====== Slackware Live CD ======

How to make a cd that boots Slackware

===== Create your install image =====

install a set of packages.  for this example, i'm using the a and n sets (all packages from each)

  mkdir ~/livecdroot
  mount /mnt/cdrom
  installpkg -root ~/livecdroot /mnt/cdrom/slackware/(a|n)/*.tgz

now download the kernel from the linux-live site (listed below)

  installpkg -root ~/livecdroot /tmp/linux-2.6.21.5-i486-1.tgz



===== Build the compressed live-cd =====

Using the linux-live tools, build the compressed livecd filesystems

make sure to configure the ''.config'' file properly

  ./build

Once that is done, it will tell you where to generate the iso from




<tab>[[http://www.linux-live.org/]]\\ 
<tab>[[http://www.slackbasics.org/html/pkgmgmt.html#sysadmin-pkgmgmt-tagfiles]] - tagfiles aren't working for me with ''installpkg''\\ 
<tab>[[http://www.slackbasics.org/html/custom-installation.html]]\\ 
<tab>[[http://www.linuxpackages.net/howto.php?page=livecd&title=livecd+HOWTO]]\\ 
<tab>[[http://www.slax.org/documentation.php]]\\ 



===== Activate LVMs =====

from [[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/lvm2.xml]]

<code># vgscan
  Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
  No volume groups found
(Make any previously set up volume groups available)
# vgchange -a y
</code>

===== Other Links =====

  * [[http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/07/16/21242.aspx|Fedora 7 live cd/dell bios update utility]]

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