[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alban Browaeys wrote: > Le Sat, 04 Jun 2005 02:49:26 -0700, belahcene abdelkader a écrit : > >> I have the knoppix CD, NOT an iso format, I want to >> create an iso BOOTABLE from the expanded directory. >> How to do it please. >> The original CD is bootable this is the content of the >> CD: >> KNOPPIX (directory) ,autorun.bat, autorun.inf, >> autorun.pif, boot (directory), cdrom.ico ,index.html >> > > > Building Your Own Live CD > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7246 > > it also explains how to tweak which programs you want in your knoppix.
The procedure in that article is for Knoppix <= 3.7. The file /cdrom/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX was mounted cloop and most of / was symlinks pointing into it. / itself was ramdisk, created at boot time. Starting with Knoppix 3.8, / is a UNIONFS with some directories from the cloop-mounted KNOPPIX file and others as before, in ramdisk. It's a great article, but does it still work with Knoppix > 3.7? I haven't seen any remastered 3.8.2's yet, and haven't had time to do it myself. Things are missing from article/7246, and from the similar discussions in _Knoppix Hacks_ and the knoppix.net forums. After you unpack KNOPPIX into a directory on your ext3 FS, note the size with du -s . Now apt-get {update,upgrade} and make your little tweaks. Notice how much the "du -s ." size has grown. If you make a new KNOPPIX with create_compressed_fs, it's too big now. "Hack #95 Trim the Fat" suggests removing packages and running apt-clean, but it is never enough. There's more fat, but where? Can you safely remove /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin ? Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]