changing the session on the live cd

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Thu Aug 18 12:02:21 CDT 2005


On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 08:11:25AM -0300, Alexandre Strube wrote:
> Em Qua, 2005-08-17 às 20:27 -0700, Matt Zimmerman escreveu:
> 
> > Building the CDs from scratch is a complex process which involves many
> > different tools.  It's best to start with an existing CD and replace the
> > bits you want to change.  There's documentation here:
> > 
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveCDCustomizationHowTo
> 
> Unfortunately, this document says nothing about replacing the kernel and
> the initramfs, so we could add some non-supported raid drivers, for
> instance. (via vt6410 is a good example)

You can add modules to the cloop filesystem, and they will be loaded by
hotplug.  The only reason to require a different kernel on the CD itself is
if you need a different driver to access the CD-ROM.

-- 
 - mdz



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