livecd February 2008

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Adding data to the generated ISO image
by Asheesh Laroia 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

I have a directory that I'd like to be available on the generated Live CD ISO and accessible to people who put the CD into their machines, even without running the actual Fedora live image. Does livecd-creator offer an option to stick data into the ISO toward the end of the process? (I did take a look and didn't find such an option.) If not, what would be a good way to make this happen? Thanks! -- Asheesh. -- Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while.

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2 commits - config/livecd-fedora-8-base-desktop.ks config/livecd-fedora-desktop.ks
by Jeremy Katz 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

config/livecd-fedora-8-base-desktop.ks | 1 + config/livecd-fedora-desktop.ks | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) New commits: commit ade8a8c33a6e3051ec9bf48d0bacdd1475a2aed5 Author: Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> Date: Mon Feb 4 11:28:59 2008 -0500 ensure liveos dir exists (#431287) diff --git a/config/livecd-fedora-8-base-desktop.ks b/config/livecd-fedora-8-base-desktop.ks index 199093f..2cf42b5 100644 --- a/config/livecd-fedora-8-base-desktop.ks +++ b/config/livecd-fedora-8-base-desktop.ks @@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ cp $INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/doc/HTML/readme-live-image/en_US/readme-live-image-en # only works on x86, x86_64 if [ "$(uname -i)" = "i386" -o "$(uname -i)" = "x86_64" ]; then + if [ ! -d $LIVE_ROOT/LiveOS ]; then mkdir -p $LIVE_ROOT/LiveOS ; fi cp /usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk $LIVE_ROOT/LiveOS fi %end commit 37900892e214169fffcb61da25800fe26e4aa507 Author: Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> Date: Thu Jan 31 10:08:43 2008 -0500 Fix up package name diff --git a/config/livecd-fedora-desktop.ks b/config/livecd-fedora-desktop.ks index 444d655..2738126 100644 --- a/config/livecd-fedora-desktop.ks +++ b/config/livecd-fedora-desktop.ks @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ gnome-blog # more fun with space saving -scim-lang-chinese scim-chewing -scim-chinese-pinyin +scim-pinyin # save some space -gnome-user-docs

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live fedora 8 cd - login: no shell: Permission denied
by ltx＠charter.net 02 Feb '08

02 Feb '08

Hi, I'm trying to build a basic Fedora 8 livecd to use as a vehicle to flash a card I am working on. The flash utility works from linux running from the hard drive so that is not a concern at the moment. My problem - I can't log in! The iso builds fine with command; livecd-creator --config=./livecd-fedora-minimal.ks --fslabel=Fedora8 When I boot from it, or use qemu to test, I can't log into root or another id that I create in the kiskstart file. I followed the instructions at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/LiveCDHowTo which are great, but they even point out that the livecd-fedora-minimal.ks kickstart file found in /usr/share/livecd-tools will not let you log in. (unless you go to all full desktop environment - which I don't need/want) I noticed that the minimal kickstart file disabled the root id, so I removed that and scoured the net and found that kickstart command rootpw allows you to set the root password. That gave me some progress. Now when I try to log in to root I get these messages; Last login: time date... Welcome to my world (this is what I put in /etc/motd) login: no shell: Permission denied. So, several questions: 1 - What is wrong with my kickstart file (below) that prevents me from logging in? 2 - Is there any collections of kickstart files available (other than those that come with the livecd-tools packages? 3 - Where can I find the kickstart file options documented? Oh, my build environment is Fedora 8 (x86_64) with all the latest updates. I point to the x86 mirrors so I can use the CD on older machines. I'd appreciate any help you can offer. Thanks. Jerry lang en_US.UTF-8 keyboard us timezone US/Eastern #auth --useshadow --enablemd5 selinux --disabled firewall --disabled firstboot --disable #root password rootpw emulex part / --size 1024 repo --name=released --mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-8&arch=i386 repo --name=updates --mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f8&arch=i386 %packages @core bash kernel passwd policycoreutils chkconfig authconfig rootfiles %post # FIXME: it'd be better to get this installed from a package cat > /etc/rc.d/init.d/fedora-live << EOF #!/bin/bash # # live: Init script for live image # # chkconfig: 345 00 99 # description: Init script for live image. . /etc/init.d/functions if ! strstr "\`cat /proc/cmdline\`" liveimg || [ "\$1" != "start" ] || [ -e /.liveimg-configured ] ; then exit 0 fi exists() { which \$1 >/dev/null 2>&1 || return \$* } touch /.liveimg-configured # mount live image if [ -b /dev/live ]; then mkdir -p /mnt/live mount -o ro /dev/live /mnt/live fi # add a user useradd -c "Jerry" jerry echo 'password' | passwd --stdin jerry # read some variables out of /proc/cmdline for o in \`cat /proc/cmdline\` ; do case \$o in ks=*) ks="\${o#ks=}" ;; xdriver=*) xdriver="--set-driver=\${o#xdriver=}" ;; esac done # Stopgap fix for RH #217966; should be fixed in HAL instead touch /media/.hal-mtab EOF chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/fedora-live #/sbin/restorecon /etc/rc.d/init.d/fedora-live /sbin/chkconfig --add fedora-live echo "Welcome to my world" > /etc/motd %end

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