<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.10.2"> </HEAD> <BODY> So, I decide to make a slightly tweaked version of Xubuntu (changing the default language, for starters, as well as shrinking some of the packages and adding others) to pass around to my friends and colleagues. In my searching, I stumble across <A HREF="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization/6%2e10">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization/6%2e10</A> which seems to be exactly what I'm looking for. Following the instructions provided, however, breaks at the step entitled "Prepare and chroot". A bit of digging reveals that I need to first copy my /etc/resolv.conf into the chrooted etc directory so that I can follow the next two steps (otherwise both die for want of knowing where my computer is). Now, from everything I've read, once I've chrooted into the given file system, I should be able to just add and remove packages using apt-get at will. And, sure enough, when I use apt-get install to, say, install apache2, everything starts out working as it should. The problem comes at the point of actual installation, however. When apt-get starts running dpkg (I think that's what it does, right?), everything falls apart. I get permission errors writing to /dev/null (!) for example, not to mention every other directory you'd think that a root account should have access to (/tmp, /var, etc.). The system collapses and my chroot jail is now in a very bad state. What am I missing? What is needed to continue the customisation of the LiveCD? <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Michael T. Richter Email: ttmrichter@gmail.com, mtr1966@hotpop.com MSN: ttmrichter@hotmail.com, mtr1966@hotmail.com; YIM: michael_richter_1966; AIM: YanJiahua1966; ICQ: 241960658; Jabber: mtr1966@jabber.cn "I have never seen the poor people being so familiar with their heads of state as they were with [Michele Duvalier]. It was a beautiful lesson for me. I've learned something from it." --Mother Theresa </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>