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I need to build a liveCD that boots on as wide a variety of hardware |
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as is practical. It needs to load one custom kernel module and then |
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run one console-mode application. Instead of building something from |
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scratch, I was hoping I might be able to modify an existing liveCD. |
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There's no need for support for networking, graphics, or even access |
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to optical or hard drives. |
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The current version of this CD is built sort of from scrach using a |
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labor-intensive and error-prone process. However, it does produce |
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something that's small (less that 10MB), and boots fast (around 10 |
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seconds). But, updating the existing CD with a newer kernel (to gain |
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support for newer hardware) is difficult. |
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I thought about using a customized systemrescuecd, but that takes ages |
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to boot (almost 5 minutes). This CD is intended as something a |
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customer can run to do a quick hardware test, and making them sit |
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there for 5 minutes to see a 5-second test just isn't going to fly. |
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I also looked at the gentoo minimal install CD, but that's still |
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pretty slow (3-4 minutes), and it's not at all obvious how to add a |
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kernel module to it. |
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Does anybody have an recommendations for a good way to build a small |
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liveCD with a custom kernel module? |
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steel mill! |