Flash to USB installer (experimental) in 7.0.5

[philo]

Hello STraute,
My post #22 was written before you sent your post #21. Probably took some time for the moderator to check my spelling or whatever before allowing it to be published.
I read your posts #11 and 21 a number of times and decided to try #21.
I have been using Knoppix since 5.x but I am always hesitant to put my head under the hood.
I did this time and it worked! I have a 26GB overlay.I am so grateful.
I still wonder why I could format my Sandisk 16GB with the orginal script, but not the 32GB.
Maybe Klaus should modify the script.
I have a subsidiary question. Come Knoppix 7.0.6 etc, shall I be able to import my 26GB overlay into a new version of the program?

[STraute]

Hello philo

Hello STraute,
My post #22 was written before you sent your post #21. Probably took some time for the moderator to check my spelling or whatever before allowing it to be published.

Until now, I did not understand why you had appearantly choosen to ignore my advice.
Your explanation makes that clear, Thank You for taking the time. I had guessed that my advice
in post #11 was perhaps too technical for you. After You showed persistence in your reply to
Blacksimon and mentioned the overlay is too small error message again; I decided to
explain the same approach again, but in a way requiering less prior knowledge.

I read your posts #11 and 21 a number of times and decided to try #21.
I have been using Knoppix since 5.x but I am always hesitant to put my head under the hood.
I did this time and it worked! I have a 26GB overlay. I am so grateful.

Good! I am happy I could help.

I still wonder why I could format my Sandisk 16GB with the orginal script, but not the 32GB.

I can only speculate, but:
Your Sandisk 16 GB device might have a storage capacity in 512 byte blocks which is dividable by 2048 without remainder;
While Your 32 GB device might have storage capacity in 512 byte blocks which is dividable only by 2048 with a remainder.

Maybe Klaus should modify the script.

That has been taken care of. He said he would use this patch in the next release.

I have a subsidiary question. Come Knoppix 7.0.6 etc, shall I be able to import my 26GB overlay into a new version of the program?

I wouldn't try to reuse the same overlay file system with another Knoppix release.
If You make changes to the system (for example, by installing Debian packages or by just making changes in the
system configuration), then some of those changes might be incompatible with subsequent Knoppix releases. I would
rather suggest to create backup(s) of your home directory/directories from Your Knoppix 7.0.5 flash medium
(i.e. by creating compressed tar file archives on other storage like seperate internal or external hard disk. That would preserve Linux file attributes/permissions even if the tar archive files are stored on Windows file systems).
You might also want to maintain copies/repositories of changes to the system configuration
(files in the /etc/ hierarchy for example). A list of the currently installed Debian packages can be created with
a command like this:

dpkg-query -l|egrep "^i" >my_installed_debian_packages_list_for_knoppix_7.0.5.txt

When the time comes to switch to a new Knoppix release, create a fresh flash installation with a
separate big persistent overlay file system. Using the fresh Knopppix instance, You can restore your backed up
home directories and reinstall the Debian packages You need (using the list).
It might be easier to just upgrade Debian packages, without upgrading to newer Knoppix releases
(until a new Knoppix release has new features You really want).
But you should create those backups anyway - Better be safe than sorry.
I hope I could answer your question in a satifsfactory manner.