[Fedora-livecd-list] Making content available on both sides of the live CD

[Jeremy Katz]

On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 19:27 -0600, Douglas McClendon wrote:
> Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> > To ask a question that I think *hasn't* been asked:
> > 
> > Let's say I want to store big files in the ISO and symlink them to the 
> > user's $HOME.  What's the appropriate way to, as part of the bootup 
> > process, mount the DVD?  I noticed that, upon booting the live system, 
> > "mount /dev/cdrom" simply told me that it /dev/cdrom wasn't in the 
> > fstab. The /dev/cdrom symlink was set properly, so I could just add 
> > /dev/cdrom to the fstab myself or issue a mount command from an init 
> > script.  But is that really the right way to automatically mount the 
> > disc from which the live system is booting?
> 
> I think the answer you are looking for is /mnt/live.
> 
> It will be mounted, and refers to the cdrom iso9660, or the fs that 
> hosts the LiveOS on a LiveUSB.

Correct.  /mnt/live is definitely what you want.  Bind mounting or a
symlink from the user's desktop is probably the best thing to do.  It's
something I've been looking at adding for the main live images, just
dependent on having the content to include that way.  

Jeremy