[TriLUG] Edit Linux distro (livecd) from Windows

[OlsonE at aosa.army.mil]

Got it! Probably an easier way to do this ...but it was by far the fastest (for me).

mkdir /tmp/gentoo/livecd
mount -o loop gentoo-livecd-2007.0.iso /tmp/livecd
mkdir /tmp/gentoo/extract
rsync -ax /tmp/gentoo/livecd /tmp/gentoo/extract
umount /tmp/gentoo/livecd
mkdir /tmp/gentoo/squashfs
mount -t squashfs -o loop /tmp/livecd/image.squashfs /tmp/gentoo/squashfs
mkdir /tmp/gentoo/squashfs_extract
rsync -av /tmp/gentoo/squashfs /tmp/gentoo/squashfs_extract
umount /tmp/gentoo/squashfs

-- this is where you copy what you want into the /tmp/gentoo/squashfs_extract layout.
-- once you're satisfied, rebuild the squashfs filesystem (mksquashfs), and rebuild the iso (mkisofs).

Huzzah! Now I have my Gentoo LiveCD with a few files I inserted. Mission accomplished. 

Cristóbal, thanks for pointing me to the Ubuntu LiveCD remastering. It at least started me off in the right direction!

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of OlsonE at aosa.army.mil
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:20 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Edit Linux distro (livecd) from Windows

Gentoo also identifies it as "squashfs-tools". I'll give the Ubuntu instruction a try and see if they work out in Gentoo. 

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Cristóbal Palmer
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:19 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Edit Linux distro (livecd) from Windows

Durrr. I missed your second post. Sorry for asking questions you'd already answered.

Under debian you'd need "squashfs-tools" ... what is it in Gentoo? The Ubuntu instructions make it fairly obvious. Maybe they'll be a good reference in trying it under Gentoo?

On 7/24/07, OlsonE at aosa.army.mil <OlsonE at aosa.army.mil> wrote:
> Using the Gentoo Linux LiveCD (2007.0-r1), I've got the mount part down.
> However, all the "good stuff" is contained in the image.squashfs file, 
> and that ....I cannot get into.

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