Thanks, Bruno. But it's the persistent / that I want.
On 25 Oct 2011, at 13:22, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:50:09 +0100,
Tim Coote <tim+fedoraproject.org(a)coote.org> wrote:
> Hullo
> I'm trying to use livecd to test fedora upgrades non-destructively. To make this
work, I really need to be able to use the persistent overlay to fix drivers. I'm using
the standard command:
>
> livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 2047 /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1
>
> However, this is not working as I'd expect. If I boot from the resulting usb
drive and change the configuration (eg to enable sshd), then the changes are lost on
reboot.
>
> Have I misunderstood how persistent overlays are supposed to work - I'd
interpreted the documentation to mean that the overlay can persist changes from /, as well
as just providing a persistent overlay to /home?
I am not sure if the overlay for / will work for /home. There is another option
to provide an area for a persistent /home.