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73 lines
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Linux Live Kit Improved.
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This set of scripts will help you to
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build your own Live Kit distro. This project is based on
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the original Linux Live Kit. <http://linux-live.org>
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Some information you want to know:
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+ Store Linux Live Kit in a directory which is not going to be included
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in your live distro, else it would be copied to it.
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The best practice is to make a directory such
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as for example: '/tmp/a', and put all the files there.
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NOTE:
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Make sure to extract and use it on a POSIX-compatible
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filesystem, since it will create symlinks and such that might
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not be compatible in for example: FAT and such other filesystems.
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+ Before you start building your Kit, please consider
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editing the ./.config file, and tweak it to suit your needs.
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Most importantly, change the LIVEKITNAME variable.
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+ Make sure you are pointing to the right kernel . If in doubt, change the path in ./.config
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Your kernel must support squashfs and aufs, or else you will get an error
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both while building, and when you actually boot the Live Kit.
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PROTIP:
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On most Linux distro-s, the kernel is in /vmlinuz, a
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symlink to /boot/vmlinuz-* or /boot/vmlinux-*
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PROTIP #2:
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Debian Jessie's kernel has both supported out-of-the-box.
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You might consider using Debian Jessie as a base, but it's not required.
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+ You may also consider to replace boot background in
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bootfiles/bootpic.png and edit syslinux.cfg to suit your needs.
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NOTE:
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When editing the configuration file, make sure to keep all paths
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pointing to /boot/, since it will be replaced to /LIVEKITNAME/boot/
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during the build session.
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+ Linux Live Kit comes with precompiled static binaries in ./initramfs
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directory. Those may be outdated but will work. You may replace them
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by your own statically linked binaries, if you know how to compile them.
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+ If you want to boot your Live Kit from a CD, you need to recompile
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syslinux.bin/isolinux.bin else it won't be able to boot your Live Kit
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from directory "/LIVEKITNAME". There is a script prepared for you which
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will handle all of the building. Simply go to directory ./tools/ and run
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isolinux.bin-update, it will rebuild ./bootfiles/isolinux.bin automatically
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by downloading SysLinux sources, patching them using your actual LIVEKITNAME and
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recompiling. This step is not needed if you only need the ZIP archive version.
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+ If you have tmpfs mounted on /tmp, make sure you have enough (or maybe even
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a lot of) RAM, since Live Kit will store lots of data to the target.
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If you don't have enough (or even went out of) RAM, make sure
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that /tmp is a regular on-disk directory.
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+ If you want to include your own bundules, the 'include_bund/' directory
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might come in handy! Just make sure that the file extension matches
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with your chosen .BEXT extension.
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You will need to have the following packages installed:
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- squashfs-tools
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- genisoimage and/or mkisofs
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- zip
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When you're ready, run the ./build script to build your Live Kit Distro.
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The script will:
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- Build both ISO and ZIP files for you in /tmp
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- Do all the hard work for you.
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- Will automatically check for errors.
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- Will warn you if you don't have the correct packages.
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