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Tom Smith wrote: |
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> I need to make some slight customization to the Live CDs for |
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> installations at remote offices--things like configuring a root |
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> password, enabling SSH by default, and so on. |
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> I looked at the Gentoo docs at the web site but wasn't able to locate |
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> anything specific. |
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> Can anyone offer any pointers to docs describing how to do what I'm |
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> looking to? |
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The easy way is to remaster an existing livecd like I described here: |
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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-user&m=113397973626705&w=2 |
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You will have to loop mount the iso image and then loop mount the livecd.squashfs file (gentoo-sources come with squashfs support, so you only have to enable it in your kernel config). |
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After the squashfs is mounted, you can use rsync to copy it's contents into a writable filesystem. Finally, after you have customized the root filesytem, use mksquashfs (squashfs-tools) to compress it again. |
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You can use catalyst to build a livecd from scratch, but in many cases it's quicker and easier to use the "remaster" approach. |
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Zac |
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