Re: [gentoo-user] Any good instructions for creating a Live CD?

[Momesso Andrea <momesso.andrea@gmail.com>]

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On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 09:02:11AM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Eric Martin <freak4uxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mark Knecht wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>    From a thread on another list (pro-audio/music oriented) we're
> >> thinking about creating our own Live CD. I'd like this at least
> >> initially to be based on Gentoo. Are there any good, up-to-date
> >> instructions around about how to do this?
> >>
> >>    In Google Books I found something called "Linux Live CDs:Building
> >> and Customizing Bootables". It had the following link which is dead.
> >> Did it move somewhere? I cannot find it yet.
> >>
> >> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_build_a_LiveCD_from_Scratch
> >>
> >>    I found this in the forums. Any idea about how well it might work?
> >>
> >> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=244837
> >>
> >>    There's a section talking about Catalyst. The first thing is says
> >> is that it's not for the casual user. On a scale of 1-10 how difficult
> >> is something like this? (I suspect that if I have to ask it's too
> >> difficult.) ;-)
> >>
> >>    Also this for general info:
> >>
> >> http://www.livecdlist.com/wiki/index.php/LiveCD_Creation_Resources
> >>
> >>    Most interesting to me would be something like cloning an already
> >> up-and-running system. Is that possible?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Mark
> >>
> >
> > Cloning a live system is pretty easy. I'm using a live usb boot device
> > based off of the gentoo-amd64 minimal cd (and I'm adding more as I go).
> >  The liveUSB howto [1] on docs.gentoo.org is great and will answer most
> > questions.
> >
> > [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml
> > --
> > Eric Martin
> > Key fingerprint = D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA  B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F
> 
> Thanks Eric. I hadn't considered doing it on a USB drive but that's an
> interesting idea and the instructions don't look too bad.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark


If you want something easy to create a custom live cd I suggest you to
try SystemRescueCD. It is gentoo based annd offers all the tools you
need to create a custom cd.

I uually run it on a virtual machine and create my livecds.

Here are all the info you need:
http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_personalize_SystemRescueCd


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