Allowing livecd images large than 4GiB
by Bruno Wolff III
I have submitted a feature request (allow with a patch to implement the
feature) for livecd-creator to use udf instead of iso9660 so that the
images can be larger than 4GiB. This would allow full use of DVDs
(the lowest maximum size for standard sized disks is 4.7GB) adding about
400MB of compressed space. This could also be used to create much larger
spins for use on live usb's.
I have successfully tested my patch on a spin that was over 4GiB, but still
fit on a DVD. The testing wasn't that extensive, but it booted and I was
able to run a couple of games without seeing a problem.
I am not an expert in DVD/CD formats so there may be things I have missed.
The feature request is bug 476696.
15 years, 4 months
Kickstarts
by lewis@codesign2.com
How can I get the kickstart to configure the desktop im trying to make
something for my neice with autism but i need to disable all gnome menu's
and kickstart is gonna configure anything is it best to use the %post in
the kickstart to do this in
15 years, 4 months
What is supposed to pull in a display manager?
by Bruno Wolff III
I have been trying to get a games spin in shape and have been doing some
testing using F10 + updates + updates-testing.
I found in my tests that no display manager was getting pulled in resulting
in prefdm restarting enough times to get turned off and X never came up.
Adding gdm to the package list fixed this problem.
(On a related note, even after this something tried to run
gnome-power-manager which wasn't installed.)
Should the livecd-base kickstart include gdm or is there a better fix
for this issue?
15 years, 4 months
imgcreate/creator.py
by Jeremy Katz
imgcreate/creator.py | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
New commits:
commit 3e40d4c418ce8a652b269d48e3794bf49c2765e7
Author: David Huff <dhuff(a)redhat.com>
Date: Mon Dec 15 16:49:23 2008 -0500
Fix, --tmpdir relative path
If a relative path is passed as --tmpdir it sets the build and inst root to
"relative path" which then gets passes to yum as the install root and causes
oddities with dependency resolution
diff --git a/imgcreate/creator.py b/imgcreate/creator.py
index 5c7f13d..82db284 100644
--- a/imgcreate/creator.py
+++ b/imgcreate/creator.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class ImageCreator(object):
return
try:
- self.__builddir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir = self.tmpdir,
+ self.__builddir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir = os.path.abspath(self.tmpdir),
prefix = "imgcreate-")
except OSError, (err, msg):
raise CreatorError("Failed create build directory in %s: %s" %
15 years, 4 months
[PATCH] Fix, --tmpdir relative path
by David Huff
If a relative path is passed as --tmpdir it sets the build and inst root to
"relative path" which then gets passes to yum as the install root and causes
oddities with dependency resolution
---
imgcreate/creator.py | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/imgcreate/creator.py b/imgcreate/creator.py
index 5c7f13d..82db284 100644
--- a/imgcreate/creator.py
+++ b/imgcreate/creator.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class ImageCreator(object):
return
try:
- self.__builddir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir = self.tmpdir,
+ self.__builddir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir = os.path.abspath(self.tmpdir),
prefix = "imgcreate-")
except OSError, (err, msg):
raise CreatorError("Failed create build directory in %s: %s" %
--
1.5.5.1
15 years, 4 months
livecd-creator stops without errors :(
by Vnpenguin
Hi ,
I run livecd-creator on FC10 i386 box (with all updates).
The first time is ok. But after that, when I added some packages into
my KS file, this tool stops work without give me any error message :
=======================================================================
mke2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
Filesystem label=FC-One-LiveCD-20
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
196608 inodes, 786432 blocks
7864 blocks (1.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=805306368
24 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (16384 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 29 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
tune2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
Setting maximal mount count to -1
Setting interval between checks to 0 seconds
Retrieving http://fedora.uib.no/fedora/linux/releases/10/Everything/i386/os/repodata...
...OK
Retrieving http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/rpmfusion/free/fedora/releases/10/Everything...
...OK
Retrieving http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/download.fedora.redhat.com/linux/updates/10/i...
...OK
Retrieving http://localhost/repo/repodata/repomd.xml ...OK
Retrieving http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/rpmfusion/free/fedora/updates/10/i386/repoda...
...OK
===============================================================================
My command line is:
# livecd-creator -v -d -c myconfig.ks -f FC10test --logfile=log.txt -t
/tmp --cache=/var/cache/livecd
myconfig.ks is my customized KS config from XFCE desktop of FC10.
So even with -d & -v options, I see nothing on screen :(
Is there any way to enable more debug output ?
Thanks,
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15 years, 4 months
new dbus 1.2.6-1 breaks livecd images:
by Phil Meyer
Several show stoppers in builds of 64bit F10 after this round of
updates, which include dbus 1.2.6-1.
I get:
Starting system message bus: Failed to start message bus: Error in
file /etc/
dbus-1/system.d/org.gnome.CPUFreqSelector.conf, line 1, column0: no
element found
Several other things fail with lack of disk space, even though the
messaging at kernel loading regarding "no persistant overlay: using
temporary" did appear.
15 years, 4 months
Copy livecd to ram ?
by Tim.Einmahl@kba.de
Dear all,
I am using livecd-tools-013-8.i386.rpm from
http://www.nanotechnologies.qc.ca/propos/linux/centos-live/$basearch/liv
e
to build an RHEL5.2 live-cd.
I successfully created one with a jetty-application-server running an
application.
Now my question is, is there a way to copy the hole cd into memory and
run it from there, like the copytoram from knoppix ?
This would avoid accessing the cd anymore.
We really need this feature, as this server is hosted in the office.
Kind regards
Tim
15 years, 4 months
Config files for livecd-tools
by Vnpenguin
Hi all,
I just installed livecd-tools package on my FC10 box. There is only
/usr/share/doc/livecd-tools-020/livecd-fedora-minimal.ks
Where could I found ks files for Gnome,KDE desktop ?
Thanks
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15 years, 4 months