Install-CD that will actually fit a CD?

detoo · 2023-08-05 01:45

With Aquarius, install-CD files are now over 800 MB.

Maximum capacity of a CD is 700 MB.

(Gemini was in the mid-to-upper 600 MB range.)

Is there any way to get Aquarius under 700 MB -- i.e., a minimal installation version, or something similar?

Thanks!

q4osteam · 2023-08-05 17:26

Yes, following the next release, we will shrink the install-cd size to fit it on a regular CD media.

detoo · 2023-10-17 23:29

Updated info here.

Thanks q4osteam.

detoo · 2023-11-28 02:14

q4osteam wrote:

Yes, following the next release, we will shrink the install-cd size to fit it on a regular CD media.

So this only applies to the 32-bit install-CD version of 5.4 Aquarius?

Last edited by detoo (2023-11-28 02:26)

q4osteam · 2023-11-28 10:41

@detoo
Yes, we suppose most of 64bit computers should have bootable USB slot. For 64bit computers that haven't, the feasible way is to install Debian, and subsequently Q4OS on top of Debian https://q4os.org/dqa017.html

detoo · 2023-11-30 03:45

q4osteam wrote:

For 64bit computers that haven't, the feasible way is to install Debian, and subsequently Q4OS on top of Debian https://q4os.org/dqa017.html

Ok, thanks...and this would be done with the minimal CD?

q4osteam · 2023-11-30 12:44

detoo wrote:

...and this would be done with the minimal CD?

Yes, just install Debian without desktop environment and apply the script https://q4os.org/dqa017.html to set Q4OS up.

detoo · 2023-12-01 04:06

q4osteam wrote:

Yes, we suppose most of 64bit computers should have bootable USB slot.

Using this method, do you just boot to flash drive containing the .iso?

(Does .iso unpack itself for installation when booted from flash drive?)

Does it matter if flash drive is formatted in default FAT32?

hchiper · 2023-12-01 08:37

detoo wrote:

Using this method, do you just boot to flash drive containing the .iso?

Yes, but the flash drive dosen't contain the .iso file, see next answer...

(Does .iso unpack itself for installation when booted from flash drive?)

No, .iso is not "unpacked" at boot time; it is "unpacked" when you use it to create the bootable flash drive. If you look at its content, there is no .iso file on it, but the full hierarchy of directories of the file system (/boot, /etc, and so on) needed by the OS. So you cannot just copy the .iso file to the flash drive, instead use a dedicated program like Rufus to create it.

Does it matter if flash drive is formatted in default FAT32?

I think this doesn't matter, although not totally sure (I believe that when the bootable device is created from the .iso it is created will the appropriate formatting -- can somebody confirm this?)

Last edited by hchiper (2023-12-01 08:39)

q4osteam · 2023-12-01 10:56

@detoo
See https://q4os.org/dqa018.html#creat for how to create a bootable USB.

detoo · 2023-12-02 03:33

@hchiper @q4osteam

OK, thank you!

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