Customization from the ground up?

[cyber_mage]

I am working on a custom CD and need just Xwindows, a window manager, network support, and the auto detect tools. I have made one version after reading the Remastering HOWTO. I had to use a large chainsaw to remove a large chunk but still it seems there are things that I don't need. That and it is very time consuming.

The question, is there a way to build a Knoppix CD from the ground up? This is instead of taking the full blown CD and removing everything but starting with a small set and building from there.

[UnderScore]

I too have tried to slim down a knoppix cd. It is much easier to use a live cd distro that is small than making knoppix small. If you don't really need knoppix then you could try Slax, puppy or damn small linux as they are all light weight live cds.