Daily builds are no longer livecd images

[Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)]

>>>  On the USB stick, in the file '/boot/olpc.fth' (generated
>>>  by 'livecd-iso-to-disk'), the line that sets up the boot
>>>  parameters specifies: 'reset_overlay'.
>>>
>>>  What does 'reset_overlay' as a parameter do ?  Should it be
>>>  there ?
>>
>> That would re-create the "/LiveOS/overlay-LIVE-AA00-0383" file, thus
>> wiping out the changes made prior to the reboot. I'd remove that from
>> the olpc.fth file.
>
> Thank you,  thank you.
>
> Finally, I'm able to see that changes will "persist" after the reboot of an
> XO, which was booted off an USB stick.

I'm curious, does anyone know why exactly there is this parameter ?
Don't we want changes to be persistent by default ?


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Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)