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On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:22:45PM +0100, Roel wrote: |
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> I have searched the gentoo forums, the internet, irc channels, ... |
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> But I can't find a way to create my own bootable livecd-iso. |
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Which architecture? |
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> the CD-ROM should contain these files that are already build here: |
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> -my installscript folder: install/installscript.sh && |
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> install/OtherScriptFiles |
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> -latest portage snapshot |
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> -customized stage 3 tarbal |
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> -customized distfiles folder |
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> -customized packages folder |
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> Does anybody have an idea how to do this? |
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The catalyst doc doesn't quite match the current state of reality. As things |
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currently stand, once you've worked your way through portage snapshot, |
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stage[123], and livecd-stage[12], then you've built the basic LiveCD. The |
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doc calls for a livecd-stage3 and livecd-iso, neither of which exist in the |
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current version of catalyst. Instead, there's a series of <arch>-isogen.sh |
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scripts in /usr/lib/catalyst (as of 1.0.3) that build the actual LiveCD ISO |
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image. |
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In order to add your stuff to the LiveCD filesystem that's actually used |
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during the install, you need to get the files into the directory tree rooted |
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at /var/tmp/catalyst/tmp/<rel_type>-<subarch>-<rel_version>/ . (I think. My |
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current efforts have led to not having anything in that tree at the moment.) |
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The various loopback filesystem creation facilities in default-runscript.sh, |
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correcsponding to the different loopback types, start there to create the |
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loopback image, and so that's where you'd put your stuff. The mildly tricky |
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part is that the loopback filesystem is created as the last thing |
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livecd-stage2 does, so the rest of that process (mainly building the kernel |
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booted by the LiveCD itself and the busybox toolkit used during install) may |
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overwrite what you put there if you put it there after livecd-stage1. You |
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can avoid this by creating a new directory and putting your stuff there. |
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This will require some hacking, as I haven't tried any of this, but that's |
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the approach I'd take. |
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