[Lincs] LLinux

[Dave Rice]

Hi Grahame, All,

I'd love to help.

I'm just about to install KANOTIX www.kanotix.com onto my laptop.
This is based on knoppix but has extra drivers installed already.

I would like to recommend we use this as a base, it also has a 64bit
version which i am using to type this email!  So we could cover all
bases with one start point.

As for graphics etc, i'm not the best artist in the world, but am
always willing to try!

Let me know what you think.

Also, on  a side, there is , again, a thread on my forum -
www.ricey.co.uk, dedicated to LLUG, use it if you like,  could be a
comms tool for the distro design, there is also a irc java chat client
there too, please all feel free to join!  it's free (as it should
be!!! lol)

Regards

Dave (Ricey)


On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:27:36 -0000, Grahame.Mulliss at ulh.nhs.uk
<Grahame.Mulliss at ulh.nhs.uk> wrote:
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> Hi all,=20
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> 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 crea=
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> bootable live cds from Debian=85=20
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> 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=
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> Who is interested in helping out? Anyone out there who could create a cus=
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> icon/wallpaper scheme?=20
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> (snip) in the Debian distro, there is a set of scripts in a package calle=
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> "bootcd" that automates the creation of a bootable live CD.=20
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> The scripts basically copy the installed system to a working directory,
> compress the directory, and generate a compressed ISO (using the Rockridg=
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> 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 handl=
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> creating ram disks to hold /dev, /var, /etc, /tmp, /root, and /home. You =
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> tweak what is and isn't included on the CD and what is and isn't loaded i=
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> the ram disks through the config file.=20
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> Once the script finished creating the ISO, it automatically cleans up aft=
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> 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.=20
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> (snip) since I'm doing this in Debian, configuring exactly what packages =
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> 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, =
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> then start making ISOs.=20
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> Descriptions, sources, and packages (for Debian) can be found at=20
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> http://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/bootcd.html=20
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