Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> Hoang Vu Tuan Anh wrote:
>> I’ve just built LFS. How do I create a LFS LiveCD? I built LFS on an
>> i386 machine
>>
>>
>>
>
> Short answer: nobody knows, and there is no known-working procedure.
>
> "LFS LiveCD" is currently a thing that you can download from mirrors or
> build from scratch (if you are lucky) using the Makefiles in SVN, but
> can't create from your own LFS (the Makefiles build a heavily modified
> version of LFS, parts of BLFS and some beyond-BLFS packages for you).
>
> The best approximation to a procedure used by the official LFS LiveCD
> build process, adapted for starting from pre-made LFS, so far is at
> http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/livecd/2007-October/005090.html.
> According to a private report, it was useful enough, but I still have
> not received a list of errors in my mail. I did not verify it, because I
> need the official LiveCD build to be completely reproducible and thus
> fully automated - thus, I have no motivation to introduce a "pre-built
> manually (and thus unreproducible without the risk of error) LFS"
> variable into the equation.
>
> If you also find that message useful, please notify the list and send
> your remarks (i.e., what was difficult, were there any errors or
> omissions, what you had to do differently, and so on). If nobody posts
> what worked for the task of turning an existing LFS system into a
> LiveCD, the situation with "no known working procedure" will remain as
> it is.
>
Hi:
this message is specially meant for Mr.Hoang, but I am sure the
Mr.Patrakov will be interested in learning as well.
The short answer is: yes there is! Use the script found in
www.linux-live.org.
With it you can create a Live CD from any running partition containing
a working Linux environment.
Actually one will get on the CD an almost "exact" (there are certain
changes to be effected depending on the version of the script used) copy
of the partition, ready to boot flawlessly. Just follow the instructions.
Disclaimer: I have used the above recommended script (one year ago;
version 5.x) as basis for my own rewrite of the script to tailor it for
my requirements. It still uses the initrd technique and unionfs, but it
works even today with
linux-2.6.23.1 /glibc-2.5.1/ gcc-4.1.2/ binutils-2.17/ squashfs-3.3/
unionfs-2.1.8.
I have just yesterday created a Live CD from my newly built bare LFS
with no sources without problems. It takes up 81 MB (iso image) on CD.
Works just great.
Of course, be aware that YMMV... ;)
Richard
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