Talk:Knoppix Remastering Howto - Revision history

Werner P. Schulz: New section: Revised version of Remastering HowTo

2011-06-22T21:31:34Z

New section: Revised version of Remastering HowTo

Rngresearch at 15:48, 12 December 2010

2010-12-12T15:48:44Z

Rngresearch: /* Knoppix Version 6.x */

2010-12-12T15:41:32Z

‎Knoppix Version 6.x

Rngresearch: /* Knoppix Version 6.x */

2010-12-12T15:24:41Z

‎Knoppix Version 6.x

Rngresearch: New section: /mnt-user

2010-12-12T15:21:39Z

New section: /mnt-user

Capricorny: New section: 6.x with programs added

2010-02-03T00:48:57Z

New section: 6.x with programs added

Hanumant: /* Knoppix Version 6.x */

2010-02-01T05:27:52Z

‎Knoppix Version 6.x

Hanumant: /* Knoppix Version 6.x */

2009-12-07T05:36:27Z

‎Knoppix Version 6.x

Mherweg at 14:45, 23 March 2009

2009-03-23T14:45:24Z

Clinton: Reverted edits by Smihael (Talk); changed back to last version by Eadz

2009-01-05T18:19:08Z

Reverted edits by Smihael (Talk); changed back to last version by Eadz

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	Anyone know of any other uses?		Anyone know of any other uses?
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		+	== Revised version of Remastering HowTo ==
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		+	Something in this HowTo didn't work with new Knoppix. For that reason I've done an update of all the script lines you need for remastering purpose. All remainig stuff I put in chapter #3. --[[User:Werner P. Schulz\|Werner P. Schulz]] 15:31, 22 June 2011 (MDT)

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 * Get '''[apt-get install] locale''' and configure it with the locales you are going to use. It will save lots of space when downloading applications with plenty of locale modules.
 * I use '''aptitude''' to get/remove applications, it is character based so it works character mode. As you mark packages for install/update/removal, it will tell you how much disk space you will save/use, try to solve depencies problems and give you plenty control to fix them manually when possible.
-* When installing applications it is likely that your '''/etc/rc?.d''' directories will have new entries, many of them unwanted or unplanned. Make sure you check them and remove the new entries based on your preferences. I usually leave '''/etc/rc2.d''' and '''/etc/rc5.d''' as close as the originals and modify '''/etc/rc3.d''' and '''/etc/rc4.d''' to test new stuff.
+* When installing applications it is likely that your '''/etc/rc?.d''' directories will have new entries, many of them unwanted or unplanned. Make sure you check them and remove the new entries based on your preferences. I usually leave '''/etc/rc2.d''' and '''/etc/rc5.d''' as close as the originals and modify '''/etc/rc3.d''' and '''/etc/rc4.d''' to test new stuff.  '''IMPORTANT:'''  Knoppix 6.2 ignores /etc/rc?.d directories.  See below.
 Example: You may want to have ntfs installed, but not necessarily running unless you need. Same with apache, mysql and many others.
 * When removing/purging applications, they may leave behind non-empty directories. Usually this is announced by aptitude, apt-get or any other package you are using. Make sure to check the messages.
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 Anyone know what /mnt-user is used for ?  (edit: Why yes, see my entry below. :-)
-/etc/rc?.d directories are ignored.  If you want any services started, the preferred method is to edit the /etc/rc.local script.  This script is run ((on vt12) by /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig)) immediately before killing the progress bar and executing /mnt-system/KNOPPIX/knoppix.sh.
+/etc/rc?.d directories are ignored.  If you want any services started, the preferred method is to edit the /etc/rc.local script.  This script is run ((on vt12) by /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig)) immediately before killing the progress bar and executing /mnt-system/KNOPPIX/knoppix.sh.  If you want different behavior with different runlevels, you could edit /etc/inittab for standard behavior, or you could do it yourself in knoppix.sh.

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	Anyone know what /mnt-user is used for ? (edit: Why yes, see my entry below. :-)		Anyone know what /mnt-user is used for ? (edit: Why yes, see my entry below. :-)
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		+	/etc/rc?.d directories are ignored. If you want any services started, the preferred method is to edit the /etc/rc.local script. This script is run ((on vt12) by /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig)) immediately before killing the progress bar and executing /mnt-system/KNOPPIX/knoppix.sh.

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	Mountpoint /cdrom changed to /mnt-system		Mountpoint /cdrom changed to /mnt-system

−	Anyone know what /mnt-user is used for ?	+	Anyone know what /mnt-user is used for ? (edit: Why yes, see my entry below. :-)

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	With 6.x, installing Debian packages on the persistent image works very well, but how to proceed when remastering the complete system? This can be a good alternative to using the DVD, leaving more room on the persistent image afterwards. With USB sticks, the 700MB space restriction isn't very significant, images anywhere from 700-4000MB can be produced. I think maybe a new remastering HowTo for 6.x could be the best thing to do? --[[User:Capricorny\|Capricorny]] 17:48, 2 February 2010 (MST)		With 6.x, installing Debian packages on the persistent image works very well, but how to proceed when remastering the complete system? This can be a good alternative to using the DVD, leaving more room on the persistent image afterwards. With USB sticks, the 700MB space restriction isn't very significant, images anywhere from 700-4000MB can be produced. I think maybe a new remastering HowTo for 6.x could be the best thing to do? --[[User:Capricorny\|Capricorny]] 17:48, 2 February 2010 (MST)
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		+	== /mnt-user ==
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		+	One thing /mnt-user is used for is to copy KNOPPIX to ram or hard drive (the toram and tohd boot parameters, respectively).
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		+	Specifically, the init script in the initial ramdisk checks for toram or tohd. If found, the target device (a tmpfs ramdisk in the case of toram) is mounted on /mnt-user, /mnt-system/KNOPPIX is copied from the boot medium to /mnt-user, the boot medium is unmounted, and the target device mount is moved from /mnt-user to /mnt-system.
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		+	Anyone know of any other uses?

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	* cd into the mount point		* cd into the mount point
	find . -size -10000k -type f -exec cp -p --parents '{}' $GBASE/knx/master/ \;		find . -size -10000k -type f -exec cp -p --parents '{}' $GBASE/knx/master/ \;
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		+	== 6.x with programs added ==
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		+	With 6.x, installing Debian packages on the persistent image works very well, but how to proceed when remastering the complete system? This can be a good alternative to using the DVD, leaving more room on the persistent image afterwards. With USB sticks, the 700MB space restriction isn't very significant, images anywhere from 700-4000MB can be produced. I think maybe a new remastering HowTo for 6.x could be the best thing to do? --[[User:Capricorny\|Capricorny]] 17:48, 2 February 2010 (MST)

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 Anyone know what /mnt-user is used for ?
 Making the "master" section is problematic because all the files cannot be "seen" from within a Knoppix 6 boot.
 To create the master tree:
 * Have a copy of a Knoppix 6 iso on the hard disk where you are doing your remastering.
 * Mount the iso on a loopback.
 * cd into the mount point
-* With $GBASE set to the path to where your remastering is taking place
+  find . -size -10000k -type f -exec cp -p --parents '{}' $GBASE/knx/master/ \;
- find . -size -10000k -type f -exec cp -p --parents '{}' $GBASE/knx/master/ \;

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	Mountpoint /cdrom changed to /mnt-system		Mountpoint /cdrom changed to /mnt-system
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		+	Anyone know what /mnt-user is used for ?
		+
		+	Making the "master" section is problematic because all the files cannot be "seen" from within a Knoppix 6 boot.
		+	To create the master tree:
		+	* Have a copy of a Knoppix 6 iso on the hard disk where you are doing your remastering.
		+	* Mount the iso on a loopback.
		+	* cd into the mount point
		+	* With $GBASE set to the path to where your remastering is taking place
		+	find . -size -10000k -type f -exec cp -p --parents '{}' $GBASE/knx/master/ \;

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	Somehow things have changed from boot.img to balder.img and isolinux. I am no expert, so correct my where I'm wrong. My impression is that in order to remaster with a new kernel one has to copy the kernel to boot/isolinux/linux instead of implementing it in the boot.img. Also what used to be miniroot.gz is now called minirt.gz.		Somehow things have changed from boot.img to balder.img and isolinux. I am no expert, so correct my where I'm wrong. My impression is that in order to remaster with a new kernel one has to copy the kernel to boot/isolinux/linux instead of implementing it in the boot.img. Also what used to be miniroot.gz is now called minirt.gz.
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		+	== Knoppix Version 6.x ==
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		+	Mountpoint /cdrom changed to /mnt-system

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	Somehow things have changed from boot.img to balder.img and isolinux. I am no expert, so correct my where I'm wrong. My impression is that in order to remaster with a new kernel one has to copy the kernel to boot/isolinux/linux instead of implementing it in the boot.img. Also what used to be miniroot.gz is now called minirt.gz.		Somehow things have changed from boot.img to balder.img and isolinux. I am no expert, so correct my where I'm wrong. My impression is that in order to remaster with a new kernel one has to copy the kernel to boot/isolinux/linux instead of implementing it in the boot.img. Also what used to be miniroot.gz is now called minirt.gz.
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−	~~== Internet ==~~
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−	~~Internet in normal Knoppix environment (ok I should mention I use VirtualBox - I have good enough computer for this - quadcore and 4gb Ram) works out of the box, but not in chroot.~~
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−	~~I tried pon dsl-provider, pppoeconf, dhcp without success, although netcardconfig returns:~~
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−	~~Sending DHCP broadcast from device eth0failed to connect to localhost:bootpc: No such file or directory~~
−	~~Failed.~~
−	~~Hit return to exit.~~
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−	~~How can I connect to the Internet? Thanks~~