Thank you for your reply; I am forwarding your complete answer to the Soas list.
I know that there are others who would like to be aware of how to do this, and will want to test. Thanks again Tom Gilliard satellit on freenode IRC #sugar --------------------------------------------------------------- Joey Boggs wrote: > On 03/12/2010 05:14 PM, Thomas C Gilliard wrote: >> Joey; >> >> I would like to try it. I am a nubie, so I need a detailed >> instruction on how to apply it. >> >> It looks like it is just what I need to know how to implement. >> >> Tom Gilliard >> satellit >> >> Joey Boggs wrote: >>> On 03/10/2010 07:32 AM, Thomas C Gilliard wrote: >>>> In livecd Digest, Vol 59, Issue 8, your submission: >>>> >>>> [Fedora-livecd-list] [PATCH] add edit-livecd script for editing >>>> livecd based images: >>>> >>>> This looks very useful. Could you please give me a detailed step by >>>> step description of how I could apply this? >>>> >>>> (I am trying to modify a soas (sugar on a stick) live CD to add >>>> liveusb-creator to it) I do this now by using the liveusb-creator >>>> script to make a live usb and then working in the sugar terminal to >>>> yum install it. I then dd copy the USB to a .img file. But you >>>> script looks much more practical and lets me end up with a .iso >>>> file rather than a modified .img file. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks; >>>> >>>> Tom Gilliard >>>> volunteer at sugarlabs.org >>>> satellit on freenode #sugar >>>> >>> >>> Did you guys have a chance to try it out? I can get it pushed into >>> the repo but some feedback/ack's on the list would help if you could. >>> > > > I ran through your scenario with SOAS and downloaded the > soas-blueberry2.iso > > Here's a link to the actual script so you won't need to git apply > it: http://fedorapeople.org/~jboggs/edit-livecd.py > > # python edit-livecd.py soas-2-blueberry.iso > > You'll end up at a bash prompt in the chrooted SOAS file system. > > Since /etc/resolv.conf in the chroot'ed environment is empty I added > my local dns server 192.168.1.1 to it and yum installed liveusb-creator > > echo "nameserver 192.168.1.1" > /etc/resolv.conf > yum install liveusb-creator -y > # clear resolv.conf out before repacking > echo "" > /etc/resolv.conf > > The yum install failed due to some depsolving errors with the livecd, > but I think this was due to mismatches with my host machine being > x86_64 and the livecd being i686 so you may be able to get this > working well on your end. > ------------------------------------------------ > Running rpm_check_debug > ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve: > ------------------------------------------------ > Here's the full log if you wanted to take a look: > http://ovirt.pastebin.com/xAb9YZUf > > You could also take the commands from above and put it into a file and > then add the "-s" option to edit-livecd pointing it to that file. I'm > not sure if you were using other methods to add liveusb-creator but > those were the steps I used when testing it out. > > > Joey > > _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas

