[Voyage-linux] Voyage linux on USB flash drive

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Thanks Lee,

At least I know there are someone who still need the SDK, and the SDK is still working for customizing a distro for your 
own need.

Regards,
Punky


On 11/11/2011 2:21 AM, Lee Woldanski wrote:
> Hi Jorge,
>
> Sounds like you are going down a road that I have already traveled.
>
> I would download the SDK, install it, and set up the build environment
> to let you "rebuild" the distribution images (live build scripts).
>
> Get yourself some kernel source, and use the Voyage kernel config as a
> starting point to customize your own kernel.
>
> You are also going to probably need to patch the kernel source to
> support aufs in order for the Debian Live stuff to work properly.
>
> If that all works, you should be able to use your generated kernel
> .deb for the kernel used when re-building the distro.
>
> Finally, it should just be a matter of running "./build.sh img" which
> will build you the distro image.
>
> You can use the .img with dd or physdiskwrite to write it directly to
> a USB stick.
>
> Then you will have the equivalent of a CD-R Live CD on a USB stick.
> You can boot from that stick and use it like you would use the Live
> CD, including using the installer scripts to install your customized
> build on a machine.
>
> I have gone through this whole process a few times now to build myself
> a custom Amateur Radio tailored installation (based on 0.7.5
> currently). I can give you some more help off-line if you like.
>
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> Lee
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Kim-man "Punky" Tse
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