>> > On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 09:51:18PM +0200, Daniel >>> Baumann wrote: >> I'm open for your >>> suggestions... >> >> I was thinking, I am a bit cold about having a >> persistent home directory on my usb stick. I'd like to >> have a more low-tech backup/restore script a-la >> Damnsmalllinux, but I can't use that one as the >> licence is not clear. >> >> I was thinking of BACKUP2L: >> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/backup2l >> >> We could build upon that and customize it for a live >> distro. What do you think? >> >> Ottavio Caruso > > Hi > > I like the ability to use multiple persistent configurations. > > I'm using it with makeliveusbcd, a Debian Live like project but with > install to hd or usb devices in mind, nevertheless i think the idea could > help Debian Live project. > > In usb, parted creates FAT16 and ext2 partitions, booting with syslinux > with dirconf=name_of_configuration parameter allows to especify diferent > persistent configurations. > > The relevant code: > > > In initrd init: > > # Parse command line options > export dirconf= > > > dirconf=*) > dirconf=${x#dirconf=} > ;; > > > Searching local image, there is a .flag file in ext2 partition. > > test="${dirconf}" > > if [ "$test" != "" ]; then > > for sd in sda2 sdb2 sdc2 sdd2 sde2 sdf2 sdg2 sdh2 sdi2 sdj2 sdk2 sdl2; do > mount -t ext2 -o rw /dev/$sd /mnt/changes >> /tmp/initramfs.debug > 2>&1 > if [ -e /mnt/changes/.flag ]; then > mkdir -p /mnt/changes/${dirconf} >> /tmp/initramfs.debug 2>&1 > break > else > umount /mnt/changes >> /tmp/initramfs.debug 2>&1 > fi > done > fi > > Inside mountroot(): > > # Mount root > unionfs=${rootmnt} > changes=/mnt/changes > mkdir -p ${changes} > if [ -n ${dirconf} ]; then > changesdir=/mnt/changes/${dirconf} > mkdir -p ${changesdir} > fi > image=/mnt/image > dirs=${unionfs}/.dirs > if [ -n ${dirconf} ]; then > mount -t unionfs -o dirs=${changesdir}=rw:${image}=ro unionfs ${unionfs} > else > mount -t unionfs -o dirs=${changes}=rw:${image}=ro unionfs ${unionfs} > fi > > You could take a closer look at svn. > > svn checkout http://makelive.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ makelive > > makedeb generates a deb for arch detected. > > By now works on i386 and amd64, Debian unstable.
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