[SoaS] Problem with Mirabelle and USB Boot

[Walter Bender]

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Anurag Goel <agoel23 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Got the stick to properly boot now. However the stick is acting as
> read-only and will not save any new information to the Journal. Every time I
> boot the stick it asks to enter your name and to choose your color. How can
> I fix this to have the stick dynamically expand when new activities and
> information are modified.
>
> Thanks,
> Anurag
>
>
Did you specify any Persistent Storage?

-walter

>
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Marc Karasek <marckarasek at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  plug the usb stick in.  Open the usb and you will see a folder called
>> syslinux.  Inside the folder is the syslinux.cfg file.  You can edit this in
>> notepad, it is a text file.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/1/2010 5:11 PM, Anurag Goel wrote:
>>
>> I am using the windows version. Still have not been able to fix the
>> problem. How can I modify a .cfg file on windows? Moreover, where do I
>> change root=LABEL=FEDORA and overlay=LABEL=FEDORA?
>>
>>  Thanks,
>> Anurag
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Marc Karasek <marckarasek at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  Is that the Linux USB creator?  I know the windows version does not.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/1/2010 5:00 PM, Anurag Goel wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm using the Fedora Live USB creator. Doesn't that name the stick
>>> "FEDORA" by default?
>>>
>>>  -Anurag
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Marc Karasek <marckarasek at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  OK,
>>>>
>>>> To prevent it name the sticks Fedora prior to putting the image on
>>>> them.  (This step should be added to the online instructions.)
>>>>
>>>> Now, if you did not change the name and need to modify the syslinux.cfg,
>>>> change the following lines: (you will have a different UUID#)
>>>>
>>>>   append initrd=initrd0.img root=live:UUID=3D4E-8E71 rootfstype=vfat rw
>>>> liveimg overlay=UUID=3D4E-8E71 quiet  rhgb rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD
>>>>
>>>>   append initrd=initrd0.img root=live:UUID=3D4E-8E71 rootfstype=vfat rw
>>>> liveimg overlay=UUID=3D4E-8E71 quiet  rhgb check
>>>>
>>>> to
>>>>
>>>>   append initrd=initrd0.img root=LABEL=FEDORA rootfstype=vfat rw liveimg
>>>> overlay=LABEL=FEDORA quiet  rhgb rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD
>>>>
>>>>   append initrd=initrd0.img root=LABEL=FEDORA rootfstype=vfat rw liveimg
>>>> overlay=LABEL=FEDORA quiet  rhgb check
>>>>
>>>> I tested this fix and it works.
>>>>
>>>> Marc
>>>>
>>>> On 7/1/2010 4:46 PM, Anurag Goel wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>  I'm in the process of making sticks for our pilot in Delhi. I'm
>>>> running into the same problem as described. Can someone please elaborate on
>>>> how to resolve this problem. Specifically, how can I modify syslinux.cfg
>>>> to prevent this problem.
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks,
>>>> Anurag
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Marc Karasek <marckarasek at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I will check that on the sticks I have already made.
>>>>>
>>>>> For future reference, it seems if the stick is already named : FEDORA
>>>>> and you put a live image on it, it works out of the box.
>>>>> If you have it named something else then put the image on it, change
>>>>> the
>>>>> name to FEDORA, this still fails w/o the cahnge to the cmd line.
>>>>>
>>>>> Marc
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/28/2010 11:55 AM, Sebastian Dziallas wrote:
>>>>> > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Marc Karasek<marckarasek at gmail.com>
>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> I am trying to put together some sticks for shipping to Uganda.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> I am using the latest usb creater and image (Mirabelle Fedora13)
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> I followed the instructions, but when I tested the sticks on a
>>>>> notebook,
>>>>> >> I got the error:
>>>>> >> no root device found
>>>>> >> sleeping forever
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> In following a few google links, this seems to be lined to the root=
>>>>> and
>>>>> >> overlay= options on the kernel cmd line.
>>>>> >> I looked at what the default was and it had a UUID# in both of these
>>>>> >> places.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> I named the stick FEDORA (I remembered this used to be part of the
>>>>> >> instructions in the past), changed the cmd line to
>>>>> >> root=LABEL=FEDORA and overlay=LABEL=FEDORA and it worked.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> The problem is I need to make this foolproof, I do not need them to
>>>>> be
>>>>> >> having to edit cmd lines each time they boot.  (The place it is
>>>>> going
>>>>> >> they have never seen a computer, so it has to be foolproof).
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Should I just change the name of the USB stick to match the UUID# or
>>>>> is
>>>>> >> this a bug in the image?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Marc
>>>>> >>
>>>>> > Hi Marc,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > thanks for your email and welcome to the list! :)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > There should be a syslinux directory on the usb key when you plug it
>>>>> > into a machine (and don't boot from it, that is). Inside of that
>>>>> > directory, there's a file called syslinux.cfg which contains all the
>>>>> > arguments applied at boot. You should be able to make the change
>>>>> > there, which will persist then.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Let us know how it goes!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Cheers,
>>>>> > --Sebastian
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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