Hi All!
I would like to create a custom live dvd (or thumb drive) of OpenSuSE12.1 that I can carry around. I want to install some custom applications, so I can’t use the standard Live DVD. I found this online - is this the best way to go?
Since I don’t know what the capabilities of the target machines will be, I presume it’s best NOT to install the Desktop Effects. Does this sound right? The instructions sound dicey - I guess I would need to get 12.1 running/bootable on a thumb drive, then there might be a way to turn that into an iso file to turn into a DVD. And the installation with “namescheme=by-label” makes sure that the drives aren’t referenced in a hardware-specific manner. What confuses me is kiwi_hybridpersistent=yes because I thought everything on a USB stick was persistent (unlike trying to rewrite a closed DVD).
On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:46:02 +0000, PattiMichelle wrote:
> I would like to create a custom live dvd (or thumb drive) of
> OpenSuSE12.1 that I can carry around. I want to install some custom
> applications, so I can’t use the standard Live DVD. I found this online
> - is this the best way to go?
Thank you for the reply. This looks like overkill for just making a bootable USB? This looks like making a separate, cloudable, virtualizable, distro. Maybe I’m just too simple?
On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:36:02 +0000, PattiMichelle wrote:
> Thank you for the reply. This looks like overkill for just making a
> bootable USB? This looks like making a separate, cloudable,
> virtualizable, distro. Maybe I’m just too simple?
One of the options is to create a bootable USB drive - it’s pretty easy
to use, and you can customize the installed apps.
I used this when 12.1 first came out while waiting for a convenient time
to upgrade my systems. It was very slick and easy to do.
My problem is that it’s tricky to install nonstandard software you build from source. I would need to do that interactively on a machine. In effect, it would be like trying to capture (recreate, actually) my current desktop OpenSuSE install to a USB.
On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:36:03 +0000, PattiMichelle wrote:
> My problem is that it’s tricky to install nonstandard software you build
> from source.
There are a few options for this.
First would be to build the software in testdrive.
Second would be to use something like checkinstall to capture the ‘make
install’ as an RPM when installing it locally, and then install the RPM
generated in the appliance.
Third would be to build the software using the build service and
subscribe to your home project in the appliance and install it from the
repository.
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:51:36 +0000, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Third would be to build the software using the build service and
> subscribe to your home project in the appliance and install it from the
> repository.
A forth option that just occurred would be to build the appliance on a USB
and then boot from it and use as a normal install - build the software in
that environment. Since it’s a flash drive, it’ll be persistent.
