Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD

The machines running this would all have the same hardware (or pretty close
to it.) Knoppix has support for hundreds of printers. I know that the
browser would need to run in X but I would only need that. I dont want
something like kde or gnome that has extra BS. I just want only the browser
to run so that no one can hack these systems. I would want to beable to have
more than one browser window open at once but a taskbar would not be needed.
And that is pretty much it. If the flash plugin was installed and the
printing worked this would be exactly what I would need.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jame Scott" <jhs_technical@cox.net>
To: <nolug@joeykelly.net>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD

> Ray's method is correct and essentially answers Mr. Busbee's question.
> Jeff's query is different. Being the new guy I'll take a stab at that.
>
> In principle all you do is decide what parts you want and assemble it.
> Ray's example is a quick and easy way.
> If you were interested in perfect you would have to go a little further
> setup a partition, compile custom kernel and setup the whole thing
> exactly the way you want it then burn it.
> This is essentially the way all Linux used to be prior to "distros".
> There used to be a how to called something like "setting Linux up from
> scratch" that would cover all but burning the image.
> There are some hints in your request that may make this harder.
> For instance even though there are browsers for the Internet that don't
> work with X, I am fair certain that Flash will not be supported by
> them. They are text based and are very fast because they ignore all but
> text and links.
> Second the desire to print.
> If you are moving from machine to machine with this it may be rough to
> predict what printers you will run into.
> I have not looked at knoppix or any other of the "tiny" distros to see
> how or if they addressed this issue.
> I am certain some amount or type of printers could be supported but the
> variety could not be limitless.
>
> On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 17:22, Jeff Lee wrote:
> > Could you be more detailed on how to do this with knoppix? The howto is
a
> > lot more involved than this... is it this easy? I would like to make a
copy
> > that will just run enough software to use a browser to run a flash
program
> > with printing abilities.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "-ray" <ray@ops.selu.edu>
> > To: <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 4:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD
> >
> >
> > >
> > > the easiest thing to do is modify a copy of an existing iso. Put a
copy
> > > of your favorite CD distrib iso on your hard drive, be it knoppix or
> > > whatever. Mount the iso like this:
> > >
> > > mount -o loop Knoppix.iso /mnt
> > >
> > > cd to /mnt and change what you want. remove commands that start X,
create
> > > your user in passwd and shadow, make his home dir and startup scripts,
etc
> > > etc. Then umount the iso and burn it. and you're done.
> > >
> > > ray
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > > Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org
> > > Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University
> > > IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support
> > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > >
> > > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, J. Kent Busbee, Jr. wrote:
> > >
> > > > Anyone here have a clue how to make a bootable CD? I'm looking for
> > > > something like Knoppix, but customized. I don't even want
X-windows.
> > > >
> > > > Specifically, I need a bootable CD of FreeBSD or Linux that comes to
a
> > > > login. Then, after login to a specific user, it runs a script which
> > > > does a SSH. So I need:
> > > >
> > > > Linux or FreeBSD op system (No x-windows ness)
> > > > SSH
> > > > Specific users in passwd
> > >
> > >
> > >
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