Hi, In fact, the easiest approach (in my experience) is to use xubuntu. the xubuntu live cd (xubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso) is 566 megs in size, so it has plenty of room for extra stuff.
install xubuntu onto a spare partition. Run this installed code and make the changes you need, which will include something like below: extend apt/sources.list to include the Romeo unstable code (this gets you the remastersys package) add in the packages you want, build whatever code you want, and then do sudo remastersys dist cp /home/remastersys/customdist.iso to whatever machine and write a CD. Apparently, you can test the live cd with qemu -cdrom customdist.iso d -m 256 but that did not work for me. Trial and error let me to qemu -cdrom customdist.iso but that don't work either. OK, burn CD's, test them, and continue. A bit slower than qemu, but it works... Customize the very simple remastersys if you seriously need to, and it is all Easy.. ==================================== If you want an example of this in practice, have a look at the linuxmint distro, which is a remastersys of ubuntu. Cheers, Derek. ======================== On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Graeme Kiyoto-Ward wrote: > Hi > > Yes, you spelled my name correctly. > > I would look for topics on remastering knoppix or specifically on remastering > damn small. > > Here are some on remastering damn small that I could find: > http://www.linuxforums.org/desktop/remastering_dsl:_a_short_howto_with_a_long_preamble.html > > http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=12;t=7177 > > Best of luck > > Regards > > Graeme Kiyoto-Ward > > Aidan Gauland wrote: > > Graeme (sorry if I misspelled your name) at the SFD told me about that, but > > I came from the Mac cult and don't have Windows. But I'll keep Slax in mind > > as plan C. > > > > I'm doing this for the learning experience, and because I can. Isn't why > > the Linux kernel was created originally? But I will try to thoroughly test > > my changes to make sure I didn't break anything. > > > > On 15/09/2007, at 7:42 PM, Kerry Mayes wrote: > > > > > I'm not much of a fan of Live CDs anymore, but when I was, I found > > > Slax to be a remarkably easy system for creating custom Live CDs. > > > Everything is in modules you just add them to the right subdirectory > > > on the cd and they are loaded. There's a nice software system for > > > creating live cds, though it's Windoze based! I think it's called > > > myslax creator. > > > > > > Kerry. > > > > > > On 15/09/2007, Aidan Gauland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > After seeing Damn Small Linux at Software Freedom Day, I am going to > > > > try to modify the live CD adapting this how-to... > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization > > > > ...to add some programs like Emacs, and parted, and maybe some other > > > > minor alterations. Unless someone can recommend an easier way. If > > > > it works, I will post what I did differently. > > > > > > > > Aidan > > > > > > > -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/
