Re-arranging cloop files

[vkrishn]

Greetings, utu

I was wanting to rename the present KNOPPIX to next num,
I guess that would be KNOPPIX2 and then drop a KNOPPIX(new) file,
so now KNOPPIX2(Orig KNOPPIX ~ 3.9Gb) is overlayed after newer KNOPPIX.

Note that overlaying works properly,
but most of the time the booting stops at "starting syslog" msg.
If I press ctr+c, booting continues,
but then this is not ok as some important services may not get started.

I hope I am making sense.

[vkrishn]

Studying the file 'init' you may see how KNOPPIX handles
overlays. There are a lot of options there already.

Ah, yes.
Checked runknoppixlib() and runknoppixchroot(), seems orig KNOPPIX is needed.
Option would be to figure out the minimum files needed for init to run before switchroot.

[utu]

Greetings again, vkrishn

It's not clear to me what your needs might be, but there are two
additional means of modification built into Knoppix, other than
additional cloop overlays. Somewhat 'hidden' in the Knoppix-cheatcodes
text are the following ideas. Perhaps one of these might be of some
use to you.

Excerpts from knoppix-cheatcodes.txt

If you place an update*.zip or update*tar.gz file on the medium holding
the KNOPPIX data, it will be unpacked onto the overlayed filesystem
before starting "init", thus allowing quick reconfiguration of the
system.

The file "knoppix.sh", if residing in the main KNOPPIX directory, will
be execuded after autoconfiguration and before starting the graphical
desktop. It can be used in order to start additional services.