installing from a debian live cd

Hello, I am a blind debian user, and am interested in the debian live project. I have been "playing" with live-helper over the last week, but the one thing I can see taht I feel is missing is an install from live media option. Once I get a live cd configured the way I would like , I would like

rebuilding a livecd

Hi, Now that I have created my first livecd with live-helper, I want to add a couple more packages to it. What is the easiest way to do this? Should I simply edit the config/chroot file and add the packages to the LH_CHROOT_PACKAGES line? Also what is the minimum amount of cleaning that needs

removing packages from a livecd

Hi, I have succeeded in building a livecd based on the gnome list in /usr/share/live-helper/lists. I want to remove some fo the packages from the livecd to conserve some space. I am not interested in the games and some fo the office applications. Should I simply edit the gnome and included fil

customizing the isolinux/menu.cfg file

Hi, I want to rearrange the stanzas in the isolinux/menu.cfg to make it simpler for a blind individual to locate things like the install option. Is there a simple way to do this without manually editing the iso once t is completed? -- Oracle Donald Raikes | Accessibi

accessibility customizations for a livecd

Hi, I am working on a fully accessible version of the livecd based on lenny. So far I have the livecd so it starts brltty automatically, and I made sure that the orca screenreader is included on the livecd. I copied my /home/draikes/.orca folder to the config/chroot_local/includes/etc/skel fol

RE: customizing the isolinux/menu.cfg file

Daniel Baumann [mailto:dan...@debian.org] > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:04 PM > To: Debian Live > Subject: Re: customizing the isolinux/menu.cfg file > > > Don Raikes wrote: > > Hi, > > Hi, > > > Is there a simple way to do this without manually editing

RE: accessibility customizations for a livecd

Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:06 PM > To: Debian Live > Subject: Re: accessibility customizations for a livecd > > > Don Raikes wrote: > > Hi, > > Hi, > > > However, I have 2 problems: > > 1. when I boot into the livecd, orca doesn't start > aut

RE: Odd DNS issue for Live

Daniel, How does one "turn off" a package in the package list? > -Original Message- > From: Daniel Baumann [mailto:dan...@debian.org] > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 1:04 AM > To: Debian Live > Subject: Re: Odd DNS issue for Live > > > Laurin d'Volts wrote: > > Is that package not typica

automatically starting applications on my live cd

Hello, I am working on an accessible lenny live cd. So far everything is going pretty well, however, I want orca to start automatically when the user gets logged in. I created a generic user on my regular lenny system, and added orca to the startup applications under sessions. After configuri

RE: installing from a debian live cd

h the installer so I am hoping I can get the livecd to install for me instead. > -Original Message- > From: Daniel Baumann [mailto:dan...@debian.org] > Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 11:35 PM > To: Debian Live > Subject: Re: installing from a debian live cd > > > Don Rai

RE: automatically starting applications on my live cd

rom: Daniel Baumann [mailto:dan...@debian.org] > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:50 AM > To: Debian Live > Subject: Re: automatically starting applications on my live cd > > > Don Raikes wrote: > > brltty started fine, but orca did not start > > i'm not fami

RE: automatically starting applications on my live cd

to:joj...@emergya.es] > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 12:48 PM > To: Debian Live > Subject: Re: automatically starting applications on my live cd > > > Hi Don, > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Don > Raikes wrote: > > Daniel, > > > > No the particular

accessible live install?

Hi again, Is it possible to enable at least braille support for the live installer on my livecd? If so, how do I tell the live-helper system to do that, or do I have to manually configure it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

automatically starting speakup on live system

Hi all, I am interested in creating a console-based live debian cd that includes the speakup screenreader. I know i need to include the speakup-modules-2.6.26-2.686 package on my cd, but how do I tell the livecd to load the speakup kernel modules on boot. Typically in an hd-based installation,

RE: installing from a debian live cd

11:43 AM > To: Debian Live > Subject: Re: installing from a debian live cd > > > Don Raikes wrote: > > Do you know if the live installer is accessible? > > live-installer is a component within d-i, not an own > installer. whatever > applies to d-i without the liv

generating live images from sid/squeeze failing

Hi, I tried to generate a livecd using the rescue template, and distribution sid. When I ran lh_build, I got an error saying there was a problem with openvpn. so I switched and tried squeeze, but got another error. Is it just me or are these builds actually broken, and is there a way to bypass

RE: generating live images from sid/squeeze failing

squeeze failing > > > Hi, > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:34:13PM -0700, Don Raikes wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I tried to generate a livecd using the rescue template, and > distribution sid. When I ran lh_build, I got an error saying > there was a problem with open

RE: Live ISO from existing install

Hi, I installed a fresh lenny installation this afternoon, and just for the fun of it, I tried lh_config --clone, but according to lh_config, it is not a valie parameter. I pulled live-helper from testing, I think. I have my sources.list file setup to pull from both lenny and sid, so it should

adding repositories to my live system

Hello, I am working on a customized version of the live rescue cd provided by live-systems. I have several packages that are located in a non-debian repository, so I would like to modify my auto scripts to ensure that each time I build my livecd it includes both the debian wheezy and my custom repo

git cloning during livecd build process

Hello, I have a couple of things that I wish to include on my debian livecd which are only available in git repositories at this point.  I would like to have them automatically cloned when I am building the livecd so that I have the current version of the software available when I boot my live syst

odd behavior

Hi, I built a livecd based on the live-systems rescue image with a few tweaks of my own. I added persistence to the livecd, and have verified that that works fine. I copied the binary.hybrid.iso file to my 32gb usb key, nad allocated the remainder of the key to an ext4 linux partition with the labe

RE: odd behavior

:18 PM, Don Raikes wrote: > When I try to boot off of the live key again, it fails. I have no one > available to read the screen to see what is being printed so can't > give any details on messages. at which point does the boot fail? log files? > This only started happening wh

RE: odd behavior

s-technologies.net] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 11:39 AM To: Debian-live mailing list Subject: Re: odd behavior On 06/13/2013 08:18 PM, Don Raikes wrote: > When I try to boot off of the live key again, it fails. I have no one > available to read the screen to see what is being printed so can

RE: git cloning during livecd build process

-technologies.net] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 11:35 AM To: Debian-live mailing list Subject: Re: git cloning during livecd build process On 06/13/2013 07:16 PM, Don Raikes wrote: > I would would have suspected they should be in the hooks folder under > config, but that didn't work

putting a debian live image on a usb flash drive

Hello, Is there any limit to the size of a usb flash drive that can be used for creating a live-bootable debian system? My binary.hybrid.iso image is roughly 2.8gb in size, and my flash drive is a 64gb drive from PNY. Is there any reason this shouldn’t work? -- Sincerely, DonDON RAIKES | Accessibil

RE: putting a debian live image on a usb flash drive

ebian live image on a usb flash drive On 02/22/2014 12:31 AM, Don Raikes wrote: > Is there any limit to the size of a usb flash drive that can be used > for creating a live-bootable debian system? there's no live specific limit. depending on what filesystem you choose for the bina

problems adding packages to a live iso

Hello, I am trying to build a live debian 7 wheezy iso (actually kali Linux which is based on wheezy) that has accessibility features activated on the live system. I have tried adding the rc.local file to $livebuild/kali/config/includes.chroot/etc And including the line that would aut

accessible debian live cd

Hello, I am interested in creating an accessible debian live cd. My goal would be to start with, for example, the gnome-desktop live-image, and not only ensure that I could install it using a screenreader such as speakup/brltty, but also boot into the live system and have Braille and spee

Building a debian live cd with euifi support

Hello, Is it possible to build a debian live cd/dvd that includes euifi support for booting a euifi system? I recently purchased a new computer that has euifi enabled so I want to be able to run my debian live cd on it. Any information greatly appreciated.

want a live image that boots to console

Hello, I do a majority of my linux work from the console, and would like ot have a live image that automatically boots to the console. I would also like ot be able to launch gdm3 if I have a need for it, but mostly I just need a console-based system. I found a script that should do the t

RE: method for getting speak and espeakup into a debian live image

I am working on a similar issue with a copy of kali linus (a derivative of Debian). My configuration is at http://github.com/dr1861/drkali.git. I think I pulled the speakup stuff out of my configuration because it caused the system to be unbootable, but I will put it back in within the hour. A

RE: Add a package to a liveCD?

Why shouldn't livecd's be accessible out-of-the-box? After all if you just need to press a couple of keys to enable the accessibility features then I see no reason why they shouldn't have the packages in place to take advantage of the features. Brltty wouldn't interfere with regular non-braill

RE: An abrupt End to Debian Live

Daniel, I am sad to see ou go. -Original Message- From: Daniel Baumann [mailto:daniel.baum...@progress-technologies.com] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 9:47 AM To: Debian-live mailing list Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org Subject: An abrupt End to Debian Live [ I don't know why this po

RE: An abrupt End to Debian Live

Me too I am a kali linux user and need to create a highly customized livecd and want to use debian live to do it.   -- Sincerely, Donald HYPERLINK "http://www.oracle.com/"; \nOracle Donald Raikes | Accessibility Specialist Phone: HYPERLINK "tel:+15205744033"+15205744033 | Mobile: HYPERLINK "

problems building custom live image

Hello, I am using live-build to build a custom kali linux 2.0 image, however when I try to modify the basic build environment to add some customizations, the resulting iso is unbootable. What I want to do: I want to enable brltty on the running live kali image. What I have done: I

Bug#812358: debian-live: Please add gparted

Ben, I would consider taking on the task of maintaining the necessary files for a rescue image. I haven't looked into what is involved, but if you can point me to some docs I will take a look and see if it will fit with my time constraints. Sincerely, Donald -Original Message- From: B

Bug#812358: debian-live: Please add gparted

: Friday, January 22, 2016 12:16 PM To: Don Raikes; 812...@bugs.debian.org; Ben Armstrong Subject: RE: Bug#812358: debian-live: Please add gparted Donald - I will help you with this as I can if you're willing to take the lead. -Original Message- From: Don Raikes [mailto:don.rai...@oracl

Bug#812358: debian-live: Please add gparted

...@debian.org] Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 5:00 AM To: Ben Armstrong; 812...@bugs.debian.org Cc: adrian15; Don Raikes; Devin Trotter Subject: Bug#812358: debian-live: Please add gparted Hi, On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 07:32:11AM -0400, Ben Armstrong wrote: > If the three of you wanted to make a blend t

Bug#812358: debian-live: Please add gparted

Adrian15, Thank you for the information. I was able to find the original live-rescue package list based on your blog post. -Original Message- From: adrian15 [mailto:adrian15...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 4:46 PM To: Don Raikes; 812...@bugs.debian.org; Devin Trotter

Bug#812358: debian-live: Please add gparted

r of debian has decided to go a different direction with tasksel-* and blends? -Original Message- From: Ben Armstrong [mailto:sy...@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca] Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 4:32 AM To: adrian15; Don Raikes; 812...@bugs.debian.org; Devin Trotter Subject: Bug#812358: debian-l