[gentoo-user] LiveCD customizations

[gentoo-user] LiveCD customizations

[Tom Smith]

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I need to make some slight customization to the Live CDs for installations at remote offices--things like configuring a root password, enabling SSH by default, and so on.
   
  I looked at the Gentoo docs at the web site but wasn't able to locate anything specific.
   
  Can anyone offer any pointers to docs describing how to do what I'm looking to?
   
  Thanks in advance for the help.
   
  ~ Tom

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Re: [gentoo-user] LiveCD customizations

[Zac Medico]

Tom Smith wrote:
> I need to make some slight customization to the Live CDs for 
> installations at remote offices--things like configuring a root 
> password, enabling SSH by default, and so on.
>  
> I looked at the Gentoo docs at the web site but wasn't able to locate 
> anything specific.
>  
> Can anyone offer any pointers to docs describing how to do what I'm 
> looking to?
>  

The easy way is to remaster an existing livecd like I described here:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-user&m=113397973626705&w=2

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).

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.

You can use catalyst to build a livecd from scratch, but in many cases it's quicker and easier to use the "remaster" approach.

Zac
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[gentoo-user] Problems with Ethernet on installation

[Felipe Ribeiro]

Hi all,

I'm a Slackware user, but i decided to give Gentoo a try! :-)
Gentoo instalation uses kernel 2.6.12, and it doesn't have my ethernet 
card module.
It is the sis190, that have been added on 2.6.14, do i have to put 
another card while installing or is there another solution?

Thanks in advance!

Felipe Ribeiro
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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Ethernet on installation

[Zac Medico]

Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm a Slackware user, but i decided to give Gentoo a try! :-)
> Gentoo instalation uses kernel 2.6.12, and it doesn't have my ethernet 
> card module.
> It is the sis190, that have been added on 2.6.14, do i have to put 
> another card while installing or is there another solution?
> 

Are you installing this on the slackware box?  If the network is already working and you have a spare partition then you don't need the installation cd.  Just download a stage3 and follow the handbook.

By the way, when you click "reply" in the email client and start a new topic, it's called "thread hijacking".  My mail client seems to think that's what you did. :)

Zac
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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Ethernet on installation

[Felipe Ribeiro]

I'm not installing on the slack box, 'cause i want to overwrite it. i'm 
booting from the CD.

And sorry for the "reply" thing, i didn't know :-[

Felipe

Zac Medico escreveu:

> Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm a Slackware user, but i decided to give Gentoo a try! :-)
>> Gentoo instalation uses kernel 2.6.12, and it doesn't have my 
>> ethernet card module.
>> It is the sis190, that have been added on 2.6.14, do i have to put 
>> another card while installing or is there another solution?
>>
>
> Are you installing this on the slackware box?  If the network is 
> already working and you have a spare partition then you don't need the 
> installation cd.  Just download a stage3 and follow the handbook.
>
> By the way, when you click "reply" in the email client and start a new 
> topic, it's called "thread hijacking".  My mail client seems to think 
> that's what you did. :)
>
> Zac


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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Ethernet on installation

[Zac Medico]

Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
> I'm not installing on the slack box, 'cause i want to overwrite it. i'm 
> booting from the CD.

Okay, if I understand correctly, you want to overwrite your slackware installation?  In that case, if there's some free space on your root partition, then you can in install a minimal gentoo system in /gentoo/ (build a kernel and everything while running slackware) and then boot off the cd and move everything into place.

Zac
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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Ethernet on installation

[Felipe Ribeiro]

I've got another NIC, so i'm gonna use it while installing gentoo,
then, when i recompile the kernel, i add the support to my nic. :D
Thanks

On 12/9/05, Zac Medico <zmedico@gmail.com> wrote:
> Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
> > I'm not installing on the slack box, 'cause i want to overwrite it. i'm
> > booting from the CD.
>
> Okay, if I understand correctly, you want to overwrite your slackware installation?  In that case, if there's some free space on your root partition, then you can in install a minimal gentoo system in /gentoo/ (build a kernel and everything while running slackware) and then boot off the cd and move everything into place.
>
> Zac
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>

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