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On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 22:00 +0100, js wrote: |
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> I've been looking in to how to make my own livecd based upon the gentoo |
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> livecd's 2005. |
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> For what i've found there is a tool named catalyst which enables me to |
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> do so. |
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You really need to read the FAQ. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/faq.xml |
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> What I want to do is to keep the current x86 livecd's as they are, add |
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> some binaries and some self made scripts. |
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> I've been looking through the documentation provided with catalyst but I |
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> must say that I can't figure out how to begin doing this. |
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> The documentation is helpfull when you allready know how to work with |
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> catalyst my opinion. The /usr/share/docs directory contains some |
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> examples, but they are examples for what? |
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They are spec files. A spec file is the file you give catalyst to tell |
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it what to do. |
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> Can I download a gentoo 2005.1-r1 bootcd iso and add software to it with |
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> the catalyst tool? |
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No. |
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> Do I need to have a freshly installed clean gentoo to make a new bootcd? |
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No. You don't even need Gentoo, at all. All you need is Linux |
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(currently) with python. |
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> Does catalyst produce a new iso file or something similar, |
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Yes. |
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> I was hoping if someone could jumpstart me with this. |
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You can find a *ton* of howto documents on both gentoo-wiki and also on |
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the forums. We do not have an official one yet, but any of those |
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resources should give you what you need. This list is more for specific |
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support, so if you run into any specific problems, feel free to ask them |
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here. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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Games - Developer |
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