Johnny Hughes wrote: > Patrice Guay wrote: >> I am currently building a Live CD for CentOS 5. I am using the >> livecd-creator script from the livecd-tools project [1]. >> >> Here is my setup: >> - A workstation with CentOS 5 i386 >> - dosfstools 2.11-8 [2] >> - livecd-tools 009-11 [2] >> - pykickstart 1.0-1 [2] >> >> To create a live CD, you need a kickstart configuration file[3]. >> >> You also need to increase the maximum number of open files: >> # ulimit -n 65535 >> >> Then, you can start the creation process (~30 minutes): >> # livecd-creator --config=centos-livecd-desktop.ks >> >> The resulting iso image (644MB) can be transfered to an USB key... >> # livecd-iso-to-disk <isopath> <usbstick device> >> >> ... or simply burned to a CD or DVD. >> >> The live CD has a writable /usr directory. However, it can not be used >> to install CentOS 5 on your system. A new anaconda package will be >> required to achieve this functionality. >> >> [1] http://git.fedoraproject.org/?p=hosted/livecd >> [2] These packages are available at >> http://www.nanotechnologies.qc.ca/propos/linux/centos-live/i386/live >> [3] >> http://www.nanotechnologies.qc.ca/propos/linux/centos-live/i386/live/centos-livecd-desktop.ks >> >> >> -- >> Patrice Guay > Thanks. I was working on this too ... but since you have finished this > part, I will concentrate on anaconda to try and get this installable. > > Thank you for your hard work on the Live CD. > > Johnny Hughes I completed a first version of a Live CD from which one could install CentOS 5. The installation process uses anaconda in graphical mode. I had to repackage several srpms from Fedora 7 to achieve this - anaconda being the hardest since it contains a lot of branding. As always, those packages are available at: http://www.nanotechnologies.qc.ca/propos/linux/centos-live/i386/live The receipe given above will yield a Live CD including an installer. I would be pleased if the CentOS QA team could review my work. -- Patrice Guay