User Feedback :: Remastering?

Rumor has is that John came across DSL by accident while testing large algorithms during his experiments trying to create an alternative fuel source. So, he may not be able to re-create the exact experiment.......

Seriously, John and Robert are not kicked back playing with DSL all day with huge royalty checks rolling in. These guys do this part time as a labor of love, so go easy on them.

There are many threads about remastering around here. Meo gives good detail for remastering .7.3 here http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....9;st=40

When it comes to Knoppix 3.4 (DSL 0.8.0) There are a few differences in regards to syslinux vs. isolinux. Once you get to the point of building the compressed image and the iso, you just follow the procedure on the Knoppix.net site.

Hasty has also contributed a "gui" link to remastering Knoppix. You might give it a try http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12530

Knoppix has an entire forum on customization/remastering. That is a great place to learn.

Geesh! I'm starting to sound like the people that use to advise me when I asked these types of questions! ( I still do ask them from time to time!)

HTH

Chris

Why can't people just hit the search button instead of expecting to be spoonfed?
I'm seeing a growing trend of users expecting to be able to "point and click" for anything they want to do in Linux.

They have no desire to learn anything or make the system better by contributing.
They whine if they have to use a CLI (command line interface), they whine because their Winmodems don't work without building a driver.

I suppose it's from using an OS that tells you nothing about what it's doing and allows you to do nothing to change it, but that really does'nt mean you can go to DSL or any other free Linux and expect the developers to work their asses off for nothing just because you don't want to input a command in a terminal.

Thats just lazy crap and it stops any help I can give on LT or HCF modems or anything else I've learned.

roadie

clivesay, thanks for the information. I'll look to knoppix for the answers. I know John and company do this out of the goodness of their hearts on their free time. I meant no offense and they do a great job. It's free, it works, and I have no right to complain.

roadie, I can't hit the search buttom instead of being spoon feed because the only thing I've found on remastering 0.8.0 (aside from clivesay's suggestion to look at the Knoppix site which was posted after my comment) was one incomplete line that said nothing about directories or methods.

Someone told me once how friendly people were in this forum. Lately all I see is a lot of "no there is no documentation, search the forum, no stupid, search from the beginning."

I hope you do keep posting, roadie, because a lazy, unwilling to contribute, not trying to learn, incompetant like myself might still be able to get something out of the wisdom you try to impart.

meo wrote:

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Remastering HOWTO for Damn Small Linux

Change the keyboard-layout (unless you have a us-keyboard)

$sudo loadkeys se-latin1
$startx

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
#mkdir /mt/hda3/newcd/boot/isolinux

Copy necessary files to directory /newcd

#cp -Rp /cdrom/boot/isolinux/* cdrom/autorun* /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

Create the custom compressed image file:

#mkisofs -R /mnt/hda3/source | create_compressed_fs -b - 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 /mnt/hda3/newcd/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX

Copy the iso-file to the first partition on your harddrive

#cp /mnt/hda3/mydsl.iso /mnt/hda1

OK, I remember I was a newbie just a few months ago. I am pouring out everything that is in my little brain.

I will start by saying that I have never remastered DSL into a livecd. I have, however, remastered Feather Linux. Since DSL is on the same base as Feather, I have taken meo's remaster howto and added updates based on Robert Sullivan's remaster howto for Feather.

If you want to try out your compressed image before possibly making a coaster, Create a /mnt/hda3/KNOPPIX/ directory and copy the compressed image to the directory and boot into it using a floppy. You may be able to use the cd to boot, also. I don't know. If you are going to just test the compressed image, leave out the "-b" option when typing the mkisofs command. It will speed up compression.

Give it a try and see if it works!

Chris

clivesay, thank you so much. Your post solved my problem, which has really been getting on my nerves. I didn't have the -no-pad switch, I was using -pad. Your directories were not right, but that last mkisofs was spot on except for the directories. I'll post the method after meo's plea in the remastering how to.

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