Greetings, On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Thomas H. George <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:08:22PM -0600, Richard Nelson wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I have found that I can add text files like xorg.conf.wacom in the > > > config/chroot_local-includes directory and they will be written to usb > > > drive system's root directory. Thus, after the usb drive is booted the > > > configuration files can be copied to their apporopriate locations. > > > Clumsy, but workable. > > > > > > > Unsure why you say clumsy, I find it very logical and it has served me > well. > > I would suggest that you examine the manual ( it is under construction > but), > > it may answer many of your questions: > > > > http://live.debian.net/manual/ > > > Clumsy only because it requires two steps - one an addition to > config/chroot_local-includes and the second to edit the finished system > after boot up. The second part does not make any sense perhaps I miss something here. Anyhow to each their own opion this topic but if you have a better way you could send a patch to do it the way you believe it should work and people can examine. For me I believe the config directory serves a clear purpose. Also if you want to not use the features the config/ provides just do a basic lh_config and then stage out your build to suit your wants. This mailer may help: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-live-devel/2007-March/000998.html > Some of these edits are not preserved after a shutdown > and reboot. > I am confused here, are you talking about persistence? Live systems in general do not save settings.
