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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi all,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I've added some information concerning our LUG distro project/idea to the Wiki. I also came across the following post which describes a way to create bootable live cds from Debian…</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Creating a LLUG themed distro as a Live CD for use at meets or just to promote the LUG seems an easier route than creating a distro from scratch. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Who is interested in helping out? Anyone out there who could create a custom icon/wallpaper scheme?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(snip) in the Debian distro, there is a set of scripts in a package called "bootcd" that automates the creation of a bootable live CD.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The scripts basically copy the installed system to a working directory, compress the directory, and generate a compressed ISO (using the Rockridge compressed filesystem extensions in the Linux kernel). I've personally gotten a 1.6GB system onto a 700MB CD in this way. The scripts even handle creating ram disks to hold /dev, /var, /etc, /tmp, /root, and /home. You can tweak what is and isn't included on the CD and what is and isn't loaded into the ram disks through the config file.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Once the script finished creating the ISO, it automatically cleans up after itself by removing the working and compressed directories. By default it removes the ISO as well if it is configured to immediately burn a CD. I turned this off in the config file so I can burn multiple copies.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(snip) since I'm doing this in Debian, configuring exactly what packages I want on the CD is simple with apt-get. Do a very simple install, "apt-get install" the software you want, "apt-get remove" the software you don't, and then start making ISOs.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Descriptions, sources, and packages (for Debian) can be found at</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://packages.qa.debian.org/b/bootcd.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://packages.qa.debian.org/b/bootcd.html</FONT></U></A>
<BR><A HREF="http://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/bootcd.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/bootcd.html</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Grahame</FONT><B></B>
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