Hello Maurice,   
      
   On Wed Oct 04 2017 22:01:02, Maurice Kinal wrote to Nicholas Boel:   
      
    NB>> VMs haven't seemed to install properly booting from a USB stick   
    NB>> in recent attempts, so I've been using the DVD-ROM as well as   
    NB>> just loading the ISO from the local drive.   
      
    MK> I've never tried booting a VM from USB stick but have recently booted   
    MK> a maintenence system from a usb flash drive using the usb3 addon card.   
    MK> Mostly I use it to copy development images I created to a regular sata   
    MK> drive (sometimes a ssd) and make it bootable for a targetted system.   
    MK> I was using it to create bootable uSD cards for the raspi3 via a card   
    MK> reader plugged into one of the ports on the addon card.   
      
   It's odd, I don't do anything different with the USB stick, besides hit F11   
   for the boot menu at startup and select the USB drive to be loaded from first.   
      
   Then I go through the same install procedure as I normally would, and when it   
   comes time to reboot into my newly created system, it hangs on boot because it   
   doesn't recognize any operating system. Wierd stuff, I tell ya!   
      
    NB>> I'm already looking into a couple more hard drives so I don't   
    NB>> have to worry about space in the near future.   
      
    MK> I have trouble filling up a single drive nevermind more.  As we speak   
    MK> my latest custom build for a 8 core (single thread per core) C2758   
    MK> sits at around 750M for the root/boot system and around 800M for all   
    MK> the source, build scripts and latest packages built from the source   
    MK> and acripts.  At this rate it would take forever for me to fill a   
    MK> terrabyte drive, nevermind multiple ones.  However I do have backup   
    MK> drives although they probably need to be upgraded soon.   
      
   I plan on having one VM dedicated to a media server. So I'm sure at some point   
   I'll end up using up all my space. Unless I keep it clean and wipe what I   
   *think* we're done with (probably only to find out later we weren't really   
   done with it). Our kids will want to watch a movie they haven't seen in 6   
   months sometimes, so I have to be careful what I get rid of. ;)   
      
    NB>> Once I make that decision I may make some room to give LFS some   
    NB>> more of my time.   
      
    MK> Definetly well worth whatever space you dedicate to it ... and then   
    MK> some.  These days 8G is more than enough free space to build a custom   
    MK> root/boot.  I think between two terrabyte drives you should be able to   
    MK> find enough space for it.   
      
   I may not even use it for any kind of productive system whatsoever. I just   
   want to do it for the experience at the moment. Who knows, though. After I   
   actually complete it I may be interested enough to continue on with it.   
      
   Seems as though for the first time doing it, it will take extra long since I   
   need to go through the entire book (it's a big book!) to make sure I don't   
   miss anything. I've read the first 5-6 chapters and skimmed the rest a couple   
   of times now already just to get myself ready for what's to come. It's   
   definitely intimidating, but I'll eventually overcome when I have some free   
   time and the server is deployed full time. ;)   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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