PrOCesSkIlL
10-07-2003, 11:34 AM
:twisted: Hi all,
last days I found that pretty well Linux Distribution KNOPPIX :D and I must say: NICE WORK!
After some testing, I decided to try to remaster the CD to my own needs.
First tries failed :roll:
But after reading some docs it works fine. 8)
Now, I am writing some remastering tools. One of the first tools is fs-reengine, written in php, running in the command-shell with php-cgi!
You can download the tool at http://linuxcracks.bravehost.com/fs-reengine.png
What is fs-reengine?
fs-reengine is a tool, which scans the filesystem at the given entry point and renames/relinks/remasters the filesystem-contents (files/links/dirs), based on a list of replacements-2-make.
Why do I need fs-reengine?
I don't know! But I use it to mass-reconfigure the KNOPPIX configuration files and directory names :lol: to remaster the CD
How to use the tool?
First of all you should have the KNOPPIX-CD booted (I used Version 3.3), in runlevel 2. Therefore you have to type knoppix 2 at the boot prompt (when you can see the KNOPPIX boot-screen).
STARTING FROM SCRATCH
After KNOPPIX has finished its booting process to runlevel 2, you'll need a harddisk with at least 5 GB of free space.
I recommend, that you have created a partitition with 5 or more GB of free space and formatted it with an EXT3 filesystem. So let's call this partition /dev/hda5 for our example (maybe your device name depends).
Any of the following commands you should type is highlighted blue. (Beware! Change the /dev/hda5 and /mnt/hda5 to your needs!)
Lets create the mount point, mount our harddisk and create the directories we need:
root@KNOPPIX# touch /mnt/hda5
root@KNOPPIX# mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5
root@KNOPPIX# cd /mnt/hda5
root@KNOPPIX# mkdir /knx
root@KNOPPIX# mkdir /knx/master
root@KNOPPIX# mkdir /knx/source
root@KNOPPIX# mkdir /knx/iso
Now, we have to copy the data in the /cdrom directory:
root@KNOPPIX# cp -av /cdrom/* /mnt/hda5/knx/master
:roll: Take a beer and relax, this may take a while
After that we have to copy the root-fs itself:
root@KNOPPIX# cp -av /KNOPPIX /mnt/hda5/knx/source
:roll: Take a bigger beer, this will take some time, too
Its a good choice, to make your Internet-Connection work now!
However, change to the source/KNOPPIX directory and make it chrooted, and don't forget to mount the proc fs :? :
root@KNOPPIX# cd /mnt/hda5/knx/source/KNOPPIX
root@KNOPPIX# chroot .
root@KNOPPIX# mount -t proc /proc proc
Let's make the internet work for our chrooted environment:
root@KNOPPIX# echo "nameserver 145.253.2.203" >/etc/resolv.conf
...little test...
root@KNOPPIX# ping denic.de -c 4
...a positive response is recommended here...
Lets get some updates and a little "workaround" for our fs-reengine tool.
root@KNOPPIX# apt-get update
...
root@KNOPPIX# apt-get install php4-cgi
...if this fails, read the remastering howtos first...
root@KNOPPIX# ln -s /usr/bin/php4 /usr/bin/php
Now a hard part....you have to edit /etc/php4/cgi/php.ini and set a part to the following values:
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Resource Limits ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
max_execution_time = 86400 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seco
memory_limit = 64M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (8MB)
We grab our dirtly little helper now:
root@KNOPPIX# cd /root
root@KNOPPIX# wget http://linuxcracks.bravehost.com/fs-reengine.png
root@KNOPPIX# mv -f fs-reengine.png fs-reengine.tgz
root@KNOPPIX# tar -xvzf fs-reengine.tgz
root@KNOPPIX# cd Helpers
Now enter...
root@KNOPPIX# ./fs-reengine --help
...this should print something like...
FileSystem - Re-engineerer V1.2 - written by -=PRoCesSkIlL=-
Usage: ./fs-reengine /absolutePath [options...] [extra-options...]
Available options are:
--write-logs => Write Logfiles to /tmp
--rebuild-files => Rebuild the contents of files
--rename-files => Rename regular files
--re-link => Rename / Change target of links
--rename-dirs => Rename directories
--all-options => Use all listed options above
Available extra-options are:
--translation-file "/fileName" => Use a specified translation file
--reverse-order => Use the translation in reverse order
--exclude-names "/fil1;/fil2;/dir1..." => Exclude the given files/links/dirs (Semicolon seperated)
Other commands:
--help => Show this help context
Written by -=PrOCesSkIlL=-
To re-order your filesystem, edit the file /root/Helpers/translation.cfg to your own needs. Structure is:
OLDNAME ~~ NEWNAME
an example file is attached!
If you want to convert the hole filesystem of KNOPPIX enter something like:
root@KNOPPIX# /root/Helpers/fs-reengine / --all-options --exclude-names "/var/lib/dpkg;/var/lib/apt"
(...may take about 2 hours or more, depending on your system...)
Be sure that you have entered: exclude-names "/var/lib/dpkg;/var/lib/apt" this tag, or dpkg and apt could fail after remastering.
Your filesystem is remastered now :) At this point follow the instructions of the remastering how-to.
Feel free to play around :oops:
last days I found that pretty well Linux Distribution KNOPPIX :D and I must say: NICE WORK!
After some testing, I decided to try to remaster the CD to my own needs.
First tries failed :roll:
But after reading some docs it works fine. 8)
Now, I am writing some remastering tools. One of the first tools is fs-reengine, written in php, running in the command-shell with php-cgi!
You can download the tool at http://linuxcracks.bravehost.com/fs-reengine.png
What is fs-reengine?
fs-reengine is a tool, which scans the filesystem at the given entry point and renames/relinks/remasters the filesystem-contents (files/links/dirs), based on a list of replacements-2-make.
Why do I need fs-reengine?
I don't know! But I use it to mass-reconfigure the KNOPPIX configuration files and directory names :lol: to remaster the CD
How to use the tool?
First of all you should have the KNOPPIX-CD booted (I used Version 3.3), in runlevel 2. Therefore you have to type knoppix 2 at the boot prompt (when you can see the KNOPPIX boot-screen).
STARTING FROM SCRATCH
After KNOPPIX has finished its booting process to runlevel 2, you'll need a harddisk with at least 5 GB of free space.
I recommend, that you have created a partitition with 5 or more GB of free space and formatted it with an EXT3 filesystem. So let's call this partition /dev/hda5 for our example (maybe your device name depends).
Any of the following commands you should type is highlighted blue. (Beware! Change the /dev/hda5 and /mnt/hda5 to your needs!)
Lets create the mount point, mount our harddisk and create the directories we need:
root@KNOPPIX# touch /mnt/hda5
root@KNOPPIX# mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5
root@KNOPPIX# cd /mnt/hda5
root@KNOPPIX# mkdir /knx
root@KNOPPIX# mkdir /knx/master
root@KNOPPIX# mkdir /knx/source
root@KNOPPIX# mkdir /knx/iso
Now, we have to copy the data in the /cdrom directory:
root@KNOPPIX# cp -av /cdrom/* /mnt/hda5/knx/master
:roll: Take a beer and relax, this may take a while
After that we have to copy the root-fs itself:
root@KNOPPIX# cp -av /KNOPPIX /mnt/hda5/knx/source
:roll: Take a bigger beer, this will take some time, too
Its a good choice, to make your Internet-Connection work now!
However, change to the source/KNOPPIX directory and make it chrooted, and don't forget to mount the proc fs :? :
root@KNOPPIX# cd /mnt/hda5/knx/source/KNOPPIX
root@KNOPPIX# chroot .
root@KNOPPIX# mount -t proc /proc proc
Let's make the internet work for our chrooted environment:
root@KNOPPIX# echo "nameserver 145.253.2.203" >/etc/resolv.conf
...little test...
root@KNOPPIX# ping denic.de -c 4
...a positive response is recommended here...
Lets get some updates and a little "workaround" for our fs-reengine tool.
root@KNOPPIX# apt-get update
...
root@KNOPPIX# apt-get install php4-cgi
...if this fails, read the remastering howtos first...
root@KNOPPIX# ln -s /usr/bin/php4 /usr/bin/php
Now a hard part....you have to edit /etc/php4/cgi/php.ini and set a part to the following values:
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Resource Limits ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
max_execution_time = 86400 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seco
memory_limit = 64M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (8MB)
We grab our dirtly little helper now:
root@KNOPPIX# cd /root
root@KNOPPIX# wget http://linuxcracks.bravehost.com/fs-reengine.png
root@KNOPPIX# mv -f fs-reengine.png fs-reengine.tgz
root@KNOPPIX# tar -xvzf fs-reengine.tgz
root@KNOPPIX# cd Helpers
Now enter...
root@KNOPPIX# ./fs-reengine --help
...this should print something like...
FileSystem - Re-engineerer V1.2 - written by -=PRoCesSkIlL=-
Usage: ./fs-reengine /absolutePath [options...] [extra-options...]
Available options are:
--write-logs => Write Logfiles to /tmp
--rebuild-files => Rebuild the contents of files
--rename-files => Rename regular files
--re-link => Rename / Change target of links
--rename-dirs => Rename directories
--all-options => Use all listed options above
Available extra-options are:
--translation-file "/fileName" => Use a specified translation file
--reverse-order => Use the translation in reverse order
--exclude-names "/fil1;/fil2;/dir1..." => Exclude the given files/links/dirs (Semicolon seperated)
Other commands:
--help => Show this help context
Written by -=PrOCesSkIlL=-
To re-order your filesystem, edit the file /root/Helpers/translation.cfg to your own needs. Structure is:
OLDNAME ~~ NEWNAME
an example file is attached!
If you want to convert the hole filesystem of KNOPPIX enter something like:
root@KNOPPIX# /root/Helpers/fs-reengine / --all-options --exclude-names "/var/lib/dpkg;/var/lib/apt"
(...may take about 2 hours or more, depending on your system...)
Be sure that you have entered: exclude-names "/var/lib/dpkg;/var/lib/apt" this tag, or dpkg and apt could fail after remastering.
Your filesystem is remastered now :) At this point follow the instructions of the remastering how-to.
Feel free to play around :oops: