using a live-mode CD/ | The “Install Ubuntu x.xx” icon is on the desktop, and everything you’ve added, deleted. or otherwise changed in past sessions, will still be there just as you left it earlier. Full installation is the same as using a live-mode CD/ | ||
- | No program is faultless, but computer hoppers will have to realize that no two computers are the same. Using the drive on various units means parameters have to be changed for each. For example, wireless codes are not the same, but I did discover that Installer can save multiple codecs, drivers, and even wifi passwords, for various computers, and will adjust itself as it recognizes them. | + | No program is faultless, but computer hoppers will have to realize that no two computers are the same. Using the drive on various units means parameters have to be changed for each. For example, wireless codes are not the same, but I did discover that Installer can save multiple codecs, drivers, and even wifi passwords, for various computers, and will adjust itself as it recognizes them.** |
- | Ah, but there is another question some have asked. Can Installer create a multi-boot persistent flash drive? | + | Une fois l' |
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+ | Aucun programme n'est sans défaut, mais ceux qui aiment changer d' | ||
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+ | **Ah, but there is another question some have asked. Can Installer create a multi-boot persistent flash drive? | ||
No, it’s a one-OS program, but its cousin, Yumi (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) will. It’s offered on the same website, but I can’t comment on it yet – that’s my next experiment (although my initial peek shows it to be Installer with the added capability of creating multiple partitions on one flash drive). | No, it’s a one-OS program, but its cousin, Yumi (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) will. It’s offered on the same website, but I can’t comment on it yet – that’s my next experiment (although my initial peek shows it to be Installer with the added capability of creating multiple partitions on one flash drive). | ||
- | Using a 5-diamond rating system, I’d give Installer 4 - based upon its ease of use, extensive OS listing, program design, and end results. I dropped it a point for being a Windows only program, and for having a flash drive recognition system that, although better than originally designed, still doesn’t tell users how much storage space they have until after the initial boot. | + | Using a 5-diamond rating system, I’d give Installer 4 - based upon its ease of use, extensive OS listing, program design, and end results. I dropped it a point for being a Windows only program, and for having a flash drive recognition system that, although better than originally designed, still doesn’t tell users how much storage space they have until after the initial boot.** |
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+ | Ah, mais il y a encore une question formulée par certains : Installeur est-il capable de créer un disque flash persistant en multiple amorçage ? | ||
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+ | Non, c'est un programme à un système d' | ||
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+ | Avec un système de notation à cinq étoiles, j'en donnerais 4 à Installeur, pour sa facilité d' | ||
issue56/tutousbpersistent.1325489230.txt.gz · Dernière modification : 2012/01/02 08:27 de fredphil91