[Rule-list] Buring a boot CD

[hairylarry at deltaboogie.com]

Hi,

I got this post off of slashdot.

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Linux Boot CD are not difficult to write. Here's how you can write your 
own in a few hours:

1. Compile the system. There's a fanastic guide at 
linuxfromscratch.org [linuxfromscratch.org].
2. Set the fstab up to place all read-write hierarchies on a tmpfs 
filesystem. This include tmp, var, and portions of etc. Have copies of 
the initial state of thse filesystems in a separate directory on the CD 
and set the bootscripts up to untar them at bootup.
3. Compile a highly compatible kernel. Basically, enable most things 
that cannot be compiled as modules and compile all modules.
4. Use devfs with compatibility links. it cuts down on confusion as to 
what devices exist.
5. Create an ISO of the filesystem, being sure to enable all options 
required for bootable CDs.
6. Install lilo into the boot sector of the ISO.
7. Burn the CD.
8. Reboot and pray.

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I think the last half of the last step is the important one.

Thanks,

Larry
Sanity is the playground of the unimaginative. 

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