Clarifying the FAQ: Running a script after booting from CD

["Tim Legg" <postfix_list@timothylegg.com>]

After booting using a CD, I would like a script to run.

I did find an entry in the FAQ at:

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/FAQ#Q.3AHowdoIaddascriptrunningimmediatelyafterallotherscriptswhenthelivesystemboots.3F

I don't understand the instructions.  Maybe somebody could clarify.  Here
is how I interpreted to answer in the FAQ.



So I created the directory that didn't exist.

$ mkdir -p
config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/live-bottom/99script

and then I ran chmod -x on that path

$ chmod +x
config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/live-bottom/99script

I got my script which has already had its permissions and executable flag
set and copied it there

$ cp script.scr
~/live/config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/live-bottom/99script

but when I become root and:

# lh_build

It goes on with all it's business and exits successfully, but never
creates an image.  The tail end of it's output is below.

Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main Packages
Reading package lists... Done
P: Deconfiguring file /etc/hostname
P: Deconfiguring file /bin/hostname
P: Deconfiguring file /etc/resolv.conf
P: Deconfiguring file /etc/hosts
P: Begin unmounting filesystems...

The reference in the FAQ for the example script says it can be found at
/usr/share/live-helper/examples/hooks/update-initramfs.sh  I followed the
instructions in the file by copying it to ~/live/config/chroot_local-hooks
, but lh_build exited with an error.

I have been able to successfully create an image by running lh_config and
then lh_build in a separate directory with none of the files modified.

Tim Legg