I've migrated my main operating systems to MX-18. I'd have kept with MX-15 on my desktop, but Firefox started acting up. After several partial solutions, I decided to use the secondary system, which was MX-17, but then MX-18 was released.
I made a bootable USB flashdrive to install the new system on my desktop... only to remember that the old PC uses CDs or DVDs because flashdrives never booted.
I then made a live DVD and installed MX-18 as the main OS. After that, I tweaked it to my liking (installed Plasma and other things), loaded the backed up files, and completed my migration.
One of the features of antiX / MX Linux that I've found incredibly handy is the snapshot app. With it, you can make .iso images of your system. Using other tools, you can turn that image into a persistence-enabled live USB drive. That has worked very well for my laptops.
In the past, I tried that feature on the old box to no avail. The poor machine would turn off itself upon reaching 11% of the process. At some point I cleaned its inner components and installed more memory, which improved its performance quite a bit. Thus, this time I decided to try making the snapshot of my desktop system.
To my surprise, this time the process finished without issues. I then made a live USB drive that would boot that system.
It was right after finishing the live USB that I remembered what I mentioned earlier: the machine did not boot via USB...
Or so I thought. In fact, this time the copy of my system booted seamlessly from the flashdrive. I was greatly pleased to see MX-18, configured the way I like it, working from the thumbdrive.
What happened? I've no idea. Anyway, I'm glad I can use now USB to boot.
Very interesting! The magic of Linux at work, hehe!
ResponderEliminarYes. Many people are delighted with the snapshot feature.
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