Quote Originally Posted by mzilikazi
I suppose the chroot method is fine if all you want to do is add or remove a few apps but if you really want to remaster you'll boot into your remastering environment.
I use the knoppix-type install, boot into it, change it accordingly and then
compress it and write it. Works flawlessly everytime. No chroot nonsense required! You might like to read this:
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3314
WARNING: THESE SCRIPTS WILL DESTROY YOUR ENTIRE SYSTEM, MAKE YOUR
HARDDISK UNREADABLE, YOUR TV WILL EXPLODE, YOU WILL HAVE 7 YEARS OF BAD
LUCK, YOUR GIRLFRIEND WILL LEAVE YOU, AND THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
WILL COME TO A SUDDEN END. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Sounds like the theme for a country music song!(grin)

Are you using these scripts?
Are you doing something different than I am?

I would really like to do it this way, it's a lot easier but I seem to have problems as you can see.
I don't understand why the video problems, when booting the remasterd CD on my laptop mkxf86config runs & properly detects the video card (ati) but doesn't update xf86config-4 which remains set for the video card of the originating machine (i810). With this setting, x won't start so the system retries with VESA. X then starts but video isn't right.
If I then exit x & manually edit xf86config-4, x starts OK.
There are other problems, I have upgraded to KDE3.2.2 but ksplash crashes or freezes at "initiating interprocess communications" (KDE still starts more or less OK) but this is not likely due to anything in the remaster process.
Also, if I boot the remaster Knoppix 2 then try to startx manually, x won't start & ends up with a 'No screens found" error. If I try to edit xf86config before starting x (using 'joe' editor), the editor starts, reads the file then the whole system freezes up.
I also want to be able to do a HD install from the remaster but 'knoppix-installer' is missing, it doesn't get transferred to the Knoppix-style HD install used for the source. I have tried to just copy it in but that didn't work.
I've tried 3 remasters with various amounts of changes (one with a bunch of excess removed but still with KDE 3.1, one with the same stuff removed but with complete KDE 3.2, one with a minimal amount of stuff removed but KDE upgraded to 3.2) but all have the same problem so I assumed it must be a result of remastering from HD install.
Now (as per my new post), I am having problems getting internet (nameserver) connection when trying the chroot method so can't get apt-get to work.

Any help would be very much appreciated.