[22:32] <Martyn_> quick Q
[22:32] <persia> ...
[22:32] <Martyn_> Does jaunty have a "home directory on USB" for users of the live filesystem?
[22:32] <Martyn_> I seem to remember it did have something like that, but I can't remember for the life of me where the config is...
[22:32] <persia> kinda.
[22:32] <Martyn_> to allow a persistent home without install...
[22:33] <persia> The live environment has a persistent mode, which can be enabled by booting with the right kernel command line.
[22:33] <persia> The distributed images don't enable this by default.
[22:34] <Martyn_> enlighten me please...
[22:34] <Martyn_> I can update the fis configuration on the Babbage then, and it would be useful
[22:34] <persia> I forget the line, and the location of the documentation, but the easiest way to discover it is probably to use usb-creator to create a USB stick from the desktop iso.
[22:34] <Martyn_> because it's really not possible to have a babbage boot a full install quite yet
[22:35] <persia> There's an option in the wizard to set the persistence location, and then you can examine the syslinux configuration to determine the command line (or boot it on something)
[22:35] <persia> Why isn't it possible to have a babbage boot a full install?
[22:35] <persia> The live image boot process is *more* complex than the installed image boot process.
[22:36] <Martyn_> because where can I put the persistent storage?
[22:36] <Martyn_> -heh-
[22:37] <persia> Well, it depends on what you do.  Most of the traffic I've seen about it seems to involve using USB drives.
[22:37] <persia> Same for people playing with the SheevaPlug.
[22:41] <Martyn_> Yeah, I can do a USB drive I guess.
[22:41]  * Martyn_ will need to go find one .. I used to have a couple
[22:41] <persia> The issue I suspect you're encountering is the inability of the kernel to reload the partition table form a device with a mounted partition.
[22:42] <persia> As a result, any excess partitions that may exist on the install media are unavailable as installation targets.
[22:42] <persia> Which gets confusing if one has a device that has a (small) preferred boot mechanism, and no secondary boot devices.
[22:43] <persia> (this leads us back to the discussion on bootloaders, which I don't intend to revisit in full just now :) )