Copy files from local system into liveCD?

[Jacek Furmankiewicz]

I am trying to copy some default user settings from my local folder to the
/etc/skel folder on the live CD, e.g.:

*%post*
*
*
*# set default user config*
*cp -r $PWD/config/.config $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/skel*
*
*
*%end*

But it doesn't work...

*cp: cannot stat `/home/jacekf/src/remix/config/.config': No such file or
directory*

Is there some trick for bringing in custom files from your local filesystem
into the live CD?

Thank you
Jacek

[Chris Smart]

On 07/06/12 11:02, Jacek Furmankiewicz wrote:
>  *%post*
>  *
>  *
>  *# set default user config*
>  *cp -r $PWD/config/.config $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/skel*
>  *
>  *
>  *%end*
>  
>  But it doesn't work... 
Maybe try '%post --nochroot' instead of '%post'

You will need an extra %end in there too..

-c

[Valent Turkovic]

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:02 AM, Jacek Furmankiewicz <jacek99(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  I am trying to copy some default user settings from my local folder
> to the
>  /etc/skel folder on the live CD, e.g.:
>
>  %post
>
>  # set default user config
>  cp -r $PWD/config/.config $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/skel
>
>  %end
>
>  But it doesn't work...
>
>  cp: cannot stat `/home/jacekf/src/remix/config/.config': No such file or
>  directory
>
>  Is there some trick for bringing in custom files from your local filesystem
>  into the live CD?
>
>  Thank you
>  Jacek 
It is a bit tricky, you need to do it outside of root environment,
hence do this in "--nochroot" part of kickstart file, but you need to
know which temp directory is used for root.

You can check out my kickstart file for inspiration:
https://github.com/valentt/Fusion-Linux/blob/master/kickstarts/fusion-17/...

you should specify which temp folder to use when starting
livecd-creator with --temp= option

Hope this helps.



-- 
follow me - www.twitter.com/valentt & http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com
linux, anime, spirituality, wireless, scuba, linuxmce smart home, zwave
ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic, MSN: valent.turkovic(a)hotmail.com

[Jacek Furmankiewicz]

Thanks for all your help.

I managed to get it to work with the --nochroot option.
Hope to have some results to show soon.

I am trying to create an XFCE-based remix, but with all the extra goodies
like in Fusion/Kororaa, etc.

Cheers
Jacek


On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 6:49 AM, valent.turkovic(a)gmail.com <
valent.turkovic(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:02 AM, Jacek Furmankiewicz
> <jacek99(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  wrote:
>  > I am trying to copy some default user settings from my local folder to
>  the
>  > /etc/skel folder on the live CD, e.g.:
>  >
>  > %post
>  >
>  > # set default user config
>  > cp -r $PWD/config/.config $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/skel
>  >
>  > %end
>  >
>  > But it doesn't work...
>  >
>  > cp: cannot stat `/home/jacekf/src/remix/config/.config': No such file or
>  > directory
>  >
>  > Is there some trick for bringing in custom files from your local
>  filesystem
>  > into the live CD?
>  >
>  > Thank you
>  > Jacek
>
>  It is a bit tricky, you need to do it outside of root environment,
>  hence do this in "--nochroot" part of kickstart file, but you need to
>  know which temp directory is used for root.
>
>  You can check out my kickstart file for inspiration:
>
>
> https://github.com/valentt/Fusion-Linux/blob/master/kickstarts/fusion-17/...
>
>  you should specify which temp folder to use when starting
>  livecd-creator with --temp= option
>
>  Hope this helps.
>
>
>
>  --
>  follow me - www.twitter.com/valentt & http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com
>  linux, anime, spirituality, wireless, scuba, linuxmce smart home, zwave
>  ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic, MSN: valent.turkovic(a)hotmail.com
>  _______________________________________________
>  remixes mailing list
>  remixes(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/remixes
>

[Jacek Furmankiewicz]

Quick question: is it possible to have two %post sections after each other?

In the first one I want to use

%post --nochroot

...copy some local files...

%end

%post

...do some work in the chrooted livecd copy...

%end

I seem to be having issues with accessing the /home/liveuser folder in the
second %post...I always get errors that it is not there.
Does my first %post --nochroot interfere somehow with the subsequent one?

Thanks
Jacek

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Jacek Furmankiewicz <jacek99(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote:

>  Thanks for all your help.
>
>  I managed to get it to work with the --nochroot option.
>  Hope to have some results to show soon.
>
>  I am trying to create an XFCE-based remix, but with all the extra goodies
>  like in Fusion/Kororaa, etc.
>
>  Cheers
>  Jacek
>
>
>  On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 6:49 AM, valent.turkovic(a)gmail.com <
>  valent.turkovic(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:02 AM, Jacek Furmankiewicz <jacek99(a)gmail.com&gt;
> > wrote:
> > > I am trying to copy some default user settings from my local folder to
> > the
> > > /etc/skel folder on the live CD, e.g.:
> > >
> > > %post
> > >
> > > # set default user config
> > > cp -r $PWD/config/.config $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/skel
> > >
> > > %end
> > >
> > > But it doesn't work...
> > >
> > > cp: cannot stat `/home/jacekf/src/remix/config/.config': No such file or
> > > directory
> > >
> > > Is there some trick for bringing in custom files from your local
> > filesystem
> > > into the live CD?
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > > Jacek
> >
> > It is a bit tricky, you need to do it outside of root environment,
> > hence do this in "--nochroot" part of kickstart file, but you need to
> > know which temp directory is used for root.
> >
> > You can check out my kickstart file for inspiration:
> >
> >
> https://github.com/valentt/Fusion-Linux/blob/master/kickstarts/fusion-17/...
> >
> > you should specify which temp folder to use when starting
> > livecd-creator with --temp= option
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > follow me - www.twitter.com/valentt & http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com
> > linux, anime, spirituality, wireless, scuba, linuxmce smart home, zwave
> > ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic, MSN: valent.turkovic(a)hotmail.com
> > _______________________________________________
> > remixes mailing list
> > remixes(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/remixes
> >
>
>

[Anthony James]

I believe the chrooted %post section should come before %post -nochroot.

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Jacek Furmankiewicz <jacek99(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote:

>  Quick question: is it possible to have two %post sections after each
> other?
>
>  In the first one I want to use
>
>  %post --nochroot
>
>  ...copy some local files...
>
>  %end
>
>  %post
>
>  ...do some work in the chrooted livecd copy...
>
>  %end
>
>  I seem to be having issues with accessing the /home/liveuser folder in the
>  second %post...I always get errors that it is not there.
>  Does my first %post --nochroot interfere somehow with the subsequent one?
>
>  Thanks
>  Jacek
>
>
>  On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Jacek Furmankiewicz <jacek99(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote:
>
> > Thanks for all your help.
> >
> > I managed to get it to work with the --nochroot option.
> > Hope to have some results to show soon.
> >
> > I am trying to create an XFCE-based remix, but with all the extra goodies
> > like in Fusion/Kororaa, etc.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jacek
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 6:49 AM, valent.turkovic(a)gmail.com <
> > valent.turkovic(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:02 AM, Jacek Furmankiewicz <jacek99(a)gmail.com&gt;
> >> wrote:
> >> > I am trying to copy some default user settings from my local folder to
> >> the
> >> > /etc/skel folder on the live CD, e.g.:
> >> >
> >> > %post
> >> >
> >> > # set default user config
> >> > cp -r $PWD/config/.config $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/skel
> >> >
> >> > %end
> >> >
> >> > But it doesn't work...
> >> >
> >> > cp: cannot stat `/home/jacekf/src/remix/config/.config': No such file
> >> or
> >> > directory
> >> >
> >> > Is there some trick for bringing in custom files from your local
> >> filesystem
> >> > into the live CD?
> >> >
> >> > Thank you
> >> > Jacek
> >>
> >> It is a bit tricky, you need to do it outside of root environment,
> >> hence do this in "--nochroot" part of kickstart file, but you need to
> >> know which temp directory is used for root.
> >>
> >> You can check out my kickstart file for inspiration:
> >>
> >>
> https://github.com/valentt/Fusion-Linux/blob/master/kickstarts/fusion-17/...
> >>
> >> you should specify which temp folder to use when starting
> >> livecd-creator with --temp= option
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> follow me - www.twitter.com/valentt & http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com
> >> linux, anime, spirituality, wireless, scuba, linuxmce smart home, zwave
> >> ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic, MSN: valent.turkovic(a)hotmail.com
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> remixes mailing list
> >> remixes(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/remixes
> >>
> >
> >
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  remixes mailing list
>  remixes(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/remixes
>
>

[Jacek Furmankiewicz]

Yes, I figured that out by trial and error.

Is there some particular reason why you cannot do the --nochroot first?
Is it a bug or an improvement request?

Thanks
Jacek