2.5. Installing from a Salix Installation USB

Installing Salix OS from a USB key is also possible (but consider installing from a Salix Live USB also). The most difficult part is to know the device name of your USB key. You may wish to issue the command “fdisk -l” as root to know which device is used for your USB key.

Create your USB stick with unetbootin
At Salix installation chose "Install from hard disk"
Enter the device of your USB stick: This probably is /dev/sdb1 if you only have one hard disk. Please note that a Few sticks are mounted by /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sdb1
The next dialog asks where the Salix packages are located on the USB stick. The correct answer here is /salix
Installation should continue normally
Alternatively, you can mount your USB key first.

After starting up the set up screen, select your keyboard type and exit the setup
Type “mkdir /salix” (without the quotation marks)
Type “mount /dev/sdb /salix” (sdb can be sdb1, depending on the assignment by your machine)
Type setup to restart the installation process
When asked for the source file, select “from a local directory” and type in “/salix/salix”
Installation should continue normally