[ale] Got my 32GB flash drive from Newegg...... overlay help

[Boris Borisov]

I would say prepare your custom distro on box and the write at once. Save
some flash erase counters.

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
<savithari at gmail.com>wrote:

> Ok now that my 32GB flash drive is here I need to get proper guidance for
> the USB Live install especially for the overlay.
>
> Let us say I want to install Arch Live USB.
>
> Should I first prepare the iso file on my local Arch box ?  I know there
> is a guide for that I can follow.
>
> How do I add say open-jdk and eclipse, ant etc., etc.,  to that ?
>
> How can I say /home/myusr to a diff parition for overlay ?
>
> When I do a sudo halt or sudo reboot, does the data get saved to the
> overlay area automatically or I need to customize some scripts ?
>
> Any primer on the overlay stuff is very helpful.
>
> Regards and Thanks for your time.
>
> -Narahari
>
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