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Remove USB stick after boot
h2sammo:
Is it possible to remove the USB stick after boot, then reinsert it before shutdown and have all changes saved to it as if it was never removed? Some of these sticks are quite long and I hate bumping into them as I move the laptop around.
i tried (of course), but upon re-insertion of the USB stick, it mounted with different name so there was an error upon trying to save the changes from the RAM layer.
thank you
Rich:
Hi h2sammo
That may be a little tricky. You can't have persistent home or opt directories on the stick. You need a copy2fs.flg file
in your tce directory so your extensions get copied instead of loop mounted. You should then be able to unmount the
stick and remove it. When you reinsert it and mount it, you can use the Backup/Restore tool in the Control Panel to
change the backup location if the mount point changed.
h2sammo:
i think such an automated feature would be highly beneficial and would add great value to tinycore. i hate bumping the USB stick into furniture as i clumsily move my laptop around. others may as well.
Rich:
Hi h2sammo
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Did you unmount it first or did you just yank it out? If you can't unmount it, it means something on the stick is being accessed
and it should not be unplugged.
h2sammo:
i cannot umount the partition on which the home and tce directory are. They are set as persistent in my boot codes. Do you think thats the reason why i cannot umount or a different reason?
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