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Linux Live Kit
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Use this set of scripts to turn your existing preinstalled Linux
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distribution into a Live Kit (formely known as Live CD).
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Make sure to extract and use it on a posix-compatible filesystem,
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since it creates some (sym)links and such.
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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. Best place
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to store these scripts is in /tmp, but remember that your distro may
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erase /tmp on reboot, so you may lose changes if you reboot your system.
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* Before you start building your Kit, edit the file ./.config
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Most importantly change the LIVEKITNAME variable.
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* Make sure your kernel is in /boot/vmlinuz or change the path in ./.config
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Your kernel must support squashfs and aufs. Debian Jessie's kernel does.
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* You may also wish to replace boot graphics in ./bootfiles/bootlogo.png
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and reorganize isolinux.cfg to fit your needs (when editing the file,
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keep all paths in /boot/, it will be rellocated during LiveKit creation)
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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 Those may be outdated but will work.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 plan to boot your Live Kit from CD, you need to recompile
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syslinux.bin else it won't be able to boot your Live Kit from directory
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LIVEKITNAME. There is a script prepared for you which will handle all
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of that. Simply go to directory ./tools/ and run isolinux.bin.update ...
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it will update ./bootfiles/isolinux.bin automatically by downloading
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isolinux sources, patching them using your actual LIVEKITNAME and
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recompiling. This step is not needed if you plan to boot from USB only.
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* If you have tmpfs mounted on /tmp, make sure you have enough RAM
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since LiveKit will store lots of data there. If you are low on RAM,
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make sure /tmp is a regular on-disk directory.
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* When done, run the ./build script to create your Live Kit
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- it will create ISO and TAR files for you in /tmp
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- make sure you have enough free space in /tmp to handle it
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Author: Tomas M. <http://www.linux-live.org>
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