Re: Portable Debian?
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On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 10:30:34AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
> Mirco Piccin wrote:
> > Hi!
> > Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers.
> > I prepare a usb with many tiny linux distro bootable via usb and with
> > grub (to choice the preferred distro).
> >
> > There are a lot of minimal linux distro, and many are debian based
> > (DamnSmallLinux, Knoppix, for example).
> > I think that for your aim you must use a live distro.
> >
> > It's quite easy to use a live distro in a usb device.
> > You can :
> > - format usb devices as fat:
> > # mkfs.vfat -n <volumename> -F 16 <usbdevice_partition (/dev/sda1, for
> > example)>
> >
> > - mount the live cd iso and usb device:
> > # mount -o loop <iso> <mount point>
> > # mount -t vfat <usbdevice_partition> <usbdevice_partition_mountpoint>
> >
> > - copy all content to usb device.
> > # cp -a <iso mount point>/* <usbdevice_partition_mountpoint>
> >
> > -if it's a livecd, probably use syslinux/isolinux to boot, so find
> > syslinux.bin and syslinux.cfg (in root directory) OR isolinux.bin and
> > isolinux.cfg (in /boot directory);
> > if you find isolinux.* in /boot directory, copy those files in root
> > directory, renaming those in syslinux.*:
> > # cd <usbdevice_partition_mountpoint>
> > # cp boot/isolinux.bin syslinux.bin
> > # cp boot/isolinux.cfg syslinux.cfg
> >
> > (you can modifiy syslinux.cfg to change default boot delay, background,
> > font or to add another distro)
> >
> > - umount usb device:
> > # cd
> > # umount <usbdevice_partition>
> >
> > - and make it bootable with syslinux:
> > # syslinux <usbdevice_partition, /dev/sda1 for example>
> >
> > Hope it helps you!
>
> That is certainly simpler than the procedure I pointed out with the
> link, but doing this will not allow the OP to customize the distro with
> only the apps that he wants. However, if he can find a LiveCD that has
> everything he needs, and it fits on his USB stick, then I see no reason
> why something like this wouldn't work.
>
> Joe
>
I may be wrong, but I remember there was a LiveCD that if you put .deb
files in the /deb folder it would automatically install them at boot
time (And there was a certain way to handle dependencies, too).
Perhaps I'm thinking of DSL or Knoppix?
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