Hi,I have some problems when I build a livecd. Is there someone has experience in installing a tar file into livecd? Should I rebuild this tar file into a rpm? If I just want to copy some files into the livecd I have built,how to do this? unpack the osmin.img or squashfs.img? How can I do? Need help!!! Thanks for your time. Help,please!
Regards Pollux Su
If you're trying to build a program from a tar file and install it, then your best option is going to be to go the rpm route.
If you just want to copy some files over to a livecd, you can do it during post nochroot. If you do a search on the list archives, you'll find details.
Tim
Pollux Su wrote:
Hi,I have some problems when I build a livecd. Is there someone has experience in installing a tar file into livecd? Should I rebuild this tar file into a rpm? If I just want to copy some files into the livecd I have built,how to do this? unpack the osmin.img or squashfs.img? How can I do? Need help!!! Thanks for your time. Help,please!
Regards Pollux Su
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hi tim: Thanks for your fast reply, I've found how to copy file to livecd using the %post-nochroot and pasted here,you made my day,thanks again.
in your own config/kickstart, you can add a section like the following (note, you can just add this, as there can be multiple of these %post sections)
%post --nochroot
mkdir $INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/extramedia cp /home/mdickson/some.mpeg \ $INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/extramedia/
mkdir $LIVE_ROOT/momedia cp /home/mdickson/someother.mpeg \ $LIVE_ROOT/momedia/
%end
Note, the first part, will add the file to the root filesystem that is visible when you boot up the livecd/usb. And as a result will be compressed during the build process (but obviously not well, as mpeg is already compressed as much as it can).
The second part (using LIVE_ROOT instead of INSTALL_ROOT), will add the file to the cdrom filesysem, uncompressed. As such, the user could for instance easily see the file if they dropped the cdrom into a windows system (on the cdrom, under the top level folder 'momedia').
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Tim Wood tim.wood@datawranglers.com wrote:
If you're trying to build a program from a tar file and install it, then your best option is going to be to go the rpm route.
If you just want to copy some files over to a livecd, you can do it during post nochroot. If you do a search on the list archives, you'll find details.
Tim
Pollux Su wrote:
Hi,I have some problems when I build a livecd. Is there someone has experience in installing a tar file into livecd? Should I rebuild this tar file into a rpm? If I just want to copy some files into the livecd I have built,how to do this? unpack the osmin.img or squashfs.img? How can I do? Need help!!! Thanks for your time. Help,please!
Regards Pollux Su
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Pollux Su wrote:
hehehe... it looks like you found a previous post I did on this that I was too tired to redo :-) Glad to be of help.
Tim
hi tim: Thanks for your fast reply, I've found how to copy file to livecd using the %post-nochroot and pasted here,you made my day,thanks again.
in your own config/kickstart, you can add a section like the following (note, you can just add this, as there can be multiple of these %post sections)
%post --nochroot
mkdir $INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/extramedia cp /home/mdickson/some.mpeg \ $INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/extramedia/
mkdir $LIVE_ROOT/momedia cp /home/mdickson/someother.mpeg \ $LIVE_ROOT/momedia/
%end
Note, the first part, will add the file to the root filesystem that is visible when you boot up the livecd/usb. And as a result will be compressed during the build process (but obviously not well, as mpeg is already compressed as much as it can).
The second part (using LIVE_ROOT instead of INSTALL_ROOT), will add the file to the cdrom filesysem, uncompressed. As such, the user could for instance easily see the file if they dropped the cdrom into a windows system (on the cdrom, under the top level folder 'momedia').
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Tim Wood <tim.wood@datawranglers.com mailto:tim.wood@datawranglers.com> wrote:
If you're trying to build a program from a tar file and install it, then your best option is going to be to go the rpm route. If you just want to copy some files over to a livecd, you can do it during post nochroot. If you do a search on the list archives, you'll find details. Tim Pollux Su wrote:
Hi,I have some problems when I build a livecd. Is there someone has experience in installing a tar file into livecd? Should I rebuild this tar file into a rpm? If I just want to copy some files into the livecd I have built,how to do this? unpack the osmin.img or squashfs.img? How can I do? Need help!!! Thanks for your time. Help,please! Regards Pollux Su ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Fedora-livecd-list mailing list Fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com <mailto:Fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list
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