From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LQPFP-0002UZ-H2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:51:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E814AE0922; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:50:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.184]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3B1CE094E for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:50:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k1so1155322rnd.14 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:50:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=l31upIfiDYJbsuHTup1ijYJam7Ucyc4cJIdwfrIL3qM=; b=TfGHKZOJFum1SvRwD4rgGjBz0cCBCkBZ+9QiH3z2ixmCLC/+znfP0WddWALD0vJhMF 7pwh1ughoaD8f29GUxs0jv1inrdTxEwko02faKjeTG+OLMRau7RW/IV3UxbMQ97sf3Is oeXec+/nl1f3rM7qEmHwn8xZ5lOuQm5qfWcVo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=MDMJ/E/oo6ka4IEWD/JZA5nJzTTmm05JOYCcan9hU6pp8wHHSD4GLJwtByr+A8jkMf xMecv71bcQy+mgLygFPMpEAI9jro8b0qjbRVPMkEPvPAMSIkEGsi5xd/jHDzQm2xAoev EUFFKXB3FY9IzF84g+HevYvLItGA/82TSXY9A= Received: by 10.90.101.7 with SMTP id y7mr2003114agb.6.1232729459337; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:50:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.42? (68-186-247-120.dhcp.oxfr.ma.charter.com [68.186.247.120]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm1962914yxt.1.2009.01.23.08.50.57 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:50:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4979F56A.3070301@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:50:50 -0500 From: Eric Martin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090109) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any good instructions for creating a Live CD? References: <5bdc1c8b0901230835q43b5f885w9bb29e43ba450b9d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0901230835q43b5f885w9bb29e43ba450b9d@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig075A48865F921834B0545916" X-Archives-Salt: 22671823-25ee-4a75-97a9-e43c0b6fc9e7 X-Archives-Hash: 0fabbc36125607f5280debf13a81d619 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig075A48865F921834B0545916 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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? >=20 > 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. >=20 > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_build_a_LiveCD_from_Scratch >=20 > I found this in the forums. Any idea about how well it might work? >=20 > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D244837 >=20 > 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.) ;-) >=20 > Also this for general info: >=20 > http://www.livecdlist.com/wiki/index.php/LiveCD_Creation_Resources >=20 > Most interesting to me would be something like cloning an already > up-and-running system. Is that possible? >=20 > Thanks in advance, > Mark >=20 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 --=20 Eric Martin Key fingerprint =3D D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F --------------enig075A48865F921834B0545916 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl59XAACgkQaiVxdKlBO588hQCdHwOvd+471i168eSqrnY/HfhT 1ukAmQGmjk8kJ38BIoCrp+TZ90Y3jdin =CaE1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig075A48865F921834B0545916--