Re-compressing Squash Live Image with Updates
Posted: 22. Nov 2012, 05:02
Hello everyone,
I just started using Salix's XFCE Live version on a flash drive, and so far I am loving the experience. However, I usually like to try to run reasonably recent versions of applications, so I ran some updates. Unfortunately, even though my persistence file was 1G, simply running all updates (and installing a few small applications) seems to have used up more than 70% of my space.
I was wondering, is there any way to roll my changes back into the modules/squashfs. If I understand squashfs/aufs correctly (I'll admit I'm new to using a live systems on a regular basis, so I could be wrong), an update means I'm just writing a new version into the persistence file, but the old version still is present in the image.
If not, is it possible to do a full install of Salix onto my flash drive, update it, and then re-squash it so it still acts like a live install with persistence?
Thanks for any advice on this issue.
Regards,
szim90
I just started using Salix's XFCE Live version on a flash drive, and so far I am loving the experience. However, I usually like to try to run reasonably recent versions of applications, so I ran some updates. Unfortunately, even though my persistence file was 1G, simply running all updates (and installing a few small applications) seems to have used up more than 70% of my space.
I was wondering, is there any way to roll my changes back into the modules/squashfs. If I understand squashfs/aufs correctly (I'll admit I'm new to using a live systems on a regular basis, so I could be wrong), an update means I'm just writing a new version into the persistence file, but the old version still is present in the image.
If not, is it possible to do a full install of Salix onto my flash drive, update it, and then re-squash it so it still acts like a live install with persistence?
Thanks for any advice on this issue.
Regards,
szim90