>> On the USB stick, in the file '/boot/olpc.fth'
(generated
>> by 'livecd-iso-to-disk'), the line that sets up the boot
>> parameters specifies: 'reset_overlay'.
>>
>> What does 'reset_overlay' as a parameter do ? Should it be
>> there ?
>
> That would re-create the "/LiveOS/overlay-LIVE-AA00-0383" file, thus
> wiping out the changes made prior to the reboot. I'd remove that from
> the olpc.fth file.
Thank you, thank you.
Finally, I'm able to see that changes will "persist" after the reboot of
an
XO, which was booted off an USB stick.
I'm curious, does anyone know why exactly there is this parameter ?
Don't we want changes to be persistent by default ?
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Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)