On 11/08/2014 02:42 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Hi toriosadores, > > Debian and Ubuntu based ISO files contain read only ISO 9660 file > systems and make read-only systems in USB drives (as well as in CD/DVD > disks), when copied/flashed/cloned with mkusb. They need a tool, that > recognizes and picks the pieces and install them into another file > system (usually FAT32), and after that a casper-rw file or partition can > be created for persistence. > > openSUSE comes with different ISO files for live systems. I have checked > and both of > > openSUSE-13.1-GNOME-Live-i686.iso > openSUSE-13.2-KDE-Live-x86_64.iso > > contain UDF file systems and create an ext3 'hybrid' read-write > partition for persistence automatically, when installed by mkusb into > USB drives. I guess it works also with read-write CD/DVD disks but I > have not tried that (I have never used such a disk). > > So the openSUSE kind of live system will get persistence, when installed > with mkusb. This UDF system can be both an advantage and disadvantage. > > + It is very convenient to get persistence this way, and the success > rate making USB boot drives is higher than with other methods. > > - You may not want persistence > > . because it make the live session slower > . because you want to avoid the risk of virus or other malware > > - There may be booting problems in very old computers, that might not > work with the UDF file system. > > See the attached file, cut from the output of > > sudo lsblk -fm > > I think it can be worthwhile considering, not now, the 12.04 ISO file > should keep the ISO 9660 file system, but for a future release of > ToriOS, maybe '14.04'. Maybe it is fairly easy to borrow the technology > and replace the ISO file system with UDF and let the installer create a > partition for persistence, when the target drive can be written to. > > Best regards > Nio That sounds amazing!!
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