Bootable Linux USB stick: Difference between revisions

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For performance, make sure that the big partitions are aligned to 8192-sector boundaries; gdisk default is 2048-sector boundaries - the default can be adjusted. If you use the above sizes and the + sign for specifying them, this happens to work out automatically.
For performance, make sure that the big partitions are aligned to 8192-sector boundaries; gdisk default is 2048-sector boundaries - the default can be adjusted. If you use the above sizes and the + sign for specifying them, this happens to work out automatically.


=== install Fedora23 on an UEFI machine (UEFI enabled ; LegacyBoot / CSM disabled) ===
=== install Fedora on an UEFI machine (UEFI enabled ; LegacyBoot / CSM disabled) ===
Note: in the following, whenever you see the X in sdX, you must fill in the appropriate drive letter (e.g. a or b or c or d or ...).  
Note: in the following, whenever you see the X in sdX, you must fill in the appropriate drive letter (e.g. a or b or c or d or ...).  
  sdX3: efi       /boot/efi
  sdX3: efi       /boot/efi
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Not much to say about the installation of programs (CCP4 ?, Phenix ?, XDS ?, ...?). You should also install the  
Not much to say about the installation of programs (CCP4 ?, Phenix ?, XDS ?, ...?). You should also install the  
* hfsplus-tools to enable Mac users to access their data on harddisk.
* hfsplus-tools RPM to access Mac harddisks,
* binutils RPM to get the "strings" and other useful GNU commands.
* fuse-exfat RPM to access exFAT SD cards,
* tcsh RPM to allow installation of CCP4
* binutils RPM to get the "strings" and other useful GNU commands,
* tcsh RPM to allow installation of CCP4.


=== adjust the USB-stick for UEFI/EFI boot (before reboot from chroot environment) ===
=== adjust the USB-stick for UEFI/EFI boot (before reboot from chroot environment) ===
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