Remastering - The easy way

[redss]

Thats the way I did it, created the swap file outside the script so that I didn't have to do that when inside the script. My remaster worked out really well too, since I remastered to a 1 Gb flash card instead of CD, I didn't have to worry about trimming the iso back down to 700 Mb either. Remastering to flash doesnt even require the step to create the iso; only the step to create the compressed FS. And now my system totally flies, since it never has to access CD anymore. BTW I spent < $150 on the flash card and CF-IDE adaptor.

[ProDJ Tech]

Thank you for the suggestion to create the swapfile before running the script. That worked wonderfully. This script has made remastering a lot easier. Of course, I say that before having produced a final result.

Let's just say, so far, so good.

[bfree]

So is there a way to make this 714Mb iso be 700Mb?
I can strip some software of course, but i'd like to use same compression as original iso does.

http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop..._compressed_fs
Basically use -b with the create_compressed_fs command though it will take a lot longer to create the cloop file.

Anyone know the status of the distributed cloop tool, any chance of it appearing in knoppix/klik/live-installer? It would sure make it easier to use -b for people who can get there hands on extra machines (and it's even an improvement on smp machines)!

[ProDJ Tech]

Ok, I've run into another little problem here.... Where do you edit the launch bar across the bottom and where do you set the default background image at? I'm having a little difficulty finding this information.

[redss]

for the background you can modify /usr/local/lib/knoppix.jpg (during bootup) and /KNOPPIX/background.jpg

[hurrells]

Just curious, why worry about customizing KDE for the remaster?

I skipped KDE customization during the remaster, since I was able to customize it later and save the settings into knoppix.sh/configs.tbz.

How is this done and where are the files?

[redss]

in the knoppix menu in the quicklaunch tray on the bottom (picture of the penguin), choose configure->save knoppix configuration. It'll save a knoppix.sh into a mounted filesystem you select such as a floppy drive or usb key drive.

[darkonc]

As Fabian asked Vick, why so old versions? Well, I'm amazed for what the progress of Knoppix has been, ..... but I primarily use a Toshiba laptop, which as many postings in this site confirm, many of them stopped working with Knoppix after 2003-06-06. That was the last fine working version for my machine. In all that have followed, the hard disk cannot be mounted, even if fdisk reports the partitions without problem.
Thx.

Try booting nodma I had a similar problem with a desktop box. and booting nodma seemed to work fine. dunno why.

[locutus]

As Fabian asked Vick, why so old versions? Well, I'm amazed for what the progress of Knoppix has been, ..... but I primarily use a Toshiba laptop, which as many postings in this site confirm, many of them stopped working with Knoppix after 2003-06-06. That was the last fine working version for my machine. In all that have followed, the hard disk cannot be mounted, even if fdisk reports the partitions without problem.
Thx.

Try booting nodma I had a similar problem with a desktop box. and booting nodma seemed to work fine. dunno why.

Good recommendation. DMA was ENABLED by default in one of the more recent version of KNOPPIX( v3.3 something or maybe v3.4 ). I know this because I used to always hack my knoppix.sh script to add hdparm -c1 -d1 /dev/hda( and hdc ) to turn on 32bit interfacing and DMA.

[jrp]

This looks like a great leap forward.


Where can I get a copy of the BOOTSRC (/KNOPPIX.build/Knoppix.System/Bootdisk/Knoppix3.x files?

I want to add USB driver support to the miniroot so that I can boot from a USB drive as well as adding drivers for the Intel IPW2200 wireless chipset, etc.