Other Help Topics :: ReMastering HOWTO for DSL
Dear Islander!
I don't really know if it is possible to do what you describe using a cd-rw. I use a usb-drive to save my stuff and it works just fine.
Have fun,
meo
First a little comment to Fordi. I don't assume that the way I use to remaster DSL is the best. Your suggestion might be better. But the way I do it I understand and as previously noted I'm a selflearned linux-enthusiast with no formal computer education whatsoever.
I have found some peculiarities with the newest version of DSL when it comes to remastering. It doesn't seem possible to add new directories to the source. That and the fact that it is virtually impossible to get hold of good 50 MB cd-r's here in Sweden are some of the reasons to the new remaster I've put together. Here it comes:
Remastering & Mkmydsl HOWTO for Damn Small Linux
Change the keyboard-layout (unless you have a us keyboard)
$sudo loadkeys se-latin1 (I have a swedish keyboard-layout)
Format the partition with the ext2 filesystem
$sudo mke2fs /dev/hda3
Become root and mount the right partition
$sudo su
#mount -rw /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
#mount -rw /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3
Make the directories needed
#mkdir /mnt/hda3/source
#mkdir /mnt/hda3/newcd
#mkdir /mnt/hda3/newcd/KNOPPIX
Copy necessary files to directory /newcd
#cp -Rp /cdrom/boot /mnt/hda3/newcd
#cp -Rp /cdrom/lost+found /mnt/hda3/newcd
#cp -Rp /cdrom/index.html /mnt/hda3/newcd
#cp -Rp /mnt/hda1/Dokument /mnt/hda3/newcd (Docs I want on my disc)
#cp -Rp /mnt/hda1/optional /mnt/hda3/newcd (The "optional" directory)
#cp -Rp /mnt/hda1/Bootload/* /mnt/hda3/newcd (Modules I want to load at boottime)
Copy the sources to the right directory
#cp -Rp /KNOPPIX/* /mnt/hda3/source
#cp -Rp /KNOPPIX/.bash_profile /mnt/hda3/source
Go through and copy wanted things to /mnt/hda3/source
#cp -Rp /mnt/hda1/backgrounds/* /mnt/hda3/source/usr/share/fluxbox
#cp -Rp /mnt/hda1/styles/* /mnt/hda3/source/usr/share/fluxbox/styles
#cp -Rp /mnt/hda1/Skins/* /mnt/hda3/source/etc/skel/.xmms/Skins
Create the custom compressed image file:
#mkisofs -R /mnt/hda3/source | create_compressed_fs - 65536 >
/mnt/hda3/newcd/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX
Create the iso-file as follows:
#cd /mnt/hda3
#mkisofs -no-pad -l -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat -hide-rr-moved -o mydsl.iso newcd
Copy the iso-file to the first partition on your harddrive
#cp /mnt/hda3/mydsl.iso /mnt/hda1
I have opted for doing it all on a 210 MB cd-r wich gives plenty of space for things I want to have handy.
Hopefully these thoughts are to the benefit and fun for someone!
Have fun,
meo
... a newbie ...
I installed some application (to ramdisk) and configured them, but I would like to burn the new CD with installed applications and it would be good if the installed apps would start after boot up automatically. Basicly I installed the Camserv and V4L by synaptic and then configured the network card, modified the Camserv.cfg and started up the Monkey web server.
I did it next way but it does not seem to work, because the apps are not on the new CD.
Should I copy something else? What exactly or how?
$sudo su
mke2fs /dev/hda3
#mount -rw /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
#mount -rw /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3
#mkdir /mnt/hda3/source
#mkdir /mnt/hda3/newcd
#mkdir /mnt/hda3/newcd/KNOPPIX
/* I installed my apps and cfg here */
#cp -Rp /cdrom/boot /mnt/hda3/newcd
#cp -Rp /cdrom/lost+found /mnt/hda3/newcd
#cp -Rp /cdrom/index.html /mnt/hda3/newcd
Copy the sources to the right directory
#cp -Rp /KNOPPIX/* /mnt/hda3/source
#cp -Rp /KNOPPIX/.bash_profile /mnt/hda3/source
Go through and copy wanted things to /mnt/hda3/source
#cp -Rp /mnt/hda1/Docs/* /mnt/hda3/source/home/dsl
#cp -Rp /mnt/hda1/styles/* /mnt/hda3/source/usr/share/fluxbox/styles
#mkisofs -R /mnt/hda3/source | create_compressed_fs - 65536 > /mnt/hda3/newcd/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX
#cd /mnt/hda3
#mkisofs -no-pad -l -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat -hide-rr-moved -o mydsl.iso newcd
I find and tried something like that:
#mount -t proc /proc proc
(Connect to internet)
#dpkg-restore
#nano /etc/apt/sources.list (Change to the testing branch)
Add and remove packages to your liking
#umount /proc
#ctrl+D
maybe I am wrong but it does not seem to work either.
Could help me some one?
Thx!
Gabor
This is way confusing...
My goal is to build 250MB LiveCDs that can be used on systems running some flavour of Windows which don't necessarily have an internet connection. They will range from 64MB 133mx to modern systems with adequate quantities of RAM. Once I get that nailed down, I'd like to add the ability to install DSL if there's unallocated HD space.
The build system is a dual boot Win98/Linux system with a single ext3 partition (plus swap), and a single bootable CDRW.
First off, the examples all start off by creating a blank target partition. Is there some reason I can't use subdirectories on my Linux partition in place of hda1 and hda3 in the examples?
Just why does the last step copy the iso back to hda1? I might want to do that so I can burn under Windows, but is that what is being assumed?
Also, what kind of module should go in /optional? Some components (like j2re) are available as both uci and tar.gz. I got a vague impression that uci files are just for hotloading, but I'm not certain. I want my LiveCD to contain Firefox plus some Bittorrent client to be selected at runtime, not preloaded into RAM.
I hope some of the participants here can set me on the right path.
Stoneguy!
I will soon shed some light on the matters brougt up by you. But for now I have been struggling to be able to make a remaster of DSL 0.8.2 and I just finished a cd to my liking this morning at 1.40 am. So later on I will give some explanations and post the full remaster-HOWTO as I have done it now.
Have fun everybody,
meo
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