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.
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.
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.
On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, at 11:11 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Thanks! I'm trying to install arch (your suggestion) onto a persistent USB drive
> and then to use that to install it to my main computer.
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 1:40 PM Snyder, Alexander J <alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
>> Type: echo "$PATH"
>>
>> to view the folders in your user path. Root will have a different PATH.
>>
>> You can add to it by typing:
>>
>> export PATH="$PATH:/your/new/directory"
>>
>> To append to the end.
>>
>> Put that at the bottom of your "~/.bashrc" file.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alexander.
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung S20+ 5G
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 10:32 Michael via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>> What directory is in the path that is also accessible by the user?
>>>
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