How To: Remaster LiveCD from LiveCD without pain :-)
WOW! Enormous amount of information. Thank you Henrique. I just used your custom made script for me just once. Yet I'm not successful with that. I tried your script (the one without SCSI Emul) that one worked. First I borrowed an empty hard drive and format it to EXT2. Then told script to put remaster files on that hard drive. All went well . I will be uploading a screeshot soon. My problem is that I already exceeded maximum requirement or Forum won't allow anymore.
Again, thanks Henrique!
P.S. Will this remaster able to install to hard-disk?
Again, thanks Henrique!
P.S. Will this remaster able to install to hard-disk?
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On my first remaster, my error is that it stop at this message;
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
Then on my second remaster, my error message is;
No space left on device
I think the image.gz cannot fit to RAM.
This is the result df -m
I added Mozilla themes, wine, VNC, & Rox 2.3 & Yahoo Messenger clone. I moved the /root/my-applications directory to /usr and created a symlink to /root and I used your remaster script (no SCSI emul)
Any advice?
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
Then on my second remaster, my error message is;
No space left on device
I think the image.gz cannot fit to RAM.
This is the result df -m
I added Mozilla themes, wine, VNC, & Rox 2.3 & Yahoo Messenger clone. I moved the /root/my-applications directory to /usr and created a symlink to /root and I used your remaster script (no SCSI emul)
Any advice?
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Sorry Windows haters
This is how my Puppy remaster looks like...
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Just curious. How will I know what to put in the ramdisk_size parameter in isolinux.cfg after the image.gz compressed? Especially if I will not use PUP001 wherein you cannot save your settings...
What will I do?
What will I do?
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the script did it automatically for yougliezl wrote:Just curious. How will I know what to put in the ramdisk_size parameter in isolinux.cfg after the image.gz compressed?
but you want to know how to it manually after the image.gz compressed ?
it's easy , do gunzip image.gz
the size of file image in kilobytes is what you will put in ramdisk_size=
Sorry, broken english above :-)
Hi Henrique, why does my remaster display an error buring bootup something like this;
Cannot STAT /usr : No such file or directory
Then followed by this;
What's wrong with my remaster cd?
Cannot STAT /usr : No such file or directory
Then followed by this;
What's wrong with my remaster cd?
Last edited by gliezl on Fri 28 Oct 2005, 04:38, edited 2 times in total.
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yes, it was changed, there is no picture and text is other alsoAnonymous wrote:Bootscreen timeout seems to be missing after remaster?
timeout is 600s but it can be easily changed
when paused, before creating final iso, you can edit file isolinux.cfg in the remaster folder
or before starting script edit it directly,it's easy
Sorry, broken english above :-)
Need overview of scripts - please...
Need overview of scripts - please...
Hi AlienX. Could you please be so kind and make some kind of overview
of the remaster scripts you have created, how to use them,
what they do and where should one select this or that script...
Thanks, PS
Idealy, would be some kind of a menu with these/all scripts together
with a help file explaining the differences etc.
Hi AlienX. Could you please be so kind and make some kind of overview
of the remaster scripts you have created, how to use them,
what they do and where should one select this or that script...
Thanks, PS
Idealy, would be some kind of a menu with these/all scripts together
with a help file explaining the differences etc.
Have fun :)
The most updated versions are:
1-remaster-livecd-0.0.4.tar.gz
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/download.php?id=1121
2-remaster-livecd-fast.tar.gz
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/download.php?id=1183
(experimental, not yet tested by me in real burning and booting, the main difference is that it doesnt touch usr_cram.fs, the changes to folder /usr goes to usr_more.sqs,very fast, the remaster is done in a minute or two)
How to use both of them:
1-Boot Puppy 1.05 or 1.06 live cd (dont use Puppy installled on hd)
2-install whatever you want: dotpups or pupgets
3-do some cleanup of your /root folder (dont let movies, mp3 or any big files on /root/my-docuyments and /root)
4-run the script
5-the main and first question the script do is where to create the remaster folder
dont choose any folder inside /root, it will not work
choose a folder on a ext2 or ext3 partition on hd with enough space (about 300 mb)
if you have a lot of ram (768 or more) you can accept the default (/mnt/remaster) and do all work in ramdisk
6-burn the iso that will be in the remaster folder you have choosed
The script do all for you, is fully automatic: creates a new image.gz, put the ramdisk_size= value in isolinux.cfg and creates a new usr_cramfs or usr-more.sqs and the final iso
TIP:
when we install a lot of dotpups, folder /root/my-applications becomes big and then file image.gz also
this is not good for low ram computers
so I suggest that before renning script user moves /root/my-applications to /usr and symlink it back to /root, file image.gz will be smaller
1-remaster-livecd-0.0.4.tar.gz
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/download.php?id=1121
2-remaster-livecd-fast.tar.gz
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/download.php?id=1183
(experimental, not yet tested by me in real burning and booting, the main difference is that it doesnt touch usr_cram.fs, the changes to folder /usr goes to usr_more.sqs,very fast, the remaster is done in a minute or two)
How to use both of them:
1-Boot Puppy 1.05 or 1.06 live cd (dont use Puppy installled on hd)
2-install whatever you want: dotpups or pupgets
3-do some cleanup of your /root folder (dont let movies, mp3 or any big files on /root/my-docuyments and /root)
4-run the script
5-the main and first question the script do is where to create the remaster folder
dont choose any folder inside /root, it will not work
choose a folder on a ext2 or ext3 partition on hd with enough space (about 300 mb)
if you have a lot of ram (768 or more) you can accept the default (/mnt/remaster) and do all work in ramdisk
6-burn the iso that will be in the remaster folder you have choosed
The script do all for you, is fully automatic: creates a new image.gz, put the ramdisk_size= value in isolinux.cfg and creates a new usr_cramfs or usr-more.sqs and the final iso
TIP:
when we install a lot of dotpups, folder /root/my-applications becomes big and then file image.gz also
this is not good for low ram computers
so I suggest that before renning script user moves /root/my-applications to /usr and symlink it back to /root, file image.gz will be smaller
Sorry, broken english above :-)
you can do it with mc (midnight cmmander, a dotpup), rox or manually at console:Anonymous wrote:so I suggest that before renning script user moves /root/my-applications to /usr and symlink it back to /root, file image.gz will be smallerSorry to ask - how to do it ?
mv /root/my-applications/ /usr
ln -sf /usr/my-applications /root
Sorry, broken english above :-)
Added info to wiki
Thanks AlienX. I have added your information on the wiki:
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/RemasterThings
I think your second script could also offer to only create the usr_more.sfs..?!
If you know, that the dotpups etc, that you are installed only under /root/.usr
than that should work... But probably, you never know...
Great work!
PS
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/RemasterThings
I think your second script could also offer to only create the usr_more.sfs..?!
If you know, that the dotpups etc, that you are installed only under /root/.usr
than that should work... But probably, you never know...
Great work!
PS
Have fun :)
Re: Added info to wiki
or maybePeterSieg wrote:I think your second script could also offer to only create the usr_more.sfs..?!
to create a separate script to do only this, a usr_more-maker
the main idea of script is to make the job the more simple as possible with so few questions "keep it simple, stupid"
the first version had not even that second question and pause, was just choose the folder and get the iso
I think that is good for newbies
Sorry, broken english above :-)
image-new seems too small ..
Trying to use AlienX's .4 script, and it seems that it's creating image-new too small (as I get out of space errors when it's getting loaded up). Anyone else run into this? It appears that the loop file size is set to the same size as the generated 'image' file, which seems like it should work .. but I get pages of these:
cp-FULL: cannot create directory `/mnt//remaster/image-new/root0/.tkdvd': No space left on device
cp-FULL: cannot create directory `/mnt//remaster/image-new/root0/archive': No space left on device
cp-FULL: cannot create directory `/mnt//remaster/image-new/root0/dotpups-downloads': No space left on device
cp-FULL: writing `/mnt//remaster/image-new/root0/.mailcap': No space left on device
cp-FULL: writing `/mnt//remaster/image-new/root0/.fonts.cache-1': No space left on device
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cp-FULL: cannot create directory `/mnt//remaster/image-new/root0/.tkdvd': No space left on device
cp-FULL: cannot create directory `/mnt//remaster/image-new/root0/archive': No space left on device
cp-FULL: cannot create directory `/mnt//remaster/image-new/root0/dotpups-downloads': No space left on device
cp-FULL: writing `/mnt//remaster/image-new/root0/.mailcap': No space left on device
cp-FULL: writing `/mnt//remaster/image-new/root0/.fonts.cache-1': No space left on device
zeke7237