get the 32GB. There's no such thing as "too much storage space".<br><br>(a 4GB is plenty unless you just need an excuse to got to MicroCenter).<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Scott Castaline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skotchman@gmail.com">skotchman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5"> On 09/28/2010 11:18 AM, Chuck Payne wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Scott Castaline<<a href="mailto:skotchman@gmail.com">skotchman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Looking for advice on utilizing a LiveUSB Flash Drive. I'll be going<br>
>> to Fla. for several weeks and want to be able to use Fedora on a Windows<br>
>> PC without actually installing it on the hard drive. I want to know the<br>
>> following:<br>
>><br>
>> 1. Recommended sizes of flash drive<br>
>> 2. Will I be able to install additional software onto the drive?<br>
>> 3. Can I change the LiveUser to another user?<br>
>> 4. Can I copy files from my home system onto the LiveUSB?<br>
>> 5. How changeable is the system once booted?<br>
>><br>
>> I have installed Fedora 13 Live using liveusb-create onto a 2GB Flash<br>
>> Drive and attempted to install GnuCash. It came up with a large list of<br>
>> dependencies that needed to be also installed and then appeared to do<br>
>> nothing, so I'm not sure if maybe the 2GB is not enough room or it just<br>
>> can't do it. Any assistance would be appreciated. Also I plan on using<br>
>> Fedora 13 x86_32 as I'm not sure what the system specs are that I'll be<br>
>> using.<br>
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> I would commend 8 Gig to 16 Gig flash drive. I used SUSE studio to<br>
> create me a nice portable Gnome desktop. I know that Fedora recommends<br>
> 1gig, but if you are going to use it a lot have a bit of space to grow<br>
> on...<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/362829-weekend-project-create-a-live-usb-key-linux-distribution" target="_blank">http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/362829-weekend-project-create-a-live-usb-key-linux-distribution</a><br>
> <a href="https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/" target="_blank">https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/</a><br>
><br>
> You might have these two links, but I have included them just to help.<br>
><br>
</div></div>Had the 2nd but not the first. I had even tried using UNetbootin, but it<br>
seemed that no matter which menu option I used, it seemed to be trying<br>
to install itself onto my hard drives. As far as the size of flash goes<br>
I was leaning towards 16GB, but wanted to hear from other people on the<br>
list if that would be considered overkill or still not enough.<br>
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