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Slitaz 4 ... quick Live USB question.

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• Started 7 years ago by TraceE
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   TraceE
   

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   Hi all it's been a while. Slitaz 4 still works perfectly for me.

   I have been running it from a Live CD for years but just got given a new 16gb flashdrive for Christmas and so have installed it on that and it's great having it boot really quickly now.

   I like having Slitaz as a live system so everything resets every boot but I wanted to upgrade some packages and add some more to the USB. So I saved using TazUSB Writefs (gzip) and rebooted and all the new settings and packages are in place.

   The problem is I seem to have some persistence now on the USB ... e.g. files left on the desktop are not disappearing and other settings are not resetting on reboot.

   I've been reading loads of posts about this but some are really old and there is a lot of confusing instructions that I'm not sure will actually do what I'm looking for.

   What I would like is to remove the persistence and have a totally non persistent USB with my custom packages (just like the CD was) and to use the rest of the flashdrive as file storage.

   Can somebody give me a quick run down on the best way to do this?

   Or has Slitaz on USB always got some persistence and the only way to do this is with a CD?

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Ceel
   

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   Hi TraceE,

   • boot your live;
   • open the file manager and go to /home/boot/extlinux;
   • open the folder as root;
   • double click on extlinux.conf;
   • modify the line append initrd=...: suppress home=blablabla-bla-bla-bla-blablablabla;
   • save and exit;

   You want have any persistence at next boot.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   TraceE
   

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   Fantastic ... thanks I'll try that later ... :)

   What about using the rest of the flashdrive for storage?

   Can I just create another partition and format it fat32 so I can transfer files over to windoze when I have to ... or would this cause any problems?

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   TraceE
   

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   Changed my extlinux.conf to add "suppress" to the line which now reads:

   append initrd=/boot/rootfs.gz rw root=/dev/null vga=normal autologin suppress home=c8ffcef4-2ef8-411d-bb71-9bffa3a03686

   I've still got persistence ... I put some test files on the desktop and they were still there after reboot.

   Do I have to make a new rootfs.gz with TazUSB Writefs for it to work?

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Ceel
   

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   Sorry, I havn't been clear.

   I meant your line
   append initrd=/boot/rootfs.gz rw root=/dev/null vga=normal autologin home=c8ffcef4-2ef8-411d-bb71-9bffa3a03686
   should be
   append initrd=/boot/rootfs.gz rw root=/dev/null vga=normal autologin

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   TraceE
   

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   Ok tried removing home=c8ffcef4-2ef8-411d-bb71-9bffa3a03686

   And using just:

   append initrd=/boot/rootfs.gz rw root=/dev/null vga=normal autologin

   But that didn't work ... I got "failed to execute login command" and couldn't get to the desktop.

   I added home=usb at the boot options screen to get back in and post this.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Ceel
   

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   Strange. That what I did on my LiveUSB (SliTaz 4 too) and it boots with any problem.

   Do you use tux as the standard user or do you create another user before to use the tazusb writefs command?

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   TraceE
   

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   I use just tux as the standard user.

   I carefully checked the settings over and tried again ... still get "failed to execute login command" then get stuck at tux login screen which just loops.

   Are there any other settings I could check for mistakes?

   Flashdrive is formatted ext3 incase that makes any difference.

   Posted 7 years ago #

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