[Fedora-livecd-list] I just wanna run firefox! Only firefor! How to write the ks file?(minimalks file).

2008-07-23 Thread Pollux Su 
Hi,
   I just wanna run firefox on livecd.Only firefox,firefox only.
   How to write the miiinmalll ks file. Thanks you very much.
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Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] How to install a tar file (not a rpm ) into livecd?

2008-07-23 Thread Tim Wood 

Pollux Su wrote:

hehehe... it looks like you found a previous post I did on this that I 
was too tired to redo :-)  Glad to be of help.


Tim


hi tim:
   Thanks for your fast reply, I've found how to copy file to livecd 
using the %post-nochroot and pasted here,you made my day,thanks again.



in your own config/kickstart, you can add a section like the following
(note, you can just add this, as there can be multiple of these %post
sections)

%post --nochroot

mkdir $INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/extramedia
cp /home/mdickson/some.mpeg \
$INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/extramedia/

mkdir $LIVE_ROOT/momedia
cp /home/mdickson/someother.mpeg \
$LIVE_ROOT/momedia/

%end

Note, the first part, will add the file to the root filesystem that is
visible when you boot up the livecd/usb.  And as a result will be
compressed during the build process (but obviously not well, as mpeg is
already compressed as much as it can).

The second part (using LIVE_ROOT instead of INSTALL_ROOT), will add the
file to the cdrom filesysem, uncompressed.  As such, the user could for
instance easily see the file if they dropped the cdrom into a windows
system (on the cdrom, under the top level folder 'momedia').


On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Tim Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:


If you're trying to build a program from a tar file and install
it, then your best option is going to be to go the rpm route. 


If you just want to copy some files over to a livecd, you can do
it during post nochroot.  If you do a search on the list archives,
you'll find details.

Tim


Pollux Su wrote:

Hi,I have some problems when I build a livecd.
   Is there someone has experience in installing a tar file into
livecd?  Should I rebuild this tar file into a rpm?
   If I just want to copy some files into the livecd I have
built,how to do this? unpack the osmin.img or squashfs.img? How
can I do?
   Need help!!!  Thanks for your time. Help,please!

Regards
Pollux Su


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Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] How to install a tar file (not a rpm ) into livecd?

2008-07-23 Thread Pollux Su 
hi tim:
   Thanks for your fast reply, I've found how to copy file to livecd using
the %post-nochroot and pasted here,you made my day,thanks again.


in your own config/kickstart, you can add a section like the following
(note, you can just add this, as there can be multiple of these %post
sections)

%post --nochroot

mkdir $INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/extramedia
cp /home/mdickson/some.mpeg \
$INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/extramedia/

mkdir $LIVE_ROOT/momedia
cp /home/mdickson/someother.mpeg \
$LIVE_ROOT/momedia/

%end

Note, the first part, will add the file to the root filesystem that is
visible when you boot up the livecd/usb.  And as a result will be
compressed during the build process (but obviously not well, as mpeg is
already compressed as much as it can).

The second part (using LIVE_ROOT instead of INSTALL_ROOT), will add the
file to the cdrom filesysem, uncompressed.  As such, the user could for
instance easily see the file if they dropped the cdrom into a windows
system (on the cdrom, under the top level folder 'momedia').


On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Tim Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>  If you're trying to build a program from a tar file and install it, then
> your best option is going to be to go the rpm route.
>
> If you just want to copy some files over to a livecd, you can do it during
> post nochroot.  If you do a search on the list archives, you'll find
> details.
>
> Tim
>
>
> Pollux Su wrote:
>
> Hi,I have some problems when I build a livecd.
>Is there someone has experience in installing a tar file into livecd?
> Should I rebuild this tar file into a rpm?
>If I just want to copy some files into the livecd I have built,how to do
> this? unpack the osmin.img or squashfs.img? How can I do?
>Need help!!!  Thanks for your time. Help,please!
>
> Regards
> Pollux Su
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Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] How to install a tar file (not a rpm ) into livecd?

2008-07-23 Thread Tim Wood 
If you're trying to build a program from a tar file and install it, then 
your best option is going to be to go the rpm route. 

If you just want to copy some files over to a livecd, you can do it 
during post nochroot.  If you do a search on the list archives, you'll 
find details.


Tim


Pollux Su wrote:

Hi,I have some problems when I build a livecd.
   Is there someone has experience in installing a tar file into 
livecd?  Should I rebuild this tar file into a rpm?
   If I just want to copy some files into the livecd I have built,how 
to do this? unpack the osmin.img or squashfs.img? How can I do?

   Need help!!!  Thanks for your time. Help,please!

Regards
Pollux Su


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[Fedora-livecd-list] How to install a tar file (not a rpm ) into livecd?

2008-07-23 Thread Pollux Su 
Hi,I have some problems when I build a livecd.
   Is there someone has experience in installing a tar file into livecd?
Should I rebuild this tar file into a rpm?
   If I just want to copy some files into the livecd I have built,how to do
this? unpack the osmin.img or squashfs.img? How can I do?
   Need help!!!  Thanks for your time. Help,please!

Regards
Pollux Su
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[Fedora-livecd-list] jdk not included on iso image using revisor on fc7

2008-07-23 Thread jie sun 
Hi,
   I am using Revisor to create custom fc7 CD. But whenever I include either 
GNOME or KDE  in %packages in my kickstart file, the jdk rpm will not be 
included in the result iso image. If I remove both GNOME AND KDE, then jdk will 
be included in my iso image.

   Anybody has any idea on how to install jdk  with either GNOME or KDE ? 

%package
@ GNOME Desktop Environment
@ KDE (K Desktop Environment )
jdk


Regards,
Jie





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RE: [Fedora-livecd-list] local hard disk space?

2008-07-23 Thread DON . RAIKES 
Tony,

You need to make sure that oyou have ntfs support on your livecd. You will need 
the ntfs-progs and/or ntfs-3g packages installed before you can mount using 
ntfs.
  -Original Message-
  From: Coco Computers & Consulting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:16 AM
  To: fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com
  Subject: Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] local hard disk space?


Thanks Doug.
In continuing to experiment with CentOS5.1 Live CD I have been able to 
cross-mount drives from other linux systems on my network, but as yet I have 
not found a way to mount the local hard drive. I tried (as root) to mount it 
via:
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1  /local
because the Graphical Hardware utility recognized my primary local hard 
drive as /dev/hda1 and because the man page for mount says that 'ntfs' is a 
valid specification for filesystem type. My local hard drive is an ntfs 
(Windows XP) filesystem. But when I attempt this mount I get an error message 
saying that 'ntfs' is not a valid filesystem type. Is there any way at all to 
mount the local hard drive? That would make the LiveCD distribution much more 
valuable, I think.
--thanks,
--Tony C.


Coco Computers & Consulting
http://coconets.homeip.net


--- On Tue, 7/22/08, Douglas McClendon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  From: Douglas McClendon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  Subject: Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] local hard disk space?
  To: fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com
  Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 8:08 PM


Coco Computers & Consulting wrote:> When I boot with Centos 5.1 Live CD, a df 
command shows the root > filesystem / is mounted to /dev/mapper/livecd-rw and 
shows a total of > about 4GB with 50% available. Is this disk space from my 
local hard > drive? How is it carved out? My local hard drive is
 installed with a > Windows XP system. Does LiveCD simply create a 4GB file on 
the local > hard drive for its own use?No, the 4G is basically imaginary.  
Whatever amount it starts out asused, say 2.1G, is actually compressed data on 
the cdrom, i.e. about675MB.  Once booted and files/blocks are written, they are 
written toram (or with liveusb persistence, flash/disk).  The only reason for 
thearbitrary 4G number, as opposed to say, 1000G, is that the formattingdata of 
a larger filesystem would take up a little bit of extra space,even compressed.  
Theoretically if you had a 16GB ram system, you'd be abit unhappy that an 
artificial limitation of 4GB of writable blocks isbeing used, when you have 
more ram than that to burn.  Long ago Isubmitted a patch such that the 
devicemapper device would havea size greater than 4GB, but the filesystem still 
be formatted to 4GB.With that kind of patch, such
 a user of a 16GB filesystem couldresize2fs the filesystem larger post boot, 
and not be limited.  At thetime however, squashfs was not as efficient as it 
currently is withsparse files, and such a larger device would also have 
resulted in moreactual data space taken up on the cdrom (and also 
signifigantlyincreasing the time to author/master the livecd originally).  
Nowhowever squashfs natively handles sparse files, and won't waste anyactual 
space on even a terabyte of zeros.That was probably a longer answer than you 
were looking for.  Executivesummary- the 4G is purely imaginary and means 
nothing.  The fedoralivecd like most livecds, by default, does not touch your 
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http://coconets.homeip.net> > > >
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Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] local hard disk space?

2008-07-23 Thread Coco Computers & Consulting 
Thanks Doug.
In continuing to experiment with CentOS5.1 Live CD I have been able to 
cross-mount drives from other linux systems on my network, but as yet I have 
not found a way to mount the local hard drive. I tried (as root) to mount it 
via:
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1  /local
because the Graphical Hardware utility recognized my primary local hard drive 
as /dev/hda1 and because the man page for mount says that 'ntfs' is a valid 
specification for filesystem type. My local hard drive is an ntfs (Windows XP) 
filesystem. But when I attempt this mount I get an error message saying that 
'ntfs' is not a valid filesystem type. Is there any way at all to mount the 
local hard drive? That would make the LiveCD distribution much more valuable, I 
think.
--thanks,
--Tony C.


Coco Computers & Consulting
http://coconets.homeip.net


--- On Tue, 7/22/08, Douglas McClendon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Douglas McClendon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] local hard disk space?
To: fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com
Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 8:08 PM

Coco Computers & Consulting wrote:
> When I boot with Centos 5.1 Live CD, a df command shows the root 
> filesystem / is mounted to /dev/mapper/livecd-rw and shows a total of 
> about 4GB with 50% available. Is this disk space from my local hard 
> drive? How is it carved out? My local hard drive is installed with a 
> Windows XP system. Does LiveCD simply create a 4GB file on the local 
> hard drive for its own use?

No, the 4G is basically imaginary.  Whatever amount it starts out as
used, say 2.1G, is actually compressed data on the cdrom, i.e. about
675MB.  Once booted and files/blocks are written, they are written to
ram (or with liveusb persistence, flash/disk).  The only reason for the
arbitrary 4G number, as opposed to say, 1000G, is that the formatting
data of a larger filesystem would take up a little bit of extra space,
even compressed.  Theoretically if you had a 16GB ram system, you'd be a
bit unhappy that an artificial limitation of 4GB of writable blocks is
being used, when you have more ram than that to burn.  Long ago I
submitted a patch such that the devicemapper device would have
a size greater than 4GB, but the filesystem still be formatted to 4GB.
With that kind of patch, such a user of a 16GB filesystem could
resize2fs the filesystem larger post boot, and not be limited.  At the
time however, squashfs was not as efficient as it currently is with
sparse files, and such a larger device would also have resulted in more
actual data space taken up on the cdrom (and also signifigantly
increasing the time to author/master the livecd originally).  Now
however squashfs natively handles sparse files, and won't waste any
actual space on even a terabyte of zeros.

That was probably a longer answer than you were looking for.  Executive
summary- the 4G is purely imaginary and means nothing.  The fedora
livecd like most livecds, by default, does not touch your system disk at
all.

-dmc



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Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] config/livecd-fedora-kde.ks

2008-07-23 Thread Sebastian Vahl 
Am Mi 23.Juli 2008 schrieb Jeroen van Meeuwen:
> Sebastian Vahl wrote:
> > Am Di 22.Juli 2008 schrieb Jeroen van Meeuwen:
> >> Sebastian Vahl wrote:
> >>>  config/livecd-fedora-kde.ks |6 +++---
> >>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> Could these changes be made in the spin-kickstarts GIT repository
> >> please?
> >
> > How do I get access to this GIT?
>
> I see you have requested access, and so I have approved.


I've found the group yesterday evening and it sounds like the right place to 
suscribe. Thanks for approving me.

> > Sorry for the question but I've not followed the discussions very closely
> > because of short time atm.
>
> We have a mailing list up and running on lists.fedoraproject.org now:
> http://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-spins

Thanks. I'm already suscribed to these mailinglists.

BTW: Until the status of both GITs is cleared (see Jeremy's mail from 
yesterday) I'll do the checkins in both so that nothing will be lost.

Sebastian


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[Fedora-livecd-list] config/livecd-fedora-kde.ks

2008-07-23 Thread Sebastian Vahl 
 config/livecd-fedora-kde.ks |   36 +++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit 9a7cd25471e221fb3b4ba3736ca02f155cc16b1f
Author: Sebastian Vahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date:   Wed Jul 23 11:15:01 2008 +0200

re-include some packages after the split of kdebase-workspace

diff --git a/config/livecd-fedora-kde.ks b/config/livecd-fedora-kde.ks
index 97f0e00..2bf8887 100644
--- a/config/livecd-fedora-kde.ks
+++ b/config/livecd-fedora-kde.ks
@@ -1,36 +1,45 @@
 %include livecd-fedora-base-desktop.ks
 
 %packages
+
 @kde-desktop
 
 # unwanted packages from @kde-desktop
 # don't include these for now to fit on a cd
-# digikam (~11 megs), ktorrent (~3 megs), amarok (~14 megs),
-# kdegames (~31 megs), koffice-* (~51 megs), kftpgrabber (~1 megs)
-# kaffeine-* (~3 megs)
+
+### amarok has duplicate functionality with juk (~14 megs)
 -amarok
+### digikam has duplicate functionality with gwenview (~11 megs)
 -digikam
+### kdeedu is too big for the live images
 -kdeedu
+### scribus is too big for the live images
 -scribus
+### kget has also basic torrent features (~3 megs)
 -ktorrent
-#-kdegames
--kftpgrabber*
+### konqueror is also able to browse ftp shares (~1 megs)
+#-kftpgrabber*
+### kaffeine has duplicate functionality with dragonplayer (~3 megs)
 -kaffeine*
+### the removal of kdegames will free ~31 megs
+#-kdegames
 
--koffice-*
-# KDE 3 
-#koffice-kword
-#koffice-kspread
-#koffice-kpresenter
-#koffice-filters
+
+# Useful additional KDE3 applications
+koffice-kword
+koffice-kspread
+koffice-kpresenter
+koffice-filters
 k3b
-#filelight
+filelight
 # twinkle (~10 megs)
 #twinkle
 
+
 # some extras
 fuse
-#pavucontrol
+pavucontrol
+
 
 # additional fonts
 @fonts
@@ -41,6 +50,7 @@ fonts-KOI8-R
 fonts-KOI8-R-100dpi 
 tibetan-machine-uni-fonts
 
+
 # FIXME/TODO: recheck the removals here
 # try to remove some packages from livecd-fedora-base-desktop.ks
 -gdm


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