[Fedora-livecd-list] Development of biarch live CD script.

[Frederick Grose]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Jasper Hartline
<jasper.hartline at gmail.com>wrote:

> Here is another one I've started work on:
> http://autopsy.liveprojects.info/scripts/mkbackup.py
>
> It's purpose is to create a LiveDVD out of the running system.
> This LiveDVD in conjunction with Anaconda's liveinst method of doing a
> direct copy
> of sr0 to sda or similar lays the basis for using this as a possible
> installable, backup solution.
> Also has LiveCD/DVD capability, which is ok.
>
> If you come up with anything we can do on that one too I would be glad to
> know.
>

See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448030 , in particular, the
edit-livecd and edit-liveos attachments.  This posting has some more
background,
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/livecd/2010-August/006098.html .

It's good to see someone else working on this goal.

          --Fred


> I looked at the patch you sent for mkbiarch.py and the directory part isn't
> a good thing, we don't want to make it so non-dynamic.
>
> If we create /x86 and /x64 we could even create /x86/{kde,gnome}
> /x64/{kde,gnome} which would in thoery, be able to create USB disk
> image fitting all 4 ISO discs, two for x86 and two for x64.
>
> Also adding Live.ISO capability, we want to keep extlinux and isolinux
> dirs.
> mkbiarch.py still needs checkisomd5() though.
>
> It is apparently only available in Anaconda, but I can't find where.
> I am pretty sure it implants a MD5SUM file somewhere hidden on the
> ISO,m which can be checked against
> the ISO files to make sure they are not corrupt. This was really
> something that could be useful.. and thank you for bringing it, up.
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