Indeed it is far easier to remaster if you can boot it.
Plus desktop customizations become possible that are much more difficult if you're using chroot.
I've never tried to use the persistent home feature during a remaster however. I simply do
Code:
mv /home/knoppix /etc/skel
Some other things I've learned......
You can change the default keymep
install-keymap us
dpkg-reconfigure console-common
Change default background:
cp /your/fav/image.jpg /usr/local/lib/knoppix.jpg
Make it the same as your WM background and you have a nice transition
from text mode to desktop.
Debian menus:
update-menus -v
To remove the original KDE menus:
rm -rf /etc/skel/.kde/applnk
rm -rf /usr/share/applnk
(or just go into those directories
and remove all references to KDE apps).