linux live

January 9th, 2008, 12:32 pm

i want to make a linux live boot cd

i downloaded the files from http://www.linux-live.org

and as the tree said to the lumber jack i'm stumped

any help on how to make the .iso would be fabby

January 9th, 2008, 12:39 pm

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_build_a_Li ... om_scratch

give it a read, post if you have more questions.
i haven't looked at the page bc the net at the college is going slow >.<

January 9th, 2008, 12:40 pm

ar okies thanks i'll have a look i've not made a linux boot cd before lol

January 9th, 2008, 12:44 pm

ok that confused the hell outta me haha oh well :/ *gives up*

January 9th, 2008, 1:03 pm

Don't give up! They say "If at first you don't succeed, try, and try again." You must not be real interested in making it at all if you give up that easy. It all has to do with paying attention to detail and not typing so fast that you get noodle fingers (#1 cause of people locking themselves out of their accounts), and everything will eventually work.

January 9th, 2008, 1:23 pm

"" You must not be real interested in making it" no i am i'm just ill haha

January 9th, 2008, 1:34 pm

So then laying on your couch with your laptop in front of the tv with a bowl of soup is the perfect time to read anarchySI's article.

January 9th, 2008, 2:38 pm

no lol i havent got a laptop but thats does sound good haha anyways

i get confused right at the start when it says

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emerge squashfs-tools cdrtools
cd ~
mkdir -p ~/livecd/source

1. emerge squashfs-tools cdrtools
2. cd ~
3. mkdir -p ~/livecd/source

that means nothing to me lol

January 10th, 2008, 11:38 am

"emerge" is Gentoo's installation program, so that's saying (paraphrased):

• install squashfs-tools and cdrtools.
• change directory to your home directory ("~" is the shortcut for your home directory - /home/your_username)
• Create a livecd/source directory in your home directory, so you have /home/your_username/livecd/source/

January 10th, 2008, 4:19 pm

is your current host operating system linux or windows? that how-to is telling you the steps to take in a linux environment.

January 11th, 2008, 4:46 am

vista atm i want a boot cd as vista doesnt come with one i mean wth?!?!?!

January 15th, 2008, 10:35 am

are you trying to make a vista livecd and not a linux livecd? (O_o) cuz you can't do that...

January 15th, 2008, 11:01 am

nop i want a linux live cd

January 15th, 2008, 2:10 pm

ah, k good ^_^ lol

January 15th, 2008, 2:49 pm

as vista doesnt come with any sort of back up really i thought it would be a good idea to have so form of os just in case