Direct installation to USB-stick or SD-card

For those who are already running a recent version of Linux, and do not want to be bothered with an ISO file, the *.usfs.xz file offers an alternative direct installation method, along with the install script '4install-quirky-to-drive-gpt'.

This actually was the only method offered for Quirky, but users kept telling me they wanted an ISO file, so I did.

What you do is download the *.usfs.xz file, then run the '4install-quirky-to-drive-gpt' script -- both are required to be in the same folder, in a Linux partition, with at least 2GB free space.
Don't forget to run 'sha1sum' to check the downloaded files are ok. Do it all like this:
# sha1sum *
# gunzip 4install-quirky-to-drive-gpt.gz
# chmod 755 4install-quirky-to-drive-gpt
# ./4install-quirky-to-drive-gpt
The script will install Quirky to a USB Flash stick or SD-card. Any size 4GB or greater is OK, although I recommend at least 8GB for practical ongoing usage.

The Flash-stick/SD-card will boot on any computer with 64-bit x86 CPU, which is most of them, and any with BIOS-firmware or UEFI-firmware.

All PCs manufactured from 2012, with Windows 8 or later, are of the UEFI-firmware type. The main thing that you have to do it turn of "Secure Boot" to be able to bootup an external operating system, as explained here:
http://barryk.org/quirky/uefi.htm

If the script fails for any reason, the most likely being that you are running an older or inadequate Linux distribution, then download the ISO and burn it to CD/DVD or to a USB-stick.

For the latest news on Quirky, please monitor my blog:
http://barryk.org/news/

Regards,
Barry Kauler
April 21, 2016