Keita Maehara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I've been working on a CD specific install that basically delivers a > > "standard" system with "cp -a" that could be used to also construct a > > "live" file system. I'll let you know how it works out, if I can ever get > > back to working on it.
> I've tried to make a live CD called Livian (Live Debian :-)) a few > weeks ago (It is quite useless and I don't have enough time to improve > it now though). > I've untarred base2_0.tgz into a new directory and used dpkg's > "--admindir" and "--root" options to create a filesystem without > affecting the real filesystem. Instead of "cp -a", we can have a > generic method that the live CD creators can make a image as they want > (just like a new installation). Actually, it is easiest to untar base2_0.tgz. Cd into the directory and do: "chroot . bin/bash" Will give you a bash shell in an environment that thinks the current directory is the root directory, then you can do: mount /proc /proc -t proc and configure and install packages. (I often use this technique to test glibc 2.1, or install Debian on a different partition. At one time I had a machine that was running Red Hat and Debian at the same time - if you telneted in, you got Debian and if you used ssh to connect you got Red Hat.) Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]