11:40 p.m.
Hi All,
Anyone know any rumors as to if we are going to
be able to have more than 4 GB of persistence
in the future? Ext2/3/4 perhaps?
It is really difficult to discipline myself to
keep it under 4 GB.
Many thanks,
-T
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Computers are like air conditioners.
They malfunction when you open windows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
8:36 a.m.
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 21:40:08 -0700,
ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com> wrote:
Hi All,
Anyone know any rumors as to if we are going to
be able to have more than 4 GB of persistence
in the future? Ext2/3/4 perhaps?
It is really difficult to discipline myself to
keep it under 4 GB.
You could run a normal version of the OS on your device instead of the
live image. That allows you to update the kernel and allows for reclaim
of space used by updates.
1:41 p.m.
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 12:40 AM, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com> wrote:
Hi All,
Anyone know any rumors as to if we are going to
be able to have more than 4 GB of persistence
in the future? Ext2/3/4 perhaps?
It is really difficult to discipline myself to
keep it under 4 GB.
Many thanks,
-T
Overlays greater than 4 GiB are available now with ext4 formatting of the
Live CD device.
For example,
livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 10000
home-size-mb 1024 --unencrypted-home /path/to/iso /dev/sde
produces a Live CD with a 10485760000 byte overlay file.
df -TB1 /dev/sde1
Filesystem Type 1B-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sde1 ext4 15664103424 1066409984 13778391040 8%
/run/media/fgrose/LIVE
$ du -bac /run/media/fgrose/LIVE
du: cannot read directory ‘/run/media/fgrose/LIVE/lost+found’: Permission
denied
16384 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/lost+found
49005 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/livecd-iso-to-disk
1073741824 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/home.img
929828864 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/squashfs.img
8192 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/osmin.img
10485760000
/run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/overlay-LIVE-56dbd871-9b9e-42d8-bf9a-7eee16db0e1c
12489391981 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS
5139320 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/vmlinuz0
5152768 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/efiboot.img
24576 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/isolinux.bin
2048 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/boot.cat
2395 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/extlinux.conf
32002862 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/initrd0.img
155792 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/vesamenu.c32
32256 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/ldlinux.sys
20643840 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/macboot.img
176760 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/memtest
63336713 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux
12552749174 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE
12552749174 total
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LiveOS_image
3:46 p.m.
On 06/01/2014 11:41 AM, Frederick Grose wrote:
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 12:40 AM, ToddAndMargo
<ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com
<mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Anyone know any rumors as to if we are going to
> be able to have more than 4 GB of persistence
> in the future? Ext2/3/4 perhaps?
>
> It is really difficult to discipline myself to
> keep it under 4 GB.
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
Overlays greater than 4 GiB are available now with ext4 formatting of
the Live CD device.
For example,
livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 10000
home-size-mb 1024 --unencrypted-home /path/to/iso /dev/sde
produces a Live CD with a 10485760000 byte overlay file.
df -TB1 /dev/sde1
Filesystem Type 1B-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sde1 ext4 15664103424 1066409984 13778391040 8%
/run/media/fgrose/LIVE
$ du -bac /run/media/fgrose/LIVE
du: cannot read directory ‘/run/media/fgrose/LIVE/lost+found’:
Permission denied
16384 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/lost+found
49005 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/livecd-iso-to-disk
1073741824 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/home.img
929828864 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/squashfs.img
8192 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/osmin.img
10485760000
/run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/overlay-LIVE-56dbd871-9b9e-42d8-bf9a-7eee16db0e1c
12489391981 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS
5139320 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/vmlinuz0
5152768 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/efiboot.img
24576 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/isolinux.bin
2048 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/boot.cat <http://boot.cat>
2395 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/extlinux.conf
32002862 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/initrd0.img
155792 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/vesamenu.c32
32256 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/ldlinux.sys
20643840 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/macboot.img
176760 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/memtest
63336713 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux
12552749174 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE
12552749174 total
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LiveOS_image
Hi Fredrick,
Very cool. Thank you!
I could not find this on the link you sent.
Do you first format your stick with ext4? Or,
leave it unformatted with a single blank
primary partition?
-T
4:55 p.m.
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 4:46 PM, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com> wrote:
On 06/01/2014 11:41 AM, Frederick Grose wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 12:40 AM, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com
> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Anyone know any rumors as to if we are going to
> > be able to have more than 4 GB of persistence
> > in the future? Ext2/3/4 perhaps?
> >
> > It is really difficult to discipline myself to
> > keep it under 4 GB.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > -T
>
>
> Overlays greater than 4 GiB are available now with ext4 formatting of
> the Live CD device.
>
> For example,
>
> livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 10000
> home-size-mb 1024 --unencrypted-home /path/to/iso /dev/sde
>
> produces a Live CD with a 10485760000 byte overlay file.
>
> df -TB1 /dev/sde1
> Filesystem Type 1B-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sde1 ext4 15664103424 1066409984 13778391040 8%
> /run/media/fgrose/LIVE
>
> $ du -bac /run/media/fgrose/LIVE
> du: cannot read directory ‘/run/media/fgrose/LIVE/lost+found’:
> Permission denied
> 16384 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/lost+found
> 49005 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/livecd-iso-to-disk
> 1073741824 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/home.img
> 929828864 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/squashfs.img
> 8192 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/osmin.img
> 10485760000
>
/run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/overlay-LIVE-56dbd871-9b9e-42d8-bf9a-7eee16db0e1c
> 12489391981 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS
> 5139320 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/vmlinuz0
> 5152768 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/efiboot.img
> 24576 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/isolinux.bin
> 2048 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/boot.cat <http://boot.cat>
>
> 2395 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/extlinux.conf
> 32002862 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/initrd0.img
> 155792 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/vesamenu.c32
> 32256 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/ldlinux.sys
> 20643840 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/macboot.img
> 176760 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/memtest
> 63336713 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux
> 12552749174 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE
> 12552749174 total
>
> See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LiveOS_image
Hi Fredrick,
Very cool. Thank you!
I could not find this on the link you sent.
Do you first format your stick with ext4? Or,
leave it unformatted with a single blank
primary partition?
Both are possible. The latter requires the livecd-iso-to-disk --format
option, which now defaults to ext4.
See the usage section at the top of
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/livecd/tree/tools/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh
--Fred
7:59 p.m.
On 06/01/2014 02:55 PM, Frederick Grose wrote:
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 4:46 PM, ToddAndMargo
<ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com
<mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>> wrote:
>
> On 06/01/2014 11:41 AM, Frederick Grose wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 12:40 AM, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com
<mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>
>> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>>>
wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > Anyone know any rumors as to if we are going to
>> > be able to have more than 4 GB of persistence
>> > in the future? Ext2/3/4 perhaps?
>> >
>> > It is really difficult to discipline myself to
>> > keep it under 4 GB.
>> >
>> > Many thanks,
>> > -T
>>
>>
>> Overlays greater than 4 GiB are available now with ext4 formatting of
>> the Live CD device.
>>
>> For example,
>>
>> livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 10000
>> home-size-mb 1024 --unencrypted-home /path/to/iso /dev/sde
>>
>> produces a Live CD with a 10485760000 byte overlay file.
>>
>> df -TB1 /dev/sde1
>> Filesystem Type 1B-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
>> /dev/sde1 ext4 15664103424 1066409984 13778391040 8%
>> /run/media/fgrose/LIVE
>>
>> $ du -bac /run/media/fgrose/LIVE
>> du: cannot read directory ‘/run/media/fgrose/LIVE/lost+found’:
>> Permission denied
>> 16384 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/lost+found
>> 49005 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/livecd-iso-to-disk
>> 1073741824 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/home.img
>> 929828864 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/squashfs.img
>> 8192 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/osmin.img
>> 10485760000
>>
/run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS/overlay-LIVE-56dbd871-9b9e-42d8-bf9a-7eee16db0e1c
>> 12489391981 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/LiveOS
>> 5139320 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/vmlinuz0
>> 5152768 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/efiboot.img
>> 24576 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/isolinux.bin
>> 2048 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/boot.cat <http://boot.cat>
<http://boot.cat>
>>
>> 2395 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/extlinux.conf
>> 32002862 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/initrd0.img
>> 155792 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/vesamenu.c32
>> 32256 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/ldlinux.sys
>> 20643840 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/macboot.img
>> 176760 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux/memtest
>> 63336713 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE/syslinux
>> 12552749174 /run/media/fgrose/LIVE
>> 12552749174 total
>>
>> See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LiveOS_image
>
>
> Hi Fredrick,
>
> Very cool. Thank you!
> I could not find this on the link you sent.
>
> Do you first format your stick with ext4? Or,
> leave it unformatted with a single blank
> primary partition?
Both are possible. The latter requires the livecd-iso-to-disk --format
option, which now defaults to ext4.
See the usage section at the top of
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/livecd/tree/tools/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh
--Fred
Hi Fred,
I have to use all the old stuff as I am in Scientific
Linux 6.5 (RHEL 6.5 clone). Do you know if my version
will support the above?
liveusb-creator-3.12.0-1.el6.noarch
Many thanks,
-T
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Computers are like air conditioners.
They malfunction when you open windows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10:13 p.m.
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 8:59 PM, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com> wrote:
{...}
>
> >>
> >> See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LiveOS_image
> >
> >
> > Hi Fredrick,
> >
> > Very cool. Thank you!
> > I could not find this on the link you sent.
> >
> > Do you first format your stick with ext4? Or,
> > leave it unformatted with a single blank
> > primary partition?
>
>
> Both are possible. The latter requires the livecd-iso-to-disk --format
> option, which now defaults to ext4.
>
> See the usage section at the top of
> https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/livecd/tree/tools/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh
>
> --Fred
Hi Fred,
I have to use all the old stuff as I am in Scientific
Linux 6.5 (RHEL 6.5 clone). Do you know if my version
will support the above?
liveusb-creator-3.12.0-1.el6.noarch
The
livecd-iso-to-disk
installation script
is available in the livecd-tools package,
https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/livecd-tools
It is often saved in the /LiveOS/ directory of the Live CD iso and on a
loaded device.
1:17 a.m.
On 06/01/2014 08:13 PM, Frederick Grose wrote:
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 8:59 PM, ToddAndMargo
<ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com
<mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>> wrote:
>
> {...}
>>
>> >>
>> >> See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LiveOS_image
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Fredrick,
>> >
>> > Very cool. Thank you!
>> > I could not find this on the link you sent.
>> >
>> > Do you first format your stick with ext4? Or,
>> > leave it unformatted with a single blank
>> > primary partition?
>>
>>
>> Both are possible. The latter requires the livecd-iso-to-disk --format
>> option, which now defaults to ext4.
>>
>> See the usage section at the top of
>>
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/livecd/tree/tools/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh
>>
>> --Fred
>
>
> Hi Fred,
>
> I have to use all the old stuff as I am in Scientific
> Linux 6.5 (RHEL 6.5 clone). Do you know if my version
> will support the above?
>
> liveusb-creator-3.12.0-1.el6.noarch
The
livecd-iso-to-disk
installation script
is available in the livecd-tools package,
https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/livecd-tools
It is often saved in the /LiveOS/ directory of the Live CD iso and on a
loaded device.
Hi Fred,
Oops, copy and pasted the wrong one.
$ rpm -qa \*livecd-tools\*
livecd-tools-13.4.5-1.el6.x86_64
The latest, from the link you sent me is 21.1.1
Do you think my old, dilapidates version has the ext4 support?
Manya thanks,
-T
is
8:51 a.m.
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 2:17 AM, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com> wrote:
On 06/01/2014 08:13 PM, Frederick Grose wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 8:59 PM, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com
> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>> wrote:
> >
> > {...}
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LiveOS_image
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hi Fredrick,
> >> >
> >> > Very cool. Thank you!
> >> > I could not find this on the link you sent.
> >> >
> >> > Do you first format your stick with ext4? Or,
> >> > leave it unformatted with a single blank
> >> > primary partition?
> >>
> >>
> >> Both are possible. The latter requires the livecd-iso-to-disk
> --format
> >> option, which now defaults to ext4.
> >>
> >> See the usage section at the top of
> >>
> https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/livecd/tree/tools/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh
> >>
> >> --Fred
> >
> >
> > Hi Fred,
> >
> > I have to use all the old stuff as I am in Scientific
> > Linux 6.5 (RHEL 6.5 clone). Do you know if my version
> > will support the above?
> >
> > liveusb-creator-3.12.0-1.el6.noarch
>
>
> The
> livecd-iso-to-disk
>
> installation script
>
> is available in the livecd-tools package,
> https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/livecd-tools
>
> It is often saved in the /LiveOS/ directory of the Live CD iso and on a
> loaded device.
>
>
Hi Fred,
Oops, copy and pasted the wrong one.
$ rpm -qa \*livecd-tools\*
livecd-tools-13.4.5-1.el6.x86_64
The latest, from the link you sent me is 21.1.1
Do you think my old, dilapidates version has the ext4 support?
Manya thanks,
You can check here,
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/livecd/tree/tools/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh...
Looks like ext4 was not supported in that branch, but ext3 will support
upto 16 GiB with 1 KiB blocks.
4:31 p.m.
On 06/02/2014 06:51 AM, Frederick Grose wrote:
You can check here,
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/livecd/tree/tools/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh...
Looks like ext4 was not supported in that branch, but ext3 will support
upto 16 GiB with 1 KiB blocks.
Looked over the script. You have to admire the guy who wrote
that. Wow, he worked his rear end off on that one!
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Computers are like air conditioners.
They malfunction when you open windows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4:19 p.m.
On 06/01/2014 11:41 AM, Frederick Grose wrote:
livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 10000
home-size-mb 1024 --unencrypted-home /path/to/iso /dev/sde
# livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 7000
home-size-mb 1024 --unencrypted-home Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-20-1.iso
/dev/sdc
invalid arg -- home-size-mb
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Computers are like air conditioners.
They malfunction when you open windows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4:33 p.m.
On 06/02/2014 02:19 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
On 06/01/2014 11:41 AM, Frederick Grose wrote:
> livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 10000
> home-size-mb 1024 --unencrypted-home /path/to/iso /dev/sde
# livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 7000
home-size-mb 1024 --unencrypted-home Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-20-1.iso
/dev/sdc
invalid arg -- home-size-mb
Hi Fred,
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 *
Live this feature! Run once with too big and adjust downward.
Unable to fit live image + overlay on available space on USB stick
+ Size of live image: 582
+ Overlay size: 7000
---------------------------
= Requested: 7582
- Available: 7206
---------------------------
I hope the persistence problem gets fixed soon.
-T
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Computers are like air conditioners.
They malfunction when you open windows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10:58 a.m.
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 5:33 PM, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)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.
1:06 p.m.
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.
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.
Thank you for the help!
-T
2:11 p.m.
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.
3:37 p.m.
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,
Thank you for helping me with this.
From the host machine ("#" is root's prompt):
>> note that our versions don't match <<<
I am at the mercy of EPEL. They will update to
the latest version when they do and not a moment
sooner.
Also note that persistence works fine with "liveusb-creator"
(the GUI), but that you can not get more than 4 GB
of persistence.
# fdisk -l /dev/sdc
Disk /dev/sdc: 8252 MB, 8252293120 bytes
8 heads, 28 sectors/track, 71954 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 224 * 512 = 114688 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009d27d
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 85 71954 8049440 83 Linux
# rpm -qa \*live\*
liveusb-creator-3.12.0-1.el6.noarch
livecd-tools-13.4.5-1.el6.x86_64
# livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 6624
--unencrypted-home ./Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-20-1.iso /dev/sd
From the Live USB:
# dmsetup status
live-base: 0 6291456 linear
live-osimg-min: 0 6291456 snapshot 1888/1888 16
live-rw: 0 6291456 snapshot 42352/1048576 176
# 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
# losetup -a
/dev/loop0: [0001]:644 (/osmin.img (deleted))
/dev/loop1: [1792]:1 (/osmin)
/dev/loop2: [64513]:398274 (/run/initramfs/live/LiveOS/squashfs.img)
/dev/loop3: [1794]:2 (/LiveOS/ext3fs.img)
/dev/loop4: [0001]:10662 (/overlay (deleted))
# ls -lA /run/initramfs/live/LiveOS/
total 595580
-r--r--r--. 1 root root 8192 Jun 6 16:00 osmin.img
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 6945767424 Jun 6 16:01
overlay-LIVE-c712eef2-2e8b-4d04-b5a8-3361566b8efd
-r--r--r--. 1 root root 609263616 Jun 6 16:00 squashfs.img
Do you see anything wrong?
-T
4:17 p.m.
On 06/06/2014 01:37 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
# livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 6624
--unencrypted-home ./Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-20-1.iso /dev/sd
Missed the "c" on "/dev/sdc"
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4:20 p.m.
On 06/06/2014 02:17 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
On 06/06/2014 01:37 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> # livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format --overlay-size-mb 6624
> --unencrypted-home ./Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-20-1.iso /dev/sd
Missed the "c" on "/dev/sdc"
Lets see what our intrepid heroes at Red Hat have to say:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1105735
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10:15 a.m.
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 09:40:08PM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote:
Hi All,
Anyone know any rumors as to if we are going to
be able to have more than 4 GB of persistence
in the future? Ext2/3/4 perhaps?
It is really difficult to discipline myself to
keep it under 4 GB.
I'll accept patches since it is a feature that already existed, but I
have to say that this is a *really* bad idea. You're going to lose data.
You are better off partitioning the device and mounting it as /home/ or
whatever. I actually tried using this last week for a temporary install
while waiting for a new harddrive. System didn't like to wake from sleep
properly so I had to pull the plug, and guess what? Corruption - I had
to recreate the USB stick.
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3:56 p.m.
On 06/02/2014 08:15 AM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 09:40:08PM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Anyone know any rumors as to if we are going to
> be able to have more than 4 GB of persistence
> in the future? Ext2/3/4 perhaps?
>
> It is really difficult to discipline myself to
> keep it under 4 GB.
I'll accept patches since it is a feature that already existed, but I
have to say that this is a *really* bad idea. You're going to lose data.
You are better off partitioning the device and mounting it as /home/ or
whatever. I actually tried using this last week for a temporary install
while waiting for a new harddrive. System didn't like to wake from sleep
properly so I had to pull the plug, and guess what? Corruption - I had
to recreate the USB stick.
Hi Brian,
I am not following your "*really* bad idea" remark.
Is there something wrong with EXTx in this environment?
Wouldn't the corruption you speak of have happened with
a FAT32 partition as well?
-T
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4:36 p.m.
On 06/02/2014 08:15 AM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
I'll accept patches since it is a feature that already existed
Hi Brian,
In my version,
$ rpm -qa \*livecd-tools\*
livecd-tools-13.4.5-1.el6.x86_64
persistence does not work. EXTx file system does, but
it is unless unless without the persistence.
I would appreciate you porting the new stuff over.
-T
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