making a custom hoary-based LiveCD with a custom kernel

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto]

Maarten de Boer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to make a custom LiveCD, based on Hoary, and following the
> instructions at 
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveCDCustomizationHowTo
> 
> I am running into problems because I want to use a custom kernel (2.6.12
> + Ingo Molnar realtime-preempt patch), 

Backporting kernels is not a task that can be done without understanding
all the implications that are reflected in userland.

> because this LiveCD will be used
> for demonstrating Linux audio. Using a custom kernel is not mentioned in
> the HowTo...
> 

Because it is a complex task for which there is no howto.

> I managed to boot the LiveCD with my kernel, but it fails with:
>  Starting Ubuntu...
>  NET: Registered protocol family 1
>  pivot_root: No such file or directory
>  /sbin/init: 428: cannot open dev/console: No such file
>  Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

You mostlikely installed 2.6.12 in hoary using glibc from breezy that's bad.
This will require you to backport another set of packages from breezy.

Also.. you will need to create the specific livecd initrd with kernel udebs
that you are not and can't easily.

Fabio

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