<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div><div>Installing arch onto a USB stick is exactly the same as installing it to a hard disk; there's literally no difference in the installation method as Linux doesn't really care what the underlying disk is.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The _only_ difference I can think of is, if using Grub, you'll want to use the "--removable" option so that you don't need a boot entry in your EFI for it to boot, though I personally use that even for regular installs so I don't have to mess with boot entries.<br></div><div><br></div><div>If, however, by "install arch onto a persistent USB drive", you just want to use that to boot to install arch, you just need to write the arch iso to a usb stick using dd, Gnome Disks, Rufus (if on Windows), or whatever your favorite disk writing utility is.</div></div><div><br></div><div>On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, at 11:11 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks! I'm trying to install arch (your suggestion) onto a persistent USB drive<br></div><div> and then to use that to install it to my main computer.<br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 1:40 PM Snyder, Alexander J <<a href="mailto:alexander@snyderfamily.co">alexander@snyderfamily.co</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="auto"><div>Type: echo "$PATH"<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">to view the folders in your user path. Root will have a different PATH.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You can add to it by typing:<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">export PATH="$PATH:/your/new/directory"<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">To append to the end. <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div>Put that at the bottom of your "~/.bashrc" file. <br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto"><div>Thanks,<br></div><div>Alexander.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my Samsung S20+ 5G<br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 10:32 Michael via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div>What directory is in the path that is also accessible by the user?<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style=""><span class="size" style="font-size:12.8px;">:-)~MIKE~(-:</span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div>---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div> PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br></div><div> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div> <a href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a><br></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style=""><span class="size" style="font-size:12.8px;">:-)~MIKE~(-:</span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div><div>---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div>PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br></div><div>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div><a href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>