man, 29.11.2004 kl. 20.16 skrev Dirk Westfal: > On Monday 29 November 2004 18:49, Arangel Angov wrote: > > Dirk Westfal wrote: > ... > > > I'm very interested in this. I wanted to make a fedora 2 live cd for a > > few months now. The problem is, there is no proper documentation and all > > the scripts for making live cd's are buggy or not working. How did you > > do it? Any good documentation? > > Well... 'good docu' for the livecd build-process ... that`s a very critical > point yet :) > > I`m trying to create a set of scripts to facilitate the process, but it`s > still not very easy to get it right and 'end-user' doable. > > It starts with package dependencies (it`s quite easy to end up with a 2,8 GB > install) and ends with mostly small things (some software that needs write > permission in /usr, missing symlinks, changes in system scripts etc.), that > can easely prevent a livecd -system from working. > > I`ve automated most of the stuff using a shellscript that guides throught the > build-process in ~11 steps, and eleminated a lot of pitfalls by putting the > livecd-specific adjustments into rpm packages (the 'livecd- rpms' - included > in the 1.40 cd in /rpms folder). > > All tools i use are currently included in a 'livecd-devel.tar.gz' in the > barebone image - they are working - at least for me - but there are still a > lot of loose ends, and it is not 'bullet-proof' enough to turn it loose as > single package. > > My current approach for end-users is to provide a 'basic' image (the > 'barebone') as working example that includes just yum and a few other tools > that can be 'remastered' into full working system or used as a 'base' for own > systems. > (document: http://www.linux4all.de/livecd/barebone/customization-1.1.htm ) > Just wondering - all that with read-only root etc. - don't this project share a lot of common goals (or at least technical ways to get there) with the stateless project?