What is /etc/livecd for ?

[melodie]

Hello,

During first boot of a PCLinuxOS 2009.2 recently installed, (in VirtualBox) I noticed a message in the boot scrolling, complaining : can't remove /etc/livecd : is a directory.

It happens that in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit the line is such:

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# Remove Livecd file
        rm -f /etc/livecd
It misses a -R option (I posted here about it: PCLinuxOS 2009.2 minor error in rc.sysinit). What about this /etc/livecd/hardware/hwdetect/mounts.cfg file ?

The content of the file is:

hdc=|info=cdrom: VBOX CD-ROM|dev=/dev/hdc|devfs=/dev/|mount=/media/cdrom|media=cdrom|type=auto|opt=user,exec,ro,noauto

What does it do in the live CD, and my main question would be : how will be the next remaster if this is erased while booting the first time ?

Thanks.

[Neal ManBear]

Melodie,
This has been in the system for some time. There has never been an issue related to it in the creation of a remaster that I'm aware of.

There is no problem with leaving it as it is -- that I am aware of.

[Texstar]

It doesn't matter if is it there or not as hwdetect will just overwrite it when the livecd boots. You can add it to the remove part on first boot in the  rc.sysinit script if you want.

[melodie]

Hello,

Thanks for theses answers. Maybe will you want to correct if for the next quarterly and add a '-R' option along with 'rm -f /etc/livecd' in the rc.sysinit file ?

I have another little errata to show that I just found in PCLinuxOS 2009.2, I'll put a post at "General" as I didn't find a dedicated section or thread for this matter.