On the USB stick, in the file '/boot/olpc.fth' (generated by 'livecd-iso-to-disk'), the line that sets up the boot parameters specifies: 'reset_overlay'.
What does 'reset_overlay' as a parameter do ? Should it be there ?
That would re-create the "/LiveOS/overlay-LIVE-AA00-0383" file, thus wiping out the changes made prior to the reboot. I'd remove that from the olpc.fth file.
Thank you, thank you.
Finally, I'm able to see that changes will "persist" after the reboot of an XO, which was booted off an USB stick.
It was a long struggle to get this working - but with the help of the participants on the fedora-olpc-list it ended successfully.
Thanks: Chris, Mathieu, Jerry, everyone.
mikus
On the USB stick, in the file '/boot/olpc.fth' (generated by 'livecd-iso-to-disk'), the line that sets up the boot parameters specifies: 'reset_overlay'.
What does 'reset_overlay' as a parameter do ? Should it be there ?
That would re-create the "/LiveOS/overlay-LIVE-AA00-0383" file, thus wiping out the changes made prior to the reboot. I'd remove that from the olpc.fth file.
Thank you, thank you.
Finally, I'm able to see that changes will "persist" after the reboot of an XO, which was booted off an USB stick.
I'm curious, does anyone know why exactly there is this parameter ? Don't we want changes to be persistent by default ?
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Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)