[Fedora-livecd-list] Making content available on both sides of the live CD

[Douglas McClendon]

Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Douglas McClendon wrote:
> 
>> Asheesh Laroia wrote:
>>> On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Tim Wood wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think you're looking for something like this.  If bob had a file 
>>>> called 'my_file.html' in his home directory, he'd do this to copy it 
>>>> to the root of the cd:
>>>>
>>>> %post --nochroot
>>>> cp /home/bob/my_file.html $LIVE_ROOT/
>>>
>>> Right - but if we're talking about gigabytes of photos and music, 
>>> then that's less than ideal space-wise.  Hence my bringing up Hybrid 
>>> CDs.
>>
>> So it sounds like you really want your gigabytes to be on the HFS side 
>> of the *DVD* right?  That certainly isn't supported at the moment, 
>> though I suppose could be made to work.  (I have no idea what a hybrid 
>> looks like (automounting and such) to the system currently).
> 
> Er, let me be clear - sorry!
> 
> I don't actually want a Hybrid disc.  I want the data to be available in 
> the live Linux system, as well as Windows and OS X.  Windows and OS X 
> can read ISO9660 just fine, so there's no need for HFS.
> 
>> This may be the relevent post, but doesn't add too much-
>>
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-livecd-list/2008-January/msg00080.html 
>>
> 
> Thanks - that is relevant, and now I feel silly for having asked the 
> same question in a separate thread earlier today. (-:

Don't worry, you are just bringing more attention to the need of better 
documentation.


> To ask a question that I think *hasn't* been asked:
> 
> Let's say I want to store big files in the ISO and symlink them to the 
> user's $HOME.  What's the appropriate way to, as part of the bootup 
> process, mount the DVD?  I noticed that, upon booting the live system, 
> "mount /dev/cdrom" simply told me that it /dev/cdrom wasn't in the 
> fstab. The /dev/cdrom symlink was set properly, so I could just add 
> /dev/cdrom to the fstab myself or issue a mount command from an init 
> script.  But is that really the right way to automatically mount the 
> disc from which the live system is booting?

I think the answer you are looking for is /mnt/live.

It will be mounted, and refers to the cdrom iso9660, or the fs that 
hosts the LiveOS on a LiveUSB.

-dmc