[gentoo-user] How do I make an installable copy

[gentoo-user] How do I make an installable copy

[Mike Kenny]

I now have my stage 3 installed an working. Am in the process of 
downloading all the requirements for openXchange (Man! I love emerge)

But, many (most) users will not want to go to the trouble that I have. 
In fact, in South Africa most won't have access to the bandwidth to do 
this. I am looking for a link to a tutorial or howto that will inform me 
how to:

1. After I have a basic bootable system created, create a backup CD from 
which I can boot and re-install in the event of a catastrophe
2. After I have configured servers (Apache or JBoss or openXchange, 
etc.) create a DVD or set of CDs which can be booted and installed from 
without all the re-configuration

Anybody know where/whether I can this type of information?

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mike kenny
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Re: [gentoo-user] How do I make an installable copy

[Zac Medico]

Mike Kenny wrote:
> I now have my stage 3 installed an working. Am in the process of 
> downloading all the requirements for openXchange (Man! I love emerge)
> 
> But, many (most) users will not want to go to the trouble that I have. 
> In fact, in South Africa most won't have access to the bandwidth to do 
> this. I am looking for a link to a tutorial or howto that will inform me 
> how to:
> 
> 1. After I have a basic bootable system created, create a backup CD from 
> which I can boot and re-install in the event of a catastrophe

Use tar or some other archive utility (possibly mksquashfs) to make a complete backup of the root filesystem (use "mount" with no arguments to see mount points that should be excluded).

> 2. After I have configured servers (Apache or JBoss or openXchange, 
> etc.) create a DVD or set of CDs which can be booted and installed from 
> without all the re-configuration

The easiest way to make a customized bootable cd/dvd is to remaster an existing one.  The mkisofs manpage documents the creation of a bootable iso image.  You will also want to consult the eltorito documentation for isolinux or grub depending on which boot loader you choose.

Zac
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Re: [gentoo-user] How do I make an installable copy

[Mike Kenny]

Zac Medico wrote:

> 
> Use tar or some other archive utility (possibly mksquashfs) to make a 
> complete backup of the root filesystem (use "mount" with no arguments to 
> see mount points that should be excluded).
> 
  > The easiest way to make a customized bootable cd/dvd is to remaster an
> existing one.  The mkisofs manpage documents the creation of a bootable 
> iso image.  You will also want to consult the eltorito documentation for 
> isolinux or grub depending on which boot loader you choose.
> 
> Zac

Thanks Zac. I will look into all this next free time I have

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Re: [gentoo-user] How do I make an installable copy

[Zac Medico]

Mike Kenny wrote:
> Zac Medico wrote:
> 
>>
>> Use tar or some other archive utility (possibly mksquashfs) to make a 
>> complete backup of the root filesystem (use "mount" with no arguments 
>> to see mount points that should be excluded).
>>
>> The easiest way to make a customized bootable cd/dvd is to remaster an
>> existing one.  The mkisofs manpage documents the creation of a 
>> bootable iso image.  You will also want to consult the eltorito 
>> documentation for isolinux or grub depending on which boot loader you 
>> choose.
> 
> Thanks Zac. I will look into all this next free time I have
> 

I might add that it's a good idea to practice with something small, such as gentoo's minimal install cd.  You can test your remastered iso image with an emulator such as app-emulation/qemu.

Zac
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