(11-05-2016, 01:02 PM)Alan_Wilts link Wrote: > which installation method you are talking about (full installation or Live USB installation)?
I'm now looking at Live USB installation so I can apply and retain updates (fixes)
> what you would like to do with this USB installed system (just work with it or use it as installation medium)?
just work with it for now.
I think I can see what you are getting at. If I spend time customising the Live USB installation (as well as applying fixes) then to avoid redoing the whole customisation then it would be nice to install to a hard disk from the Live USB installation. But I must admit to not thinking (and speculating) that far ahead.
Ah, I think here lies the confusion: the difference between a Live System (aka LiveCD or LiveUSB) and an installed system. You seem to use these terms based on other criteria than I do
Performing a normal/regular/full installation to an USB device won't make it a LiveUSB. The "live" refers to having a bootable system image usually used as installation medium and also for testing the system live. In the old days these images used to be burned to a CD - therefore LiveCD. Then some smart people figured out to use an USB stick instead of a CD. The concept behind however stayed the same. Nothing you change while running this system would usually be saved, every time you boot it up you'll get the same virgin system (LiveUSB).Till persistent storage in combination with the USB device got introduced that allows you to just safe these changes (LiveUSB with persistent storage).
To use your installed and tweaked system - no matter medium you installed it to - as a base for another installation you actually don't have to think that far. Just use Systemback, a very handy tool to backup your system and also to create a LiveCD from it. It's available in Linux Lite! Also have a look for the posts here on the forum.