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''this came from'' [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization|Ubuntu Live CD Customization]]
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=== Requirements ===

{{{
apt-get install squashfs-tools
}}}

=== Description ===

Fetch your favorite iso, in the following examples we will take puredyne-911-carrot_and_coriander iso to show that this procedures can apply to a lot of different isos/systems.

The basic procedure is simple:

 * mount the ISO image in loop mode;
 * copy the content of the image in a directory, except for the main squashfs filesystem (on ubuntu and debian: filesystem.squash; on dynebolic: dyne.sys);
 * unsquash the squashfs image file into another directory;
 * Add resolv.conf and hosts in /etc by hand or copying from your system;
 * mount the dev,proc and sys filesystems into the uncompressed directory;
 * do some minor stuff for having the system ready for your tweaks.


=== HOWTO ===

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sudo puredyne.iso /mnt -o loop

mkdir extract-cd

rsync --exclude=/live/filesystem.squashfs -a /mnt/ extract-cd

sudo unsquashfs /mnt/live/filesystem.squashfs
sudo mv squashfs-root edit
sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf edit/etc/
sudo cp /etc/hosts edit/etc/

sudo mount --bind /dev/ edit/dev
sudo chroot edit

mount -t proc none /proc
mount -t sysfs none /sys
mount -t devpts none /dev/pts

}}}

Just to be sure to avoid locale problems during installation of new packages, you need to export 2 system variables:

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export HOME=/root
export LC_ALL=C

}}}

You also need to do this as root (that's for some reasons connected with a couple of dbus bugs):

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dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id

dpkg-divert --local --rename --add /sbin/initctl
ln -s /bin/true /sbin/initctl

}}}

That's all folks! ;)

=== Suggestions ===

When you want to remove packages remember to use purge
I investigated a bit the matter, not enough to know whats going on but enough to know is a good practice.

Once in the chroot start poking:

{{{

# refresh your list
apt-get update

# some must have
apt-get install htop modconf

# some multimedia
apt-get install cinelerra sox twolame mpeg2dec a52dec libsox-fmt-all a52dec darkice darksnow

}}}

=== Closing ===

{{{

aptitude clean
rm -rf /tmp/* ~/.bash_history
rm /etc/resolv.conf
rm /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
rm /sbin/initctl
dpkg-divert --rename --remove /sbin/initctl
dpkg -l > packages.txt
umount /proc
umount /sys
umount /dev/pts

sudo umount edit/dev
sudo mv edit/packages.txt extract-cd/live/


}}}

=== Tasks to do ===

 * install all multilanguage documentation for programs and track they're directory if we can squash them or zip, inkscape,gimp,OOffice, some copies maybe from FOSS manuals?
 * remove unused themes
 * install some more open fonts
 * install some edubuntu software(find out which)
 * clean up desktop
 * boot and test the video software

{{{
<fruity> "aggiungere voce in syslinux menu per modo persistente"
<fruity> basta aprire syslinux.cfg o isolinux.cfg
<fruity> fare copia incolla della voce che hanno li gia
<fruity> editare il titolo e metterci "Persisten mode"
<fruity> e addare persistent a APPEND
<fruity> sai dove metti le opzioni del kernel
<fruity> tipo root= splash quiet
<fruity> va alla fine di quelle robe li
}}}

=== Done ===

 * Remove all useless documentation from /usr/share/doc
 * Installed Openoffice suite

 * Installed those help and language packs: English, Italian, Portoguese, French, Swahili and Afrikaans.
{{{
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  openoffice.org-help-en-gb openoffice.org-help-en-us openoffice.org-help-fr openoffice.org-help-it openoffice.org-help-pt
  openoffice.org-l10n-af openoffice.org-l10n-common{a} openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb openoffice.org-l10n-en-za openoffice.org-l10n-fr
  openoffice.org-l10n-it openoffice.org-l10n-pt openoffice.org-l10n-sw
0 packages upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 35 not upgraded.
Need to get 67.7MB/68.0MB of archives. After unpacking 234MB will be used.
}}}
Please read DynebolicCreate to reach this document ;)

Remaster your own live installer, live iso

Please read DynebolicCreate to reach this document ;)

fruity/debian-live/remastering (last edited 2010-07-16 21:43:41 by asbesto)