Create a live CD

[alexmyczko]

would that be hard to create? i have no idea of non-debian based linux distributions.

[trunkmaster]

I've never created a live CD. Do you know how to create Debian based live CD?

It would be great if you create live CD and share results of you work (build scripts, configuration files)! Could you?

[alexmyczko]

Yeah I do that http://livecd.gnustep.org after all, but it was painful everytime different, and I'm behind 2 years.

For Fedora/CentOS you might want to check: https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey

[nicktelindert]

I have some spare time so i could look into it

[trunkmaster]

@alexmyczko, let's change title to "Create Live CD". So this topic can be used as task and discussion.
I assign this issue to @nicktelindert.

[nicktelindert]

I will start with it tonight, i think i have a basic idea about how to do it.

• I first create one for boot only, so without any installation options
• Later goal is to look into installation possiblities

[trunkmaster]

@nicktelindert I guess boot only will be great step ahead. Do not hesitate to ask questions if you face with problems.

[nicktelindert]

@trunkmaster I think i use the livecd-tools from redhat, which seem pretty easy to use. But i need DNF for that. I probably use a virtualmachine to build the ISO because i run Debian 10 on my system. I hope to have a test ISO in the upcoming week

[nicktelindert]

@trunkmaster BTW building NextSpace in CentOS 8 or RHEL seems nearly impossible. They removed alot of development packages which are required to build NextSpace. And for most of them no third party repository was available. I mostly used pkgs.org to search for third party packages.

[trunkmaster]

@nicktelindert I know that RedHat removed some packages from RHEL/CentOS 8. It's better to build live CD with CentOS 7. I've made missed packages for CentOS 8 by myself using srpms from 7 (it's not that hard). I'll try to find specs and send you.

[nicktelindert]

I am using CentOS 7 now in a VM, the kernel is too old to install on my xps 13 that's why i've tried CentOS 8. I hadn't thought of using the srpms of centos 7. Thanks for mentioning it.

[nicktelindert]

I put my Kickstart script on my own github: https://github.com/nicktelindert/nextspace-build-iso

Not tested yet, am still working on it.