Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] LiveCD from current install

[Frederick Grose]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Marcelo Guazzardo
<mguazzardo76(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote:

>  Hi All:
>
>  I would like to make a livecd from my current install. I tried with
>  revisor and other tools, but, all those tools create an iso from an
>  kickstart file, and then, I should copy my customs configurations. I have
>  try to create a squashfs file, and then replace it in the FC 17 LiveCD. I
>  could boot succesfully, but, when anaconda starts, I allways gets an error.
>
>  I have several questions about creation of Livecd.
>
>  How create a DM Snapshot , like osmin.img . I have search about this file,
>  apparently and lvm cow snapshot, but I didn't find how generate this file.
>  
Device-mapper snapshots are created in the DeviceMapperSnapshot class,
http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/livecd/tree/imgcreate/fs.py#n532

(The args Python list variable provides the elements of a Bash command
line, dmsetup create.)

The basic steps to create osmin.img are described in the
create_image_minimizer()
function in fs.py,
http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/livecd/tree/imgcreate/fs.py#n612

The Python functions usually resolve to a Bash command.

 I was studying the livecd-creator code, but I didn't understand the python
>  code. ¿Anyone here knows what are the steps in bash to create the
> snapshot,
>  and the lvm snapshot? (osmin.img and squashfs.img files ).
>  
>  Any hint will be appreciated.
>  
 The README, has a section 2.1 How the Live CD Creator Works,
http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/livecd/tree/README#n47
that describes the basic steps.

Thanks in advance.
>  --
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The Fedora livecd-tools package contains a Python script, edit-livecd, to
rebuild a livecd from a customized LiveOS image,
http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/livecd/tree/tools/edit-livecd

I have been working on a more feature full version, editliveos,
http://cgit.sugarlabs.org/~FGrose/soas/sugar-clone-extensions.git/tree/ed...

It includes several new options for adjusting the image filesystem size as
well as home.img and overlay file sizes. See this wiki section for the
--help listing:

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Sugar_Clone#editliveos.help

It includes editliveos.py plus liveimage-mount, and temporary versions of
fs.py, live.py, creator.py, util.py (pending incremental patches for
livecd-tools acceptance). The livecd-iso-to-disk installation script is a
new version that uses chroot to run from the embedded source filesystem.
There is also a new Bash script, LiveOS-merge, for merging a LiveOS
snapshot and refreshing an installation with the new image. (A new
osmin.img is not created, but it is only used during installation of a
traditional image from a LiveOS image.)

         --Fred