F10 custom install

[john wendel]

Phil Meyer wrote:
> john wendel wrote:
>> Clueless here,
>>
>> I've got an F10 install running well, and I'd like to move the system 
>> to a flash disk. This flash will become the boot device for a small 
>> system I'm building. Can I just use "cp" and end up with a workable 
>> system? I know that I need to do a grub install. Anything else?
>>
>> I'd appreciate any clues about what I need to tweak on the resulting 
>> flash to get it booting/running.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Clueless ( John )
>>
> 
> You might consider using livecd-creator to create a live custom image, 
> and then using livecd-iso-to-disk to create your bootable flash drive.
> 
> I have done this about 100 times at work, and it works well.  When you 
> use livecd-iso-to-disk you can add overlays for both system and home 
> that will allow dynamic changes.
> 
> Another thing: you might create links to /var/lib/pgsql, /var/lib/mysql, 
> /var/log, etc etc, during the postinstall of the kickstart used for 
> livecd-creator.
> 
> That way, you can have a separate partition on the flash drive for data, 
> rather than putting data in an overlay.
> 
> Good Luck!
> 

This looks like a nice solution for most people. I guess I should have 
mentioned that the system I'm installing isn't "rpm package" based 
anymore; I've removed (as in "rm <file>") all the stuff I won't be using 
for the few applications the target box will run. Everything now fits in 
a 512 MB flash with room to spare.

Thanks for the reply.

John