[Voyage-linux] issues with usb installs.

[Rich E Neese]

On 1/22/2012 2:10 PM, Jon Meek wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Rich E Neese <r.neese at gmail.com
> <mailto:r.neese at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I have created a usb drive for installs. but found out during install
>     not all the needed files where cp over. I have to go back remount
>     and cp
>     over the dir of the missing files.
>
>     I need to know why its not cp the files correctly and how to go about
>     fixing it.
>
>     I also still have not been able to make a iso and getting help is like
>     pulling teeth with out Novocain.
>
>     you have a great project it just seems to need a few work throu's .
>
>     if the iso and the usb drive can be fixed it will give me a way to
>     donate alot of money back to the project
>
>     but I have to have a working install to get the funding.
>
>
>
> Rich - It would help if you specified what files are not getting
> copied during your USB installs, or at least give some samples.
>
> I have made many USB drives and the only problem I have seen is when I
> tried to use the same source directory to make a USB drive after
> initially doing an ALIX compact flash install. In that case there were
> at least booting troubles.
>
> My standard procedure is to do most configuration and customization on
> one master USB drive.  I then use dd to backup the image and copy it
> to new drives. I make sure that the "master image" fits on all 1GB USB
> drives and then use GParted on my Ubuntu desktop to expand the
> partition and files system to fill the target USB drive. I am trying
> to CLI tools to do the partiton / filesystem expand under Voyage so
> that I can use a remote USB drive to make more copies of itself.
>
> I'm giving a "Voyage centric" talk in 10 days and I would like to make
> a bootable CD version by then, but I doubt that I will have time.
>
> Jon
>
>
once I get this issue delt with. I can move onto using the scripts and
getting a iso done.

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