[Voyage-linux] rolling my own install image

[Jeff Ramin]

Some or all of these issues might be taken care of for you if
the file /voyage.1st exists when the new machine is booted. I haven't
followed the breadcrumbs to find out what scripts check for its existence
and what they all do, but I know the sshd keys will be regenerated. I assume
other tasks are also done.


On 01/18/2011 12:19 AM, Voy User wrote:
> I did diff between the image from which we burn to flash&  what gets burnt
> on to the flash.
>
> These are the differences I found
> - a grub directory (I burnt with the grub option) and files get added to the /boot directory
> - The timestamp of /etc/dnsmasq.more.conf get updated to current date/time, but not changes
> to the file itself.
> - The following files get regenerated (but the only things changed in the flash in the regenerated
> file is the date/time which is one of the lines in the file.
>      - usr/local/sbin/.voyage-install.conf
>      - usr/local/sbin/test.conf
>      - etc/modules
> - a /lost+found directory gets added to the flash
> - etc/inittab gets modified to comment out some lines&  uncomment other lines.
>   (I assume this is related to whether one choses the serial or console option while burning)
>
>
> So essentially, if one adopts the method Stephane suggests, then while updating from
> the flash to the base image, one has to
> 1) rm -rf boot/grub
> 2) restore the original etc/inittab to the base image.
>
> Does this sound right?
>
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Voy User
>> Sent: 01/18/11 11:11 AM
>> To: voyage-linux at voyage.hk
>> Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] rolling my own install image
>>
>> On 01/07/2011 08:14 AM, Jeff Ramin wrote:
>>>>     On 01/07/2011 01:57 AM, Stéphane Acounis wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         Le Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:46:44 -0600
>>>>         Jeff Ramin<jeff.ra... at singlewire.com>    a écrit:
>>>>>
>>>>>             Hi folks.
>>>>>
>>>>>             Quick question - is there a HOWTO or FAQ regarding creating my own
>>>>>             voyage installation image? I need to install voyage on many machines
>>>>>             and don't want some of the stuff that comes in the vanilla image,
>>>>>             such as asterisk.
>>>>>
>>>>>             Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         Hi Jeff,
>>>>>
>>>>>         This is very simple. Here is how I do:
>>>>>
>>>>>         * install the stock Voyage.
>>>>>         * trim it to your needs: remove unwanted packages, add new ones,
>>>>>            configure network, add users, etc...
>>>>>         * once you're happy with it, take the CF card and plug it into a card
>>>>>            reader
>>>>>         * make a copy with tar or rsync to a directory (rsync
>>>>>            -av /mount/cf/ destdir)
>>>>>         * use this directory as the source install of Voyage ( cd
>>>>>            destdir ; /usr/local/sbin/voyage.update)
>>>>>
>>>>         you can use the command line options of the installer and use a script
>>>>         file to automatically format the new CF and install your version of
>>>>         Voyage.
>>>>
>>>     Is there a list of files I would need to "reset" after doing this? I can think of some issues, such as the sshd key being created after the first>      boot. Or does the voyage.update script take care of things like that?
>>
>> Hi - I am also interested in knowing the answer to this.
>>
>> Basically, when we burn the image to the flash, does voyage.update do any changes to image or does it just to a copy.
>> If it just does a copy, then the above method would work - however, if it does some changes before or after copying, then
>> the above method would need some changes.
>
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