Configure LinuxCNC for live boot

Hello everyone,

Sorry in advance for posting dumb idea. I was wondering if we can make live setup for configured machine which boots and loads machine configuration and that configuration don't get corrupt with any malfunction or tempering to setup files. When machine boots it loads original configuration by default.

Is this good idea? Is it possible? Any possibile problem?

Thanks in advance

From Live setup I'm referring to using USB disk, and not using harddisk or SSD to avoid failures and random boot failures. I got this thought because I faced several problems in boot corruption and ending up into whole new setup or may be re configuration.

Thanks

Honestly you’ll probably see more USB flash failures than SSD failures.

Random boot failures would point to a hardware issue, check your cables. Or try a different sata port. And stay away from $5 chinesium SSDs.



One thing you can do is mount via fstab a USB flash drive as your home directory on a normal install.
Or just keep a backup of your home directory.

You may be able to build the inuxcnc installer which is not hard
This folder is deployed to all user's folders on installation
github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc-live-build/...udes.chroot/etc/skel

But I suspect to put it on the installer, the skel folder might need to be placed here
github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc-live-build/...g/includes.installer