[SOLVED] frugal install 32-bit antiX

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Here’s what happened when I tried to install xfburn with Synaptic PM
“Not all changes and updates succeeded…”

 tr_TR.UTF-8...cannot add to locale archive: No space left on device
 done
  uk_UA.UTF-8...cannot add to locale archive: No space left on device
 done
  zh_CN.UTF-8...cannot add to locale archive: No space left on device
 done
  zh_TW.UTF-8...cannot add to locale archive: No space left on device
 done
Generation complete.
debconf: DbDriver "config": could not write /var/cache/debconf/config.dat-new: No space left on device
Warning: unable to close filehandle $fh properly: No space left on device at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver.pm line 55, <GEN6> line 3.
dpkg: error processing package locales (--configure):
 installed locales package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Setting up libwbclient0:i386 (2:4.13.13+dfsg-1~deb11u3.0nosystemd1) ...
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 unable to flush /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i after padding: No space left on device

An error occurred
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. 
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

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[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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xfburn is an Xfce package; you can get it from the Debian repos.

If it’s not already in the Package Installer I can not predict when or if that will take place.

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You don’t need all of the localization files listed; I typically get rid of all of them unless I am TESTING locales, something I don’t do anymore.

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And how do I tell Synaptics not to process all the localization files?

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I don’t always catch them in time either;

There is probably a metapackage that installs many packages. Don’t know what it is or where it is; otherwise I would tell you; of I find it I’ll share it; if a more astute person knows, that would be nice to learn.

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Install locales-all

This package contains the precompiled locale data for all supported locales. A better alternative is to install the locales package and only select desired locales, but it can be useful on a low-memory machine because some locale files take a lot of memory to be compiled.

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

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Thanks anti!

So the answer is now available: locales-all has the complete list; locales allows the choice to select only the specific locales you want to install.

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The way I seem to run out of space, perhaps I had better remaster at this point. I had planned to remaster after installing xfburn, but now I think remastering is needed before I install.

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I went back and looked over a few (though not all) of the comments that have been exchanged. Wherever you are at now on this journey, it appears to me that you have tried MANY things (which I personally APPLAUD!) Not every “experiment” will work perfectly; that’s why they are called “experiments”!

When I was new to Linux, I didn’t know even close to everything, but I did have a prior UNIX background, and I was also familiar with several of the GNU commands that are common between GNU, UNIX, and “Linux”, such as tar, dd, cp, cpio, ls, cd, etc. GNU versions of these commands DO differ in various ways, they have different options and flags, to name two differences, and they are definitely different images on each of the system types. But there is plenty in common, so those who know UNIX systems or other Linux distributions do at least have something in common.

I do think that after performing many experiments, and possibly adding multiple images to the USB drive, chances are that it is full, especially based on some of the recent messages. My suggestion, if you can do it, is to format the USB, and therefore erase and clear all content. That way, when you run the Live USB Maker you will be able to use more space. If you have the images you want to use on the same USB, I hope that you have other places to copy or move it, or more USB devices. Where I live, getting another USB is affordable, as long as there is a moderate source of income available; if not, fret not, many people are getting by just fine on limited income; in that case, simply clear as much space as possible.

Therefore, if the space and hardware permit
1) Format USB
2) Run Live USB Maker and copy the desired ISO image to the USB

Best wishes; let us know what you’re able to do, and once ready, let us know how the next installation turns out.

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I have already reinstalled antiX since I first used Synaptic PM, when things went south. This second Synaptic synafu didn’t take because I changed persistence to Manual, and thereby reverted to the previous save. antiX is the sole OS on this 8-GB USB, the other two distros are CD/DVD boots of frugal installs to partition on hdd. I tried to boot antiX frugal with its DVD, but couldn’t enable root persistence at some point, whereupon I decided antiX needs to go it alone on a USB drive. I haven’t seriously munged this USB install yet, because I have been more cautious. And, really, I haven’t used it that much, because it’s not ready for prime time at this point, as far as my daily activities and routines go. I am going to have to jack graphics acceleration with a hack of xorg.conf, which requires creating the currently non-existent xorg.conf. So I might as well try that before I delete the whole thing and start over. I need to learn how to remaster as well, so I will try that before giving it up.

What time is it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_hdeT4BaRo

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“Does anybody really know what time it is?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FzCWLOHUes

BTW, as you have now determined, 8 GB is a pretty tight space for storing 3 distros AND maintaining one or more of them; I could see using an 8 GB USB drive to contain 3,4, maybe even 5 small ISO images, but if I’m actually running a live system, I keep it on it’s own unique media. I don’t have too many small capacity USB drives any more, though a few of my older ones were purchased along with a distro installed; a few of those may be under 10 GB in size.

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I’m curious. What would happen if I copied all the files on the boot USB (8GB/2.0) to another USB drive (16GB/3.0). Would it boot? What is the file system on the boot USB? Could I double the size of the persistence file on the larger USB? I want to change the boot USB to a better size and speed device without having to redo the whole setup. Is this possible?

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dugin wrote:

I’m curious. What would happen if I copied all the files on the boot USB (8GB/2.0) to another USB drive (16GB/3.0). Would it boot? What is the file system on the boot USB? Could I double the size of the persistence file on the larger USB? I want to change the boot USB to a better size and speed device without having to redo the whole setup. Is this possible?

Yes, it’s possible. There are ways to copy exactly from device to device. I’d probably use dd to copy bit for bit, byte for byte. There may be other ways. If anyone has other suggestions, please comment.

Maybe a remaster to another device?
The dd is my tool of choice.

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I’m looking at the contents of my current 8-MB boot USB, and I see a 49-MB vfat partition. Is this grub?
I am booting toram with root persistence. Exactly which directories and/or files are saving persistence changes?

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The 49MB partition is only needed for EFI boot instead of BIOS boot as far as I know.

Have you ever looked into your boot medium?
go to /live/boot-dev
and look into antiX directory

root persistence file = rootfs
home persistence file = homefs

C’mon, this was not that difficult to guess. But now:

In case you look at the stick when you have not used it as boot device, you can also search the antiX directory on this stick for these two persistence files. And then you can simply mount them via mount command on console (e.g. in Roxterm) to empty folders in e.g. /media/<user>/my_very_special_home_mount_01 and my_very_special_root_mount_02 you have created beforehand. Then you can see all its contents. Don’t forget to umount them again before unplugging the stick.

You can even check their internal file system for errors and fix them this way, using fsck on one of the files while it is not mounted.
This fixes even errors which are reported at startup screen as not fixable, when it reads: »run fsck manually«.

The command reads e.g.:
sudo fsck '/media/antiX-Live-usb/antiX/rootfs'
wherein you can replace rootfs by homefs to check the homefs file’s internal file system structure.

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