livecd using fedora core 3 with kde3.3.1, gnome 2.8 etc

[Kyrre Ness Sjobak]

man, 29.11.2004 kl. 20.16 skrev Dirk Westfal:
> On Monday 29 November 2004 18:49, Arangel Angov wrote:
> > Dirk Westfal wrote:
> ...
> 
> > I'm very interested in this. I wanted to make a fedora 2 live cd for a
> > few months now. The problem is, there is no proper documentation and all
> > the scripts for making live cd's are buggy or not working. How did you
> > do it? Any good documentation?
> 
> Well... 'good docu' for the livecd build-process ...  that`s a very critical 
> point yet :) 
> 
> I`m trying to create a set of scripts to facilitate the process, but it`s 
> still not very easy to get it right and 'end-user' doable. 
> 
> It starts with package dependencies (it`s quite easy to end up with a 2,8 GB 
> install) and ends with mostly small things (some software that needs write 
> permission in /usr, missing symlinks, changes in system scripts etc.), that 
> can easely prevent a livecd -system from working. 
> 
> I`ve automated most of the stuff using a shellscript that guides throught the 
> build-process in ~11 steps, and eleminated a lot of pitfalls by putting the 
> livecd-specific adjustments into rpm packages (the 'livecd- rpms' - included 
> in the 1.40 cd in  /rpms folder).
> 
> All tools i use are currently included in a 'livecd-devel.tar.gz' in the 
> barebone image - they are working - at least for me - but there are still a 
> lot of loose ends, and it is not 'bullet-proof' enough to turn it loose as 
> single package. 
> 
> My current approach for end-users is to provide a 'basic' image (the 
> 'barebone') as working example that includes just yum and a few other tools 
> that can be 'remastered' into full working system or used as a 'base' for own 
> systems. 
> (document: http://www.linux4all.de/livecd/barebone/customization-1.1.htm )
> 

Just wondering - all that with read-only root etc. - don't this project
share a lot of common goals (or at least technical ways to get there)
with the stateless project?