No worries, I understand. However, for completeness and to
avoid misunderstanding, I'll point out that the manual does
exist, although not at its original location but at
http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/live-manual/stable/manual/html/live-manual.en.html
In fact your question is answered in section 6.2.
But yes, it's unfortunate that this whole sorry episode took
place in the first place and left the project in this state.
Here's to live-wrapper to take its place sooner than later,
so that we can forget it. Some documentation is being
produced at the moment, so that's heartening:
https://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/live-wrapper-doc Thanks
to the team working on it.
On 29 July 2016 at 18:21, Charles Chambers <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi, Pablo:
I appreciate the response, but I'm holding out for
updated documentation everyone can find and use.
Charlie
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On Jul 29, 2016 6:28 AM, "Pablo Brasero Moreno"
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Charles, I think I can help you with that:
https://github.com/pablobm/w2c3-livecd/commit/aa2c0657204e8bd70f4393dc98dee328f04fb041
On 29 July 2016 at 14:21, Charles Chambers
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
And I could never find a step by step set of
instructions to create a preseeded install medium
from a Debian live image that included the
nonfree repository. Such a medium would have
been a restore USB thumb drive for a laptop, to
include wifi drivers from which to run the
install entirely from wifi instead of having to
use an Ethernet connection.
The documentation needs to be available and updated.
My $0.02.
Charlie
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On Jul 29, 2016 5:59 AM, "Pablo Brasero Moreno"
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello Brian,
*** Re: the lack of documentation
Unfortunately, November 2015 saw a drama
surrounding Debian Live. You can get a
summary at https://lwn.net/Articles/665839/
From a user's point of view, the upside is
that a new tool is being developed, and
debian-live will still be available in the
mean time. The downside is that the original
site is gone and the documentation is a bit
difficult to find. I personally read it at
http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/live-manual/stable/manual/html/live-manual.en.html
*** Re: keyboard layouts
I haven't played much with that, but I think
it might be possible with a preseed config?
See an example here on lines 3-4 (where I had
to comment it out because not all keyboards
at my place are the same):
https://github.com/pablobm/w2c3-livecd/blob/master/config/includes.binary/install/preseed.cfg
*** /lib/live/mount/medium
No idea. What do you want to do?
*** Re: CDs being from the past
My undestanding is that the new tool will
have that aspiration, but I'm not actually
following it, so take my word with a pinch of
salt.
On 29 July 2016 at 13:37, Brian Wengel
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Dear debian-live team
I can't find any documentation about
Debian Live?
E.g. what's the username and
password?.....I did find it on Google
after some time...but that should not be
source of the most basic and vital
information.
Another simple questions is how to change
keyboard layout. I expect at least half
of the users of Debian Live uses a
different layout.....it would be nice if
it was more easy to change for all of us.
I did found a way to change it on Google
(but nothing I will be able to
remember)....so now I need to keep a note
together with my Live USB key!
I never found a way to make it
persistent.though.
Can I edit a file in /lib/live/mount/medium?
As the vast majority do use a writeable
medium (USB flash) and not a read-only
CD-ROM...it would be nice if it was more
easy to change persistently.
Another thing:
I guess no one use CD-ROMs these
days.....I haven't had a drive in my
laptops for MANY years!
Maybe it's time to stop aiming Debian
Live to a CD-ROM media, and stop using it
in titles, guide etc. At least not as the
primary media/option....we moved to USB
flash drives many years ago ;-)
When I read the limited pages and
documentation about Live, it's almost as
USB flash keys are a brand new technology
that most people haven't started using yet.
Thanks.in advance.
Brian
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