I believe that if you mount the iso r/w (e.g. mount -o loop my.iso
/mnt/iso), you'll be able to make the changes you're asking about. The
iso/cd is actually mounted at something like /mnt/LiveCD so you can
reference things that way. But, if someone else on the list remembers a
step I'm leaving out, please point it out. If you end up going down the
write-things-to-cf/usb route, you can do other things like using the
persistence mechanism and/or creating a second partition and writing
files there.
Tim
Todd N wrote:
Thanks, Tim, for the information. OK, here's another one... I'd like
to be able to make a bunch of Live CDs that are identical (with all of
our customizations) EXCEPT for a small bit of information that will be
different for each CD. Is there some special location on the Live CD
image that these per-user configurations can be placed, after the
image has been created? My goal here is to avoid having to run
livecd-creator to create a slightly different image for each
individual user. It would be a great help if there were some
"override area" outside of the Live CD's ext3 (/) file system, such
that any files placed there would take the place of the equivalent
files within the Live CD's already created ext3 system.
Thanks,
Todd
*/Tim Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote:
There really isn't a great tutorial for things beyond the basics
(although if someone knows of one, please correct me). The
mailing list archive is a good place to find this stuff as long as
you throw the right search terms at it. But, a couple of quickies
from my notes:
For non-standard packages, create a basic archive (put the
packages in a directory, run createrepo on that directory) and
then add it to your list of repositories.
Display settings... I believe that's a standard kickstart
options. Maybe someone else will pipe up.
You can directly change firefox-related stuff by editing
|/usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.5/defaults/pref/all-redhat.js|
But, the simplest way (for me) to do this and the rest of the
things you can to do is by booting up your livecd, customizing
things to taste (e.g. set your browser config, cookies, etc) and
then tar up the appropriate parts of /home/[username]. Copy that
tar file to someplace your kickstart can reach and then add
something in post %nochroot to untar the file & copy everything to
/etc/skel/. I've never tried it, but you should (theoretically)
be able to just tar up (make sure you use the permissions flag)
the whole user home directory and just stomp /etc/skel in post
%nochroot.
Note, some things seem to be more resistant to this treatment than
others. It appears that when the actual user directory is created
some things are automatically set, overiding settings you throw
into /etc/skel. For instance, I tend to just replace the default
desktop graphic file (/usr/blah/blah/blah) rather than trying to
convince /etc/skel to point to my custom graphic.
Tim
Todd N wrote:
Hello,
I am trying to determine the best way to create a custom spin of
Fedora which, in addition to having a customized set of
standard Fedora packages that we need for our environment, also
includes changes like:
* Browser configuration changes
* Possible browser cookie(s) added
* Display settings
* Installation of non-standard packages (i.e. packages you would
not find in a standard yum repository
* Other custom changes to individual files
I know that the Kickstart file allows for post install
customizations. I am wondering whether anyone could point me
towards a good tutorial that would help me in setting up these
detailed config changes. I am also researching on my own, but
any additional ideas are appreciated.
Thanks much,
Todd
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