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I recently wanted to have a live installation of Salix on a USB key so I downloaded the Xfce live ISO and, using UNetbootin under Windows, wrote it to a USB key. When I booted to the USB key Salix started but on boot I saw a message that the locale was undefined. X and Xfce started but input from the mouse and keyboard wouldn't work.

Instead I burned the ISO to a CD, booted from that, then used the LiveClone tool to write Salix to the same USB key. I must say that the tool was very easy to use and worked perfectly!

I first wanted to avoid burning an ISO to create a USB key but the second method worked OK. Is there a better method of getting the live ISO booting from a USB key without first burning the ISO to a CD and booting from it?

If you had read the documentation you would have known that unetbootin is not supported. There is a script in the iso that will do exactly what you want. Instructions are in the startup guide too.

gapan,

I'm embarassed, of course. I wasn't expecting UNetbootin to be supported, but was instead a "hackish" approach. I need to ask - which/what documentation should I have read before trying UNetbootin? When I click on the "Documentation" link on the Salix home page, it takes me to the wiki with links FAQ, User doc.. and Developer doc.. etc.

Regarding the Startup Guide I hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere. I just now did a Google Search and found that it's in the Salix folders. I then went back to the home page and searched for "startup" and "guide" but there are no hits. Can I suggest that this be added to the "Quicklinks" section, also mentioned explicitly in the introductory text.

I'll probably get a reply telling me that it was mentioned somewhere that I ought to have seen it. I can hardly wait..

Before I "go", I need to thank you, gapan, for responding to my question so quickly.

You will find the startup guide on the desktop of your preferred edition of the LiveCD an also here => http://guide.salixos.org/latest/

This guide is aimed generally with beginners in mind, but you will find a section on customizing the LiveCD which is more aimed to intermediate users.

In any case, please ensure you have the very latest version of the LiveCD available.

I made an entry in the Wiki. Now I hope it won't be missed
http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... _a_USB_key

I haven't done this but since the installation discs use isolinux for the bootloader couldn't use isohybrid on the image then dd it to your USB stick?

Just a thought

To everyone who replied, thankyou. JRD, thankyou also for including the ISO burning wiki entry.

As I see it, my problem was the chicken-and-egg scenario. The Startup guide, which I must say is excellent, was available from the desktop of the "Live CD". Included in that guide were instructions on how to put the LIve ISO onto a USB key. If I didn't have the Live CD running because I didn't know how to put it onto a USB key, then I couldn't find the guide and so...

If I am wrong, please correct me. I would strongly suggest that a link to the guide be more visible, perhaps on the home page, because it contains valuable information.