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The files were only the ones from the tutorial in the /etc directory. I |
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tried it again today, and the process seemed to work. I must have made |
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a mistake earlier. |
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Thanks, |
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Gerhardt |
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-----Original Message----- |
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From: Thierry Carrez [mailto:koon@g.o] |
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Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:16 PM |
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To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Gnap appliance overlay help |
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Gerhardt Lachnitt wrote: |
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> I am attempting to create a gnap with a custom overlay. Following the |
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> Gentoo Network Appliance (GNAP) User Guide, I created my overlay |
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> directory and then executed the command: |
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> gnap_overlay -i myfirewall.iso -o myoverlay/ |
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> This successfully creates an iso. I don't have a burner in my Gentoo |
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> machine so I transfer the iso to a Windows box and burn it. The |
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> resulting disc boots up just fine. However, when I log into it, the |
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> files I put in my overlay don't appear on the disk. There is an |
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> overlay.tgz archive in the cd's root folder that contains my overlay |
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> directory, but it doesn't appear to be applied anywhere. |
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> It is my understanding that the overlay files should be merged into |
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> the disk's resulting file system. Do I misunderstand their purpose, |
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> or have I missed a step somewhere? |
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Only a few directories are in fact "writeable" on a LiveCD (/etc, /var, |
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/root...). Where are you trying to add files using your overlay ? |
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-K |
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