Re: Remastering LiveCDs - how to keep unnecessary data out
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 02:11:57AM +, ][ wrote: On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:15:49 -0500, Juergen Fiedler wrote: what other files and directories can I leave out of the squashfs to make the whole thing a bit smaller? From my personal archive: A 'clean-up' script called 'remaster-clean' will be included with this [...] retrieved from http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Remaster_From_Hd_Install_HowTo less than a year ago. check out the rest there. Eep. Even after running the cleanup script, the process of doing an apt-get update and reinstalling one package increases the size of the squashfs from 685M to 1.1G. It seems like all it does in terms of cleaning up after apt/dpkg is to call 'apt-get clean' which apparently only removes .deb files from /var/cache/apt/archives - the meta-information sticks around, and that is quite huge in Debian. The cleanup script does provide a nifty tool to build upon, though! Thanks, --j signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Remastering LiveCDs - how to keep unnecessary data out
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 11:30:59AM -0500, Juergen Fiedler wrote: On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 02:11:57AM +, ][ wrote: On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:15:49 -0500, Juergen Fiedler wrote: what other files and directories can I leave out of the squashfs to make the whole thing a bit smaller? From my personal archive: A 'clean-up' script called 'remaster-clean' will be included with this [...] retrieved from http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Remaster_From_Hd_Install_HowTo less than a year ago. check out the rest there. Eep. Even after running the cleanup script, the process of doing an apt-get update and reinstalling one package increases the size of the squashfs from 685M to 1.1G. It seems like all it does in terms of cleaning up after apt/dpkg is to call 'apt-get clean' which apparently only removes .deb files from /var/cache/apt/archives - the meta-information sticks around, and that is quite huge in Debian. The cleanup script does provide a nifty tool to build upon, though! Public service announcement: Unmounting /proc in your chroot before you squash it is probably one of the more useful ways of keeping it small. --j (who doesn't feel overly smart right now) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Remastering LiveCDs - how to keep unnecessary data out
On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:15:49 -0500, Juergen Fiedler wrote: I would like to remaster a Debian based live CD (grml - www.grml.org, in this case) by copying the system from the squashfs image, chrooting to it, making the necessary modifications and squashing the resulting system back up. It works nicely enough [...] grml, yeah, good choice. what other files and directories can I leave out of the squashfs to make the whole thing a bit smaller? From my personal archive: A 'clean-up' script called 'remaster-clean' will be included with this how-to. It is based on the original script by Klaus Knopper but modifications by several users have been incorporated as well as comments to help the neophyte understand what it is doing. It does not restore all config files to default values nor does it remove /home/knoppix. I have set it up this way because it leaves the HD install which I am using as a source intact after making the remaster. WARNING: This script has been successfully tested but as usual there are no guarantees it will work on your system. It should give slightly smaller file size than the basic cleanup outlined above since it removed expanded manpage files, etc. but be prepared for possible problems. retrieved from http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Remaster_From_Hd_Install_HowTo less than a year ago. check out the rest there. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sf.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sf.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
