2011/4/13 Tomek <[email protected]> > Hi all, > Hi
> First of all, BIG THANKS for all developers and supporters for Debian > and Debian Live! > > > I have a USB flash disk with Debian Live (and other bootable tools) and > live-rw persistence partition. Made from the downloaded hdd-usb image. All > works well so far, a long-term Windows user (me) is learning a proper OS > finally :-) > > > I want to update the Debian live on my USB disk to a daily build without > touching the changes/settings/firmware added and stored on live-rw. > > > How stupid/brilliant/insane/dangerous is to to download the latest hdd-usb > image, extract filesystem.squashfs and other files in /live directory and > copy them to USB disk (overwriting the old ones)? Will all the hell break > loose? Will it help if I delete some files in advance from live-rw in > non-persistent run? Will it be perfectly OK? What problems can I expect? > > > I know I could try the regular update/dist-upgrade with apt-get/aptitude, > but this will use more and more space on live-rw. Yes, I know, bigger disks > are cheap nowadays, but... I just want to know. > > > All comments/warnings/suggestions/... are very welcome! > Is dangerous because filesystem.squashfs contains kernel modules and if you upgrade them without update kernel and initial ram disk, bad things may be happens. > T. > -- Marcos Barbosa <[email protected]>
