Creating an ubuntu livecd from scratch.

[Josef Wolf]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:17:31PM +0100, Josef Wolf wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to create a customized ubuntu livecd from scratch based on
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch
> 
> When the created image boots, it says:
> 
>   boot:
>   Loading /casper/vmlinuz..............................
>   Loading /casper/initrd.gz...............................................
>   Ready.
>   [  0.000000] ACPI: No DMI BIOS year, acpi=force is required to enable ACPI
>   Loading, please wait....
> 
> Then the system hangs for a long time.  Finally, it writes:
> 
>     check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
>     or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules, ls /dev
>   ALERT! does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
> 
> Then busybox's ash is started up.
> 
> Any ideas about what I have messed up here?  Below, I have attached the
> exact commands I have issued.  I have inserted spaces and linebreaks in
> this mail to improve readability.

The problem appears to be a missing "boot=casper" in isolinux.cfg which
is needed to actually activate the casper start scripts.

But now I notice that most of my customizations which I had done within
the chroot (hostname, hosts, timezone, fstab, keyboard) are gone.  What
gives?  What is causing this?