On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 at 16:24, Fred Smith <fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 05:48:43PM +0100, Barry Scott wrote:
> I want to create a bootable USB stick that runs fedora.
>
> I do not want to create a Live-CD USB stick because live-CD
> fails to boot on my main PC. And no one seems to know how to
> fix this. By using a read-write USB stick I can add in debug
> code to the boot process and try to findout what is hanging
> the boot process.
>
> What my google-fu is failed to do is figure out how to find
> instruction on how to do this with getting live-CD instructions.
>
> I'm guessing that I should be able to use anaconda or dnf to get
> the heavy lifting done.
>
> Does anyone know what the steps I need to follow are?
>
> Barry

FWIW, some years back I did (more than once) install Fedora  onto
a USB stick using an normal install procedure. all I had to do was
be sure to specify the right device for the USB stick so I didn't
wipe out the installed system on the computer.

This was probably back around Fedoraaa 11-13 or thereabouts, and
I h aven't kept up with Fedora for the last few years, but there is
no reason THAT I KNOW OF why it wouldn't still work.

By "normal install procedure" I assume you mean you were able to
boot some installation media.   Since the OP can't boot the live media,
the "normal install procedure" isn't available.

It may be possible to create a new ISO image with extra grub options
 
mentions adding persistent storage to a live USB which might be helpful for saving logs, etc.


-- 
George N. White III