[SoaS] Hybrid live images

Sebastian Dziallas sebastian at when.com
Fri Oct 23 12:40:41 EDT 2009


Bernie Innocenti wrote:
> I was reading the Fedora 12 beta release notes [1], and this paragraph
> caught my attention:
>
> ----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------
> * Hybrid live images - The Live images provided in this release can be
> directly imaged onto a USB stick using dd (or any equivalent tool) to
> create bootable Live USB keys. The Fedora Live USB Creator for Windows
> and the livecd-tools for Fedora are still recommended for data
> persistence and non-destructive writes. Thanks to Jeremy Katz.
> ----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------
>
> Seems like something that very useful to have for the SoaS images too.
>
> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F12_Beta_Announcement

That's actually true. You can now use dd to move your image over to the 
USB key. I guess it's a nice addition, especially for Mac users. 
However, this means currently no overlay file.

Still, probably worth looking into it, yes!

--Sebastian


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