Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Catalyst Newbie

[martin nicolas]

So as asked, here are my spec files (and other stuff that is needed.

PS : You'll find a script named interlivecd.sh, it's a script that I
run between the stage 1 and stage 2.

Nico


On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:30:04 -0500, Jeff Davidson <supermonkey@×××××.com> wrote:
> You may all be interested in this:
>
> http://livecd.confucius.ca/viewcvs/hardened-livecd/
>
> These are the specs used for an experimental gentoo hardened X liveCD,
> and perhaps you may like it as reference for your own graphical liveCDs.
>
> -Monkey
>
> Jared Greenwald wrote:
>
> >I'd like them...
> >
> >
> >On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:58:04 +0000, martin nicolas
> ><nicko.martin@×××××.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi catalyst user,
> >>
> >>I think you're wrong when you think that the livecd-stages corresponds
> >>to the stages of the installation, I've succed in making an ISO work,
> >>in fact I think (but I could be wrong) that in the stage 1 the system
> >>install all the softwares you want in the CD and in the stage 2 it
> >>make the file system, build the kernel and other thinks like this (I
> >>think at the fsscript for make some cool stuf in the final
> >>environement).
> >>
> >>If you want my spec files, tell me and I'll mail it to you.
> >>
> >>PS : Sorry for my english level, I hope that it would be clear, if not
> >>tell me and I would try to make it more clear.
> >>
> >>Nico
> >>
> >>
> >>On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 13:30:24 +0100, Thomas Drueke <t.drueke@×××.de> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>I'm new to catalyst, so please forgive me if these are FAQ's.
> >>>
> >>>I browsed through the net for some documentation and found the usual
> >>>places (Wiki, Docs). But I'm still a little bit confused if I can build
> >>>a liveCD with X, Fvwm and some apps stuff on it. I read some success
> >>>stories, but I didn't get it right how to do this.
> >>>
> >>>I follow the steps describe in the Wiki and got an image but I'm not
> >>>confident that everythings works as expected. Before wasting a CD I want
> >>>to make sure that I understood correctly how things should be done with
> >>>catalyst.
> >>>
> >>>So here are my questions:
> >>>
> >>>1. The Stage 1 and Stage 2 spec-files in the wiki, do they correspond to
> >>>the normal Gentoo Stages 1 & 2 installation steps ? I would expect: yes.
> >>>
> >>>2. How do I get all the apps into the CD image ? I tried to make a
> >>>spec-file for stage 3 but it fails to complete with
> >>>
> >>>        !!! catalyst: Target "livecd-stage3" not available.
> >>>
> >>>The head of my stage3-spec-file looks like this:
> >>>
> >>>## Template for Gentoo Linux release bootable LiveCDs
> >>>## John Davis <zhen@g.o>
> >>>
> >>>subarch: x86
> >>>version_stamp: 2004.3
> >>>target: livecd-stage3
> >>>rel_type: default
> >>>profile: default-linux/x86/2004.3
> >>>snapshot: 2004.3
> >>>source_subpath: default/livecd-stage2-x86-2004.3
> >>>livecd/cdfstype: zisofs
> >>>livecd/archscript: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/runscript/x86-archscript.sh
> >>>livecd/runscript: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/runscript/default-runscript.sh
> >>>livecd/cdtar: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/cdtar/isolinux-2.13-cdtar.tar.bz2
> >>>#livecd/cdtar: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/cdtar/isolinux-2.13-memtest86+-cdtar.tar.bz2
> >>>livecd/iso: /tmp/gentoo.iso
> >>>
> >>>I wonder if this is the right thing to do as I didn't found any
> >>>documentation stating that I should go for something like this. Should I
> >>>put all packages, that I want on the CD, in the "stage 1" spec-file ?
> >>>
> >>>Hope this isn't too basic. :-)
> >>>
> >>>BR
> >>>Thomas
> >>>
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