Reply To: [SOLVED] frugal install 32-bit antiX

Forum › Forums › New users › New Users and General Questions › [SOLVED] frugal install 32-bit antiX › Reply To: [SOLVED] frugal install 32-bit antiX

March 31, 2022 at 10:01 am #80226
christophe
Moderator

    Since you say you are familiar with running antiX live, frugal should be easy. It is just the same, only from hdd instead of usb/dvd.

    I recommend testing live & persistence on non-essential machines – or especially live usb sticks. Try persistence & remastering there first, If you haven’t done so yet.

    If I were to just give you a first experiment, a setup that you are asking for, I’d suggest this:
    Choose F4 = toram
    Choose F5 = frugal_root (or persist_root if you are using live-usb instead of frugal from hdd)
    Choose F8 = save settings

    (Dvd won’t have F8. Use live usb if possible, or you’ll have to reselect these choices on each boot.)

    This will load the whole OS into RAM (using antiX base ISO, that’s about 800 MB?).

    Then when booting first time with persistence, it will ask you how large persistence file – choose “custom,” and then 3 GB.

    Then further on, you will be asked for your choice on saving persistence changes. Choose automatic.

    These are first-time decisions. Next boot, antiX remembers.

    You will want to read up on “remastering” your system. Make sure you know how to remaster. That’s essential, in my opinion. You have to reserve a few GBs for remastering, to be safe.

    Your first remaster should be after installing the software you want. Then again after upgrades start filling your persistence file.

    Personally, I like to remaster before I fill up the persistence file to about 2 GB. Or even by about 1 GB. Because that all gets loaded into memory, and you need to have ram for operations. When you remaster, it compresses it & makes use of your resources better.

    Eventually you’ll want to run “set up persistence” to delete your old persistence files after you’ve remastered.

    But start experimenting. And ask (& read old threads) on the forum any further questions.

    There are more “succinct” or clever uses of the antiX live system also (like Moddit alluded to).

    But this will get you started. Play around and read & watch dolphin_oracle’s videos.

    The antiX live system is fun. And there is no substitute for digging in and getting your hands dirty with it.

    See also
    http://antixlinuxfan.miraheze.org/wiki/Table_of_antiX_Boot_Parameters

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by christophe.
    • This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by christophe. Reason: Added remaster info
    • This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by christophe.

    antiX on everything, since 2017