Hi,
My apologies if this is the wrong section for this.
My system is limited to a single HD and ideally would like to have media and OS on separate drives. Given this, a USB drive is my only option.
Has anybody tried running snakeoil off a decent USB stick ? I have googled and found posts describing the process with Ubuntu so it seems possible. I have 4G RAM which should limit writes to disk.
Comments ?
(20-Mar-2019, 06:04 PM)davem Wrote: [ -> ]Hi,
My apologies if this is the wrong section for this.
My system is limited to a single HD and ideally would like to have media and OS on separate drives. Given this, a USB drive is my only option.
Has anybody tried running snakeoil off a decent USB stick ? I have googled and found posts describing the process with Ubuntu so it seems possible. I have 4G RAM which should limit writes to disk.
Comments ?
Two options:
- Create a persistent volume. There are limitations to this though, so read the linked article to know it's limits
- Install Snakeoil direct on another USB stick. (You have to modify your EFI/BIOS to boot from USB storage first, then the other disks).
Both solutions will work, but at the time we did this, I personally think the sound quality is somewhat compromised. You will probably need to do some R&D and find a good USB stick, and path to make sure the sound is good.
Another way is to use partitioning during the Snakeoil install. Create 1 small partition for OS, and a bigger partition for music. This way when you re-install OS, you're only changing the small partition, leaving the big partition alone. See
here for a walkthrough.
Thanks Agent-Kith.
Great info. I will investigate some more and have a play when I get some time.