using knoppix on multi-boot CD's (boot scriptor)

[ebone]

Hi,
I'm trying to make the ultimate recovery bootable DVD,
and i've got F.I.R.E. , and trinux, and dos, and a couple of other bootable
images on it ....

can anyone help me to rig knoppix so it is useable from within boot scriptor ?

i used isobuster to grap the boot image off the Knoppix Lite CD, and it looks
like a floppy image.
so then i set boot scriptor to do memdisk knoppix.img ,
i get lilo no problem , but then when it tries to boot it says "cant find knoppix filesystem" and drops me to a prompt.

the knoppix folder is in my root ....

can anyone tell me , does the ISO *have* to have rock ridge ?
i cant imagine why, as the real filesystem in contained as a big file ,
but maybe im wrong ....

any hints ?

would be starting sector of the knoppix filesystem be hardcoded ?
or maybe the boot image has to have RR to read the CD ?

thanx for any help.
e

[eadz]

the folder KNOPPIX and the file KNOPPIX have to be in the root dir,
e.g.

/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX

I'm not sure what you are using to boot the boot.img, but you could try using isolinux as described in the custom kernel howto in the docs ( http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/KnoppixCustomKernelHowto )

[ebone]

thanks for the links,

i feel like i know a whole lot more about how this knoppix thing works now. (im so glad i found this website ! before, i thought knoppix.org was all there was).
i think i am going to yank the guts out of the boot.img file and use isolinux from boot scriptor (boot scriptor is really cool as it incorporates isolinux, memdisk, and even Bart's old diskemu).

i'm still not a 100% sure why just loading the boot.img file with floppy emulation didnt work, but i feel confident i can get something working now.

you know, if there was a way to change the default directory (and i'm sure there is) from knoppix to something else, someone could make an ultimate knoppix bootable DVD with boot scriptor (or isolinux) that has 5 or 6 (or more) different customized knoppix's on it. It would make a nice demo DVD.

anyways, thanks again ... this is nothing a little bit of reading and experimenting cant work out im sure ... i think i was just exhausted last night.
%^)

e

[ebone]

just in case anyone is reading this thread ...
i thought i would answer my own question ...

i'm not 100% positive, but i think the deal is the knoppix kernel
only understands rock ridge, and not ISO9660 ?

that seems a little crazy, as i would think ISO would be a pre-requisite for rock ridge maybe ...

im using cdimage to make the image with, and my image is pure ISO9660 (no Joliet or rock ridge). my root folder is definetely KNOPPIX (all uppercase, as lowercase is not allowed in ISO9660 ... hmm ... i wonder if therein could be the problem) ....

anyways, im going to try and get this ironed out by moving everything over to an ext2 filesystem and start using mkisofs .... i'm such a doofus for trying to do this under windows + FAT anyways !

but im almost positive the problem has to do with not having the right CD filestructure or possibly filenames (and case sensitivity) ....

so if anyone was ever wondering if you really needed that -J switch and -r switch for rock ridge and Joliet , im thinking the answer is YES ...

[ebone]

just to set this issue to rest :

knoppix-lite needs joliet , but apparentely it can live without rock ridge .

how weird !

but i wont argue with success.

e