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Hi, I tried Slitaz a while ago and really how it is built, the package managment and the whole concept.
I wanted to create a live usb with persistence, wich worked on 4.0 simply using "writefs" from the menu.
Now I have to use the rolling release 'cause I upgraded my video card and 4.0 gave me lots of problems.
Fact is, I can't save the changes no more, and that's very bad for me, as I need some software to have on the go.
I read this
http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/slitaz-on-usb-persistent
and this
http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/how-to-make-changes-persistent-on-a-usb-key-live-installation
but couldn't solve the problem.
In the first thread "mojo" tells to append the UUID, wich I did. And actually, it seems slitaz already did that himself:
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root@slitaz:~# cat /proc/cmdline<br />
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/bzImage initrd=/boot/rootfs4.gz,/boot/rootfs3.gz,/boot/rootfs2.gz,/boot/rootfs1.gz rw root=/dev/null autologin home=7cd28d09-a3e3-4623-b444-5b2add1b650c lang=en_US kmap=it<br />[/c]
As I said, didn't solve the problem. On the other thread, "baggins" suggest to edit /home/boot/extlinux, but I don't have it there, maybe becasue I'm on rolling release?
Here's something that could be useful, it's part of the boot log
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Mounting /home on /dev/sdc1...<br />
NTFS signature is missing.<br />
Failed to mount '/dev/sdc1': Invalid argument<br />
The device '/dev/sdc1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.<br />
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a<br />
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?<br />
mount: mounting /dev/sdc1 on /home failed: No such file or directory<br />[/c]
What has NTFS have to do with it?? The stick is ext2 formatted!!
Also this:
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grep: /lib/modules/3.2-slitaz/modules.usbmap: No such file or directory
grep: /lib/modules/3.2-slitaz/modules.usbmap: No such file or directory[/c]
but I dont' think it's very relevant.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Would be very appreciated.
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Try the testing iso - I run this persistant without any problems
http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/testing-iso-with-kernel-3250
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Thank you for the very quick post, I'll try (didn't know about "testing" releases).
However, for stubborness and curiosity, I'd like to see where the problem is anyway!
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So I tried different install methods, even different usb sticks, and I always get this
[c]Mounting /home on /dev/sdc1...
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdc1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdc1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
mount: mounting /dev/sdc1 on /home failed: No such file or directory
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I am pretty positive that is where the problem is.. NTFS signature is missing and so on.. weird.
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see with
root: fdisk -l
if it is really sdc1
because it could also be sdb1
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Error message on mount started after ntfs-3g version was updated from 2011.1.15 to 2013.1.13
Mount will output the error for any file system other than ntfs unless the file type is designated with the -t switch (mount -t ext3) or /etc/filesystems is blank.
On an install open /etc/filesystems and remove the text then save so it's blank.
The workaround for tazlito gen-distro is a blank addfiles/rootfs/etc/filesystems which overwrites /etc/filesystems generated post_install by the ntfs-3g-2013.1.13.tazpkg
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I tried tazlito gen-distro like you said, it solved the specific issue but gave a great deal of other problems. As tazlito was generating the iso I noticed a bunch of errors, most of them related to "no such file" and so on. I think some of them might have something to do with the home in cooking being "tux" and he was looking for "slitaz", so I tried to work in a /home/slitaz folder. Anyway, I guess I don't have enough knowledge to tinker with it ATM, but I wanted to thank you for introducing me to what Slitaz can do, it's amazing.
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I have the same error messages since months so I can't participate any more! e2fsck checks all the partitions without problem or error message! but it is not possible to mount a partition and not possible to install. and SliTaz without installation, you can forget it (I do that actually...) as there is nothing more, really, in the ISO...
Are the developers perhaps having an ntfs-system with some windows on her PC's disturbing all Linux adepts having nothing else in that direction on their HD?
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