[Voyage-linux] issues with usb installs.

[Rich E Neese]

On 1/22/2012 6:33 PM, jfh at greenhousepc.com wrote:
> Rich,
>
> What copy command did you use?  All of the command, including options.
> --
> Julie Haugh
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>
>     -------- Original Message --------
>     Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] issues with usb installs.
>     From: Rich E Neese <r.neese at gmail.com <mailto:r.neese at gmail.com>>
>     Date: Sun, January 22, 2012 2:26 pm
>     To: Jon Meek <meekjt at gmail.com <mailto:meekjt at gmail.com>>
>     Cc: "voyage-linux at voyage.hk <mailto:voyage-linux at voyage.hk>"
>     <voyage-linux at voyage.hk <mailto:voyage-linux at voyage.hk>>
>
>     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
>>
>>
>     VOYAGE_SYNC_DIRS=
>     "usr/shar/nginx/www/fusionpbx/secure
>     usr/local/freeswitch/db
>     usr/local/freeswitch/log
>     usr/local/freeswitch/conf
>     usr/local/freeswitch/storage
>     usr/local/freeswitch/recordings
>     usr/local/freeswitch/run"
>
>     all 7 of these dir are not getting cp over to the usb thumbdrive
>
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I used the voyage.update to install from my vmware img onto the usb drive

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