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Re: Live CD cant see my hard disk files

 

Hi Israel,

I'd try with the recommends for testing, even if it makes an oversized
iso file.

Best regards
Nio

Den 2015-02-22 20:25, Israel skrev:
> Hi George,
> Yes this is true.  I will try to narrow down this issue.  Basically
> (from what I can tell) nodm (the display manager for the live CD) logs
> the user in without running starttorios.  This means not everything is
> started correctly.  We had a similar issue using SLiM on the desktop.
> 
> The current workaround is to mount the drives manually in a terminal.
> for example:
> 
> lsblk
> # this will show all your devices  pick one to mount and run:
> mount /dev/sd?? /media
> ##substitute ?? for the device you want, like a1  or b1 etc...
> 
> # then to unmount run
> umount /media
> 
> I will try to narrow down if nodm is not running something, or if the
> build method (not installing recommends) is responsible...
> @Nio do you have any suggestions?
> 
> On 02/22/2015 01:08 PM, George DiceGeorge wrote:
>> Running Live from CD,
>> web browser works (but renders strangely)
>> File Manager / Places
>> doesn't seem to find either hard disk
>> or the files on them
>> which i would need on a rescue disk
>>
>> [g]
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Israel
>> Sent: Sunday, 22 February, 2015 16:40
>> To: Nio Wiklund ; torios
>> Subject: Re: [Torios] ISO
>>
>> Hi Nio,
>> Thank you so much!
>> I modified the text accordingly.
>> I will be testing the live session heavily and then I will get all our
>> fixes in and commit the changes, and rebuild it.
>>
>> If anyone has any further comments or improvements please do bring them
>> to my attention!!
>>
>>
>> On 02/22/2015 10:33 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>> --backtitle "$version - Welcome and Warning" --msgbox \
>>> "Welcome,\n
>>>          Installing an operating system is a \Z1risky\Zn operation.\n
>>> \n
>>> WARNING  \Z1Copy the data you want to keep to another device\Zn, for
>>> example\n
>>> WARNING  an external hard disk drive or a cloud service! Otherwise,\n
>>> WARNING  there might be no easy way to recover any previous data.\n
>>> WARNING  Expensive intelligence services might restore some data.\n
>>> WARNING\n
>>> WARNING  \Z1If you use the BASIC installer the target device will
>>> be\Zn\n
>>> WARNING  \Z1**********       COMPLETELY OVERWRITTEN      
>>> **********\Zn\n
>>> WARNING\n
>>> WARNING  \Z1If you want to keep an installed operating system,\Zn\n
>>> WARNING                make sure to use the option\n
>>> WARNING  \Z1'Partition drives and Install alongside current OS'\Zn" \
>>
>>
> 
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