Thanks, it looks thorough! How bout adding this howto to the wiki HOWTO's - http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/Howto? It will be much more readable, and other people could add more info...
Regards, Hadar On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Erwan Le Gall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > This is a little HOWTO about compile and use a custom kernel with > live-helper. After some issues, our CDs works so we decides to provides > this help here. Sorry if it's not the better way to do / better place > to purpose. > > We are assuming that we use the kernel version 2.6.24. and we have > tested on Lenny with live-helper_1.0~a41. > > Required: module-assistant, gcc, libncurses-dev (optionnal) > linux-source-2.6.24 > > > > 1a) First, we need to fetch the kernel sources. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # aptitude install kernel-source-2.6.24 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Sources are fetched in /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24.tar.bz2 > > 1b) Using vanilla sources should work too > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.24.tar.bz2 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > 2) Extract sources > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # cd /usr/src > # tar -xjf linux-source-2.6.24.tar.bz2 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > 3) Configure the kernel > Switch to the sources directory. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # cd linux-source-2.6.24 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > 3a) with menuconfig (you will need libncurses-dev) > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # make menuconfig > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Note: don't forget to save configuration > > 3b) You can also use the debian/ubuntu configuration, and work from it. > Configurations are usually stored in /boot and come with the > linux-image-* packages. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # cp /boot/config-2.6.24 ./.config > # make menuconfig (optionnal) > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > 4) Build the kernel packages > Important: we need to append something something in our kernel version, > it will help avoiding conflits with the debian / ubuntu kernels and > select our kernel in the syslinux menu. It can be everything with > letters and numbers, like -foobar. in this howto, we will use -dlb. > Don't forget to add a revision too, it will be usefull for updates: > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=dlb.1.0 \ > --append-to-version=-dlb kernel_image kernel_headers modules > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > 5) Build the modules packages > We need to download some sources in order to get the live cd working. > We need the lzma, squashfs and aufs modules. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # aptitude install lzma-source squashfs-source aufs-source > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Prepare work > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # cd /usr/src > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > In most cases, we don't need this link, but It can help with broken > packages. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # rm -rf /usr/src/linux > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > link your source directory to /usr/src/linux > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # ln -s linux-source-2.6.24 linux > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > build the modules with module-assistant > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # m-a update > # m-a build -k /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24 lzma > # m-a build -k /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24 squashfs > # m-a build -k /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24 aufs > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 6) Install the packages into our lh directory. > At this point, you should have some packages in /usr/src > Here is our /usr/src > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > debian:~# > ls /usr/src/ > aufs-modules-2.6.24-dlb_0+20080129-1+dlb.1.0_i386.deb > aufs.tar.bz2 > linux->linux-source-2.6.24 > linux-headers-2.6.24-dlb_dlb.1.0_i386.deb > linux-image-2.6.24-dlb_dlb.1.0_i386.deb > linux-source-2.6.24 > linux-source-2.6.24.tar.bz2 > lzma-modules-2.6.24-dlb_4.43-12+dlb.1.0_i386.deb > lzma.tar.bz2 > modules > squashfs-modules-2.6.24-dlb_3.3-3+dlb.1.0_i386.deb > squashfs.tar.bz2 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Change to our live-helper directory > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > cd /home/user/LIVECD/ > lh_config --syslinux-menu enabled # Plus eventually options > cp -v /usr/src/*.deb config/chroot_local-packages/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 7) Configure live helper > Edit config/root with your favorite text editor. to avoid vi/emacs > trolls, we will use nano. =) > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > # nano config/chroot > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > set LH_LINUX_PACKAGES="none" > set LH_LINUX_FLAVOURS="dlb" > where dlb is the "append-to-version" from the step 3 without the first > dash. > > Don't forget to add "--syslinux-menu enabled" to lh_config > > Now you can lh_build your live CD/USB key and everything should be ok. > > > We will appreciate commentaries / Critics > > -- > Erwan Le Gall & Michel Depeige > > Groupe LINAGORA - http://linagora.com > Tél : +33 1 58 18 68 28 > fax : +33 1 58 18 68 29 > > _______________________________________________ > debian-live-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-live-devel
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