Finally...
I installed void linux to a 8GB usb stick using their lxde iso (using on my 2008 core-2 duo HP Elitebook 2530P 2GB RAM machine):
https://a-hel-fi.m.voidlinux.org/live/c ... 1-lxde.iso
After downloading above, wrote it (as root user) to my usb stick (which was being recognised as device /dev/sdb) via command. IMPORTANT to note well if you do this that you use the correct /dev/sdx location of your own usb stick...:
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dd bs=4M if=void-live-x86_64-20170220-lxde.iso of=/dev/sdb && sync
That included code to boot the usb stick onto usb stick itself (will work on grub4dos via my hard-disk menu.lst later). So I then booted that live version of void linux from my usb.
Next problem was that I use wifi from my laptop to internet (no ethernet cable), so had to work out how to connect the running live voidlinux to my wifi... Anyway, no user-friendly network manager by default (though choice of three such network managers becomes available for download once properly installed), but dhcpcd and wpa_supplicant programs are available for commandline use. So initial connection of wifi (when using as live distro) not so easy for those not familiar with commandline (and more), but proved okay once I read up on required commands.
Voidlinux does not use systemd nor standard sysvinit, but instead uses 'runit', but that was interesting... Basically, I just followed the many instructions/commands required for setting wifi connection up as given on voidlinux Wiki page here:
https://wiki.voidlinux.org/Network_Conf ... .28DHCP.29
for dhcpcd stuff for my wifi interface (named wls1), followed by wpa_supplicant stuff, here:
https://wiki.voidlinux.org/Network_Conf ... default.29
for the case of my wifi connection which uses WPA-PSK:
https://wiki.voidlinux.org/Network_Conf ... ersonal.29
Just to increase the chance I understood what I was doing, I also read up on runit here (but didn't really need to do that):
https://wiki.voidlinux.org/Runit
So, yeah, at this stage, getting it working directly from the usb live install was not for the faint of heart...
But here I am posting from Void Linux LXDE x86_64 live iso, via wifi connection, following the above... and I have to say that is extremely interesting/impressive distribution with an equally impressive/interesting package manager (XBPS) that I'm planning to learn more about now (though not a lot of apps pre-installed - Firefox, pcmanfm, lxterminal and more are though; iso size is medium big, but that seems to me to be cos lots of firmware included and iso contents maybe could be squashed more vigorously for download purposes - no big deal there):
https://wiki.voidlinux.org/XBPS
https://wiki.voidlinux.org/Rosetta_stone
@sc0ttman: I imagine you might be interested in taking a look at the above too (because of its pkgmanager) if you haven't already done so.
I could see me adopting Void Linux, for my own future linux dev plaything/interest distro (whilst keeping Pups and Dogs for the rest of my family distributions).
By the way, I installed scrot from void package repositories for making attached screenshot. The commands I used were (first one to sync the repository database to local machine I think...). I found that the scrot dependencies (e.g. giblib1) were automatically fetched... yeah...:
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sudo xbps-install -S
sudo xbps-install scrot
I also installed mtpaint to quickly scale the screenshot.
Whist still using this as a frugal usb install, I intend installing by void instructions to own partition - I guess that is a full install. I have no idea at this stage how to get persistence of changes for frugal live installs anyway, which doesn't imply it couldn't be done - I just don't know enough.
Anyway, been using this all day. Solid as a rock; more solid than anything else I've been using recently actually, so I'm going to work with this one a lot more now. My advice is not to be put off by initial difficulties or not being your usual frugal install experience - Void Linux has a lot going for it above all that - especially, I feel, that XBPS package manager and its amazing flexibility.
wiak
EDIT: See my post below for continuation to full hard drive install:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 26#1023126