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I guess that in the case when my Lubuntu on my laptop can't boot for whatever reason, it will be helpful for me to run a live version of Lubuntu out of a bootable flash drive to retrieve the files on the file systems on my laptop.

I was wondering if the alternative 64-bit installation file lubuntu-18.04-alternate-amd64.iso is suitable for that purpose? I have a flash drive of 1GB, and that installation file is 717MB the only one which fits into my flash drive.

I have never used the alternative installation file: will I run into problem if I boot into the Ubuntu in it from a flash drive to retrieve my files on my laptop?

Fabby
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    The alternate installation .iso is for installation only, and not for running live. See https://askubuntu.com/questions/150202/difference-between-live-cd-and-alternate-cd . I am not sure why you got a drive by down vote or a close vote. – Panther May 23 '18 at 01:31
  • Thanks. What are some installations that can run a live OS for me to retrieve the files on my laptop? Prefer installation file size small. – Tim May 23 '18 at 01:39
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    Any live iso from any Linux OS can do that. You do not really install in that case, you create a bootable usb - https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu . Other distors have other methods. There are recovery specific distros as an alternate to ubuntu - http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/top-5-linux-system-rescue-cds sort of depends on what you want. There are tiny distros also such as tinycore. https://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/ – Panther May 23 '18 at 01:51
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    I am only familiar with Ubuntu , and scared of trying the others that you linked. The only flash drive that I have larger than Ubuntu live installation file (something betw 1GB and 2GB?) is 4GB, and the other flash drive I have is 1GB. Is it possible to use the 4GB flash drive for both a live Ubuntu OS and temporary storage for my other personal files? See https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/445443/how-can-i-create-a-bootable-flash-drive-for-lbuntu-and-also-store-temporarily-ot – Tim May 23 '18 at 02:05
  • It is possible, but now we are sort of getting a bit off topic. – Panther May 23 '18 at 02:14
  • Thanks. Sry. Is it possible but not common? Is the common practice to make a whole flash drive dedicated to a live OS? – Tim May 23 '18 at 02:15
  • @Panther: that's not a comment but an answer. you know the drill: ping me and I'll come back and upvote. – Fabby May 28 '18 at 16:19
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    I think you want a persistent live drive, if you want to both boot from it and save files in it. Standard live drives are read-only. (You can save data temporarily, but those data will disappear, when you shut down or reboot.) You can make such a drive from a Lubuntu desktop iso file (but not from a Lubuntu alternate iso file). – sudodus May 28 '18 at 17:28
  • @sudodus Two drives here. The first is in the laptop for the dead Lubuntu. The second is in a flash hard drive for a live Lubuntu. I want to boot into the live Lubuntu in flash drive to access the files on the drive in the laptop. – Tim May 28 '18 at 17:33
  • If you want an Ubuntu family desktop iso file, that is smaller than 1 GB (to fit into your 1 GB USB pendrive), you can get **xubuntu-18.04-core-amd64.iso** which is only 695 MB (663MiB). See [this link](https://unit193.net/xubuntu/core/) provided by one of the Xubuntu team members. – sudodus May 28 '18 at 17:33
  • @sudodus Does it provide file copying programs such as `rsync`? – Tim May 28 '18 at 17:36
  • Yes, `rsync` is there. All the basic command line program packages are there. Also `tar` is there. – sudodus May 28 '18 at 17:45
  • You are welcome. Good luck :-) – sudodus May 28 '18 at 17:52

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