On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:06 PM, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com> wrote:
On 06/03/2014 08:58 AM, Frederick Grose wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 5:33 PM, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com
> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>>wrote:
>
>
> {...}
>
> This worked:
>
> # livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 6624
> --unencrypted-home Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-20-1.__iso /dev/sdc
>
> # ls -al /media/LIVE/LiveOS/overlay-__LIVE*
>
> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 6945767424 Jun 2 14:21
> /media/LIVE/LiveOS/overlay-__LIVE-080e62f1-2731-4790-a1eb-_
> _48175d703185
>
>
>
> * UNFORTUNATELY: THE PERSISTENCE DOES NOT WORK *
>
>
> livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 6624
> --unencrypted-home
>
> Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-20-1.iso /dev/sdc
>
> Persistence works for me.
>
> Check dmsetup status
> and
> dmsetup table
>
> See that the live-rw snapshot has been set up on a loop device backed by
> the overlay file
> and not a temporary overlay, which would be the fallback if no overlay
> was found or it
> was unreadable.
>
> [liveuser@localhost ~]$ sudo dmsetup status
> live-base: 0 6291456 linear
> live-osimg-min: 0 6291456 snapshot 1888/1888 16
> live-rw: 0 6291456 snapshot 61432/13565952 248
>
> [liveuser@localhost ~]$ sudo dmsetup table
> live-base: 0 6291456 linear 7:3 0
> live-osimg-min: 0 6291456 snapshot 7:3 7:1 P 8
> live-rw: 0 6291456 snapshot 7:3 7:4 P 8
>
> [liveuser@localhost ~]$ sudo losetup -a
> /dev/loop0: [0001]:1557 (/osmin.img (deleted))
> /dev/loop1: [1792]:1 (/osmin)
> /dev/loop2: [2081]:261634 (/run/initramfs/live/LiveOS/squashfs.img)
> /dev/loop3: [1794]:2 (/LiveOS/ext3fs.img)
> /dev/loop4: [2081]:261637
> (/LiveOS/overlay-LIVE-90c95ea3-7acc-4bff-98f6-b9dfbfdebd6e)
>
> [liveuser@localhost ~]$ ls -lA /run/initramfs/live/LiveOS/
> total 627712
> -r-xr-xr-x. 1 root root 49005 Jun 3 10:59 livecd-iso-to-disk
> -r--r--r--. 1 root root 8192 Jun 3 10:57 osmin.img
> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 6945767424 Jun 3 11:54
> overlay-LIVE-90c95ea3-7acc-4bff-98f6-b9dfbfdebd6e
> -r--r--r--. 1 root root 609263616 Jun 3 10:57 squashfs.img
>
> If you don't get similar results, check the system journal for errors on
> the filesystem.
>
Hi Fred,
It will be a few days before I get enough office time to try
this out.
I do believe you are using a later version than me as
"--unencrypted-home" is not supported.
I used the livecd-iso-to-disk that came on the
Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-20-1.iso in the /LiveOS/ directory.
--unencrypted-home only has meaning if you have specified a home.img
filesystem for /home through the --home-size-mb option.
It's presence on the command line had no effect.
If it helps with the troubleshooting process, persistence
does work with the "Fedora LiveUSB Creator" GUI. But,
I can only get 4 GB of it.