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The CD-Rom ejection at reboot feature was broken in live cooker snapshots, because the CDROM_LOCKDOOR ioctl wasn't defined anymore in our c perl-XS DrakX module.

It should now be fixed (and CDROMCLOSETRAY is now exported as well, which avoids hardcoding 0x5319...).



Next Mandriva One live systems may have some tools to make a full live system on a single USB key. The live configuration now specifies to build basic files (initrd image and some configuration) for USB live as well.

We've been testing the live USB technology for some weeks, and it looks like Mandriva behaves great on USB keys!



  • preselect guest user in kdm
  • install busybox in live system
  • add required settings to build live on usb media


remove hardcoded kernel (draklive can guess it)



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Olivier Blin (2005)