[Fedora-livecd-list] a boot option to remove the persistent layer and create a new one

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hi,

> On Friday, March 13 2009, ???????? ???????????? said:
>> if one used more than the size of the persistent layer,
>> system becomes corrupted and unusable
>>
>> one then can remove the layer to restore it to "factory defaults"
>>
>> but telling people to create a new layer is a but difficult for end
> users
> 
> If you boot with 'reset_overlay', it resets the overlay.
> 
> [snip]

I did not know about reset_overlay boot option

I have looked into /usr/libexec/mkliveinitrd
and just saw it
thanks

> 
> Resetting the persistent home seems a little more questionable.  Since
> it's just a filesystem image and not the weird dm-snapshot, it's a less
> straight-forward call of how/when it could get corrupted and then need
> any sort of resetting
> 

ok, forget about resetting home then