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About Linux Live Kit Improved
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Linux Live Kit Improved, as the name suggests, is an
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improved fork of the original Linux Live Kit.
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Website (the original version): http://linux-live.org/
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This text file combines all documents into one.
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1] Boot parameters
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These are used by the kernel and the Live Kit
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system itself.
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You can pass these boot parameters to the bootloader:
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Live Kit parameters:
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> debug - Start the Live Kit in verbose mode.
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> dbg_shell - Start the debug shell several times while starting up.
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> from={n} - Load data from {n}. (will search all devices for the data)
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> copy2ram - Boot the Live Kit system just as normal, but also copy data to RAM.
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> perch - Activate persistent changes.
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Kernel parameters:
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> noapic - Disable APIC (if you want, or maybe if your kernel screams about it!)
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> acpi=off - Disable ACPI (if you might be still using a legacy system :P)
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> init={n} - Execute command {n} instead of the init script itself.
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2] Bundles
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A bundle is compressed squashfs filesystem, consisting of
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up-to-the-root directory structure. The older, but still
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functional predecessor of the bundle is called a 'module'.
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The bundle is an improved version of the 'module'.
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NOTE:
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The defaults is 512k, but I opted with 1024k, since
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my system can handle that load, and I will get a smaller
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bundule size, which is a !!HUGE!! advantage!
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And, note: this message is also from the future (2k17!), which means
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that software has also evolved as the years has passed...
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'mksquashfs' will go nuts if you supply it with '-bs' instead of '-b'...
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How to make a bundle:
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# mksquashfs bundle_rootfs wholefs.{bext} -comp xz -b 1024k
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or
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# mksquashfs /usr /usr.{bext} --keep-as-directory -comp xz -b 1024k
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or use function in livekitlib:
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# source ./livekitlib; mkbund bundle_rootfs wholefs.{bext}
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3] Supported filesystems
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The Live distro created by Linux Live Kit can be installed
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on the following filesystems:
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+ ISO9660 (CD) - using ISOLinux
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+ FAT32 (vfat) - using SysLinux or EXTLinux
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+ NTFS - using SysLinux or EXTLinux
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+ EXT2/3/4, BTRFS - using EXTLinux
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+ any other FS - using LILO
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Most users will install on FAT32 for
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compatibility with any other operating systems.
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4] Terminology
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+ This toolkit is based on
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the original Linux Live Kit. (http://linux-live.org/)
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Extracted from the original terminology.txt:
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> also known as Linux Live Kit. Formely known as Linux Live CD. Nowadays,
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> people mostly use USB flash drives, cameras, and other devices to run
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> such 'Live' linuxes, thus Live CD is no longer ideal name for it.
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> Meaning of Kit is like a tool, toolkit, or such. Which (I believe) corresponds
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> with the usage of such Live Linux distribution much better.
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