Since arch is a rolling release distro, can’t you just download an older iso from when it was below 1gb, install it and then update the system?
Check this page: https://archlinux.org/releng/releases/
It ain’t gonna fit babe
How often has it been used does it still actually have a gigabyte of usable memory
Arch has an internet pxe option
Use netboot.xyz and let us know how it goes. I’ve always been curious.
I’ve used it a few times, impressive as hell in how simple and effective it is on a small home lab.
I love netboot.xyz. I use it all the time when setting up VPS systems. A lot of KVM-based VPSes have iPXE as a boot option so you can chainload directly into netboot without having to use an ISO.
I prefer installing the OS myself over using any images provided by the provider, so that I know exactly how it was set up.
I still have a 128mb usb drive with alpine.
That’s impressive, what brand it is?
I dunno. It is a company branded swag gift. Got it like 20 or so years ago when I found it on the ground. Still works. Slow as heck.
found it on the ground
Checks out
This is the way
It’s okay, they hadn’t invented malware yet
Great things have their start like that, like U.S Cyber Command!
In the game the little guy wins, so you made it work?
Gentoo would fit just fine :P
Maybe build your own iso that doesn’t include the things you won’t use?
Yes, but I don’t know how to do that. I might do some research on it tho.
I think you could mount the iso and manually delete the packages you dont want. Mounting an iso is as easy as
# mount -o loop /path/to/iso /path/to/mountpointYou can also chroot into it while it is mounted: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot
Disclaimer, I am not sure if deleting files inside the iso makes it weight less.
I might try this for the next install, thank you!
Just FYI, Arch Linux has a tool called Archiso that you can use to create live ISO image. You can copy the default releng config and edit the package list accordingly.
This is another good looking solution!
You’d likely need to reshrink the partition, then truncate the ISO to fit.
I don’t know either, sorry… but there’s obviously a way. 🤣 If you find a good howto share a link.
If your phone is rooted you could also build isodrive in Termux to mount any ISO from your phone’s storage
Well shit, and it even has a pre built magisk module
Aaaand installed lmao
Ventoy be like. P.S good thing tho, thanks for advice, will install too
Guess it’s time to either get a new pendrive, or enter the void.
These new pendrives wear out after 2 months of light usage, so I’m probably going to choose the second one, but I’m afraid that if I make this step, there’s no going back, and I’ll forever be sucked into the void.
What crappy drive are you using that died after a couple months?
I usually just use the ones that just spawn into existance, that way they don’t cost money. Last time I bought a toshiba, before that a kingston, and I don’t remember what was before that, but I know that if I buy, I buy from reputable brands and even those fail.
Sandisk ones are the gold standard as far as I could find
That’s my gold standard. I’ve used just about everything under the sun. They’ve all failed, except this one. I have a few of these now. They’ve survived all kinds of punishment. Hell even being left in my pocket and going through several wash/dry cycles.
I have an upcoming contender if it keeps going, and it’s a Kingston. 128gig I use mostly for work. All metal housing, no moving parts and attached to my keychain. It’s not been wash/dried yet. But it goes with me every day. And it’s used nearly daily too.
My survivor usb is a lexar too, that’s one of the reasons I recently bought an ssd from them, I hope that it has the same quality, and if yes, it’ll become my go-to brand for storage devices
I’ve got two Sandisks (both 64GB but different models) that have both been through the washing machine multiple times (accidentally) and haven’t failed yet. They are probably about 3 years old at this point but I can’t remember.
This makes me want to buy a sandisk
Yeah, the new standard Sandisk Ultra are really good. I can’t comment on the other variants, but the Ultras are really fast, cheap, and reliable in my experience
Another comment in favour of sandisk, I was gifted a (at the time) big 8GB usb3.0 pen years ago, it has been on my keychain for basically all the time, with enoyghnspace for a live USB and separate space to store stuff.
So suck the void right back.
But everything is lost in the void ._.
This might be a bad place (i.e. post, the community is correct), but looking at the void has got me interested so I wanted to ask: What are the main advantages of using runit compared to systemd? Like I don’t want to know all the differences (of which there are apparently many since people complain about systemd being too “bloated”/spread out over different systems?)
Also in all the “typical” discussion on systemd vs runit plenty of people talked about serious problems with runit and sometimes said something or other about process security? Is that substantiated in any way (as in “yeah technically during the boot process runit could be vulnerable to X if executing an unsafe script while systemd can’t do that because it does Y instead” or is it more like “yeah no, people just claim X when it’s not really possible or systemd also has the same problem, they just don’t talk about it”?)
(Hopefully this doesn’t turn into yet another thread about people bashing each other over this choice since that usually leads to no information being really trustworthy unless one wades through tons of long posts external to the thread…)
Can you use any sort of compression to fit it? Or just use netboot.xyz
+1 for netboot.xyz
The giant in the picture, thats like trying to squash an ant with a chef knive.
I lost my 4G drive, it’s in a better place now. It’s been serving me since 2003 even when it lost its case to fit in a USB port on the Xbox 360.
Maybe the new owner of the house I moved out of will find it and the outdated copy of Arch Linux on it.
If they have any sense they’ll not try to find out what’s on it and send it straight to whatever electronics recycling is available.
Sticking a USB device of unknown provenance into your computer is just asking for trouble. (When you think about it, we even take a risk every time we buy one.)
Sure, you know it’s harmless, but they don’t know that, even if you tell them. Who are you? You’re just someone who used to live in their house. As far as they know, you might be a freak who gets a kick out of leaving dodgy devices around for people to find.
