I have spent some time developing a Squeeze live-cd with Trinity. Why? Because there is nothing out there in the mainstream that I like and I have seen no Squeeze/Trinity live-cd elsewhere yet. It is named Exe Linux as I live beside the Exe Estuary in Devon, England.
It might be a good starting point or demonstration for anyone who is interested but is unsure of running Trinity on Squeeze.
The result has (to the best of my knowledge) strictly GPL software. Some custom themes, configurations and scripts are included but are debianized, i.e. they can be removed/replaced by apt (for example extra live-config scripts to support Trinity autologin and locale/language) and should not conflict with Squeeze core system components
The live cd has an optional integrated installer (hacked remastersys) for HD and a custom CLI script for USB persistent pendrive.
It is built "from scratch" using custom scripts, debbootstrap and GNU tools (not live-helper nor remastersys) and is not a "remaster" of anything else. The build scripts are included in the live-cd but are experimental and, misused, could trash a running system. If you want to try a remaster better use remastersys (and please don't request support from remastersys forums because a hacked version is used).
Three locales/languages are built-in (US, GB and ES) No more fit the CD without removing one.
If there is any interest I would like to make this available to Trinity users, perhaps later in the "community downloads" section.
In the meantime the current ISO (685MB) is available here (can paste this in a terminal): wget -c "http://exe-linux.fastfishwebsolutions.com/trinity/exelinux_squeeze_trinity_g..."
md5sum: wget -c "http://exe-linux.fastfishwebsolutions.com/trinity/md5sum_exelinux_squeeze_tr..."
Disclaimer: This is *not* an official Trinity project. There are probably some bugs. There is some scrappy and probably out-of-date documentation. Use at your own risk.
David Hare wrote:
I have spent some time developing a Squeeze live-cd with Trinity. Why? Because there is nothing out there in the mainstream that I like and I have seen no Squeeze/Trinity live-cd elsewhere yet. It is named Exe Linux as I live beside the Exe Estuary in Devon, England.
In the meantime the current ISO (685MB) is available here (can paste this in a terminal): wget -c "http://exe-linux.fastfishwebsolutions.com/trinity/exelinux_squeeze_trinity_g..."
md5sum: wget -c "http://exe-linux.fastfishwebsolutions.com/trinity/md5sum_exelinux_squeeze_tr..."
Disclaimer: This is *not* an official Trinity project. There are probably some bugs. There is some scrappy and probably out-of-date documentation. Use at your own risk.
Thanks David, I'm downloading it now and will try a "unetbootin" install from a pen-drive, I'll give you a report back here with my findings.
Thanks again, I love people who share their work. :-)
On 15/01/11 01:50, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
Thanks David, I'm downloading it now and will try a "unetbootin" install from a pen-drive, I'll give you a report back here with my findings.
Thanks for trying my CD. No guarantees though.
You do not have to use unetbootin, I included a USB script.
Just type in a terminal: exelinux2usb
I also included a (post-install) script to switch sudo to su/kdesu
David Hare wrote:
On 15/01/11 01:50, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
Thanks David, I'm downloading it now and will try a "unetbootin" install from a pen-drive, I'll give you a report back here with my findings.
Thanks for trying my CD. No guarantees though.
You do not have to use unetbootin, I included a USB script.
Just type in a terminal: exelinux2usb
I also included a (post-install) script to switch sudo to su/kdesu
It was a easy install using unetbootin, you added a nice choice of software, I made a couple of notes to suggest adding ext4 for a filesystem choice, and all my systems are 64 bit, so a 64 bit iso would be nice.
Like I was saying, it was an easy install, on booting that's when things got bad, the installer had not made user jimmy, there was only a choice for root or user, I logged in as root and found user jimmy was in fact not made so I made user jimmy using kuser only to get errors while trying to login, also the installer did not setup my network card, I checked /etc/network and the config file looked good but running 'ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0" I would get no network found. Then I decided to go take a nap. :-)
What could I have done to have a more successful install?
On 15/01/11 01:50, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
Like I was saying, it was an easy install, on booting that's when things got bad, the installer had not made user jimmy, there was only a choice for root or user, I logged in as root and found user jimmy was in fact not made so I made user jimmy using kuser only to get errors while trying to login, also the installer did not setup my network card, I checked /etc/network and the config file looked good but running 'ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0" I would get no network found. Then I decided to go take a nap. :-)
What could I have done to have a more successful install?
Thanks for testing Jimmy. I found a typo in the installer script and one file to remove in /etc. Consequently it fails to make the new user. It's all because of the move from live-initramfs to live-boot.
Will upload a fixed ISO later.
In the meantime, here is a quick fix (do this in the live session before running the installer):
In a konsole (one line at a time):
sudo su sed -i 's/1002/1000/'g /usr/bin/remastersys-installer rm -f /etc/live.conf
You could copy this text to a pen drive to quickly transfer it to a live session. I tested the fix on a new install and it worked.
The installer uses grub-gfxboot (grug-legacy) not grub2. It would be better first-off to install grub to partition and chainload it from your current main OS. You can "upgrade" to grub2 post-install if wanted.
Re: network configs: sudo ceni
On 01/15/2011 08:05 AM, David Hare wrote:
sudo su sed -i 's/1002/1000/'g /usr/bin/remastersys-installer rm -f /etc/live.conf
You could copy this text to a pen drive to quickly transfer it to a live session. I tested the fix on a new install and it worked.
will copy that to a flash drive, or have this screen up:)
The installer uses grub-gfxboot (grug-legacy) not grub2. It would be better first-off to install grub to partition and chainload it from your current main OS. You can "upgrade" to grub2 post-install if wanted.
Re: network configs: sudo ceni
what is this?? ceni ?
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On 15/01/11 13:22, paul wrote:
On 01/15/2011 08:05 AM, David Hare wrote:
Re: network configs: sudo ceni
what is this?? ceni ?
Ceni is an interactive CLI app to setup network configs be it wired or wireless. It reads user input and writes up /etc/network/interfaces for you. Quickest way I know to set up a live-session or new install for networking.
It came from sidux originally. Maybe Mepis uses it too. For some strange reason it hasn't made mainstream Debian (yet)
On 01/15/2011 09:06 AM, David Hare wrote:
Ceni is an interactive CLI app to setup network configs be it wired or wireless. It reads user input and writes up /etc/network/interfaces for you. Quickest way I know to set up a live-session or new install for networking.
it reminds me of an old text-based GUI for UNIX networking... nice! just updated my trinity-squeeze laptop, now running 2.6.32-5-686
looked for kde4 packages and only found 4: libakonadi-kde4 libkde4-ruby oxygencursors python-kde4
I do have kdesudo & sudo-trinity.
-- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459
On 15/01/11 14:44, paul wrote:
On 01/15/2011 09:06 AM, David Hare wrote:
Ceni is an interactive CLI app to setup network configs be it wired or wireless. It reads user input and writes up /etc/network/interfaces for you. Quickest way I know to set up a live-session or new install for networking.
it reminds me of an old text-based GUI for UNIX networking... nice! just updated my trinity-squeeze laptop, now running 2.6.32-5-686
looked for kde4 packages and only found 4: libakonadi-kde4 libkde4-ruby oxygencursors python-kde4
I do have kdesudo& sudo-trinity.
-- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459
The live session needs sudo and kdesudo configured for the user. See desktop/exelinux/readme.txt for instruction to (optionally) convert to su and kdesu. post-install. The readme is mostly correct but a bit out-of-date.
The few kde4/qt4 bits will be deps of an odd few apps, e.g. wpa_gui
On 01/15/2011 10:27 AM, David Hare wrote:
The live session needs sudo and kdesudo configured for the user. See desktop/exelinux/readme.txt for instruction to (optionally) convert to su and kdesu. post-install. The readme is mostly correct but a bit out-of-date.
The few kde4/qt4 bits will be deps of an odd few apps, e.g. wpa_gui
so I DID get most of KDE4 removed.. GOOD !
-- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459
David Hare wrote:
On 15/01/11 01:50, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
Like I was saying, it was an easy install, on booting that's when things got bad, the installer had not made user jimmy, there was only a choice for root or user, I logged in as root and found user jimmy was in fact not made so I made user jimmy using kuser only to get errors while trying to login, also the installer did not setup my network card, I checked /etc/network and the config file looked good but running 'ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0" I would get no network found. Then I decided to go take a nap. :-)
What could I have done to have a more successful install?
Thanks for testing Jimmy. I found a typo in the installer script and one file to remove in /etc. Consequently it fails to make the new user. It's all because of the move from live-initramfs to live-boot.
Will upload a fixed ISO later.
All 4 of my computers are 64 bit, can you compile a 64bit system?
How about using ext4? I've been using it for over a year and it sure cuts down on file system checks and seems to be a big plus over ext3.
In the meantime, here is a quick fix (do this in the live session before running the installer):
In a konsole (one line at a time):
sudo su sed -i 's/1002/1000/'g /usr/bin/remastersys-installer rm -f /etc/live.conf
Will this fix the system I have already have installed? Yep, and it's fixed, I'm now logged in as Jimmy with a working system. Thanks.
You could copy this text to a pen drive to quickly transfer it to a live session. I tested the fix on a new install and it worked.
The installer uses grub-gfxboot (grug-legacy) not grub2. It would be better first-off to install grub to partition and chainload it from your current main OS. You can "upgrade" to grub2 post-install if wanted.
I've been removing grub2 from my Debian installs and installing grub-legacy and then running update-grub.
Re: network configs: sudo ceni
That worked, thanks.
On 15/01/11 20:35, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
All 4 of my computers are 64 bit, can you compile a 64bit system?
How about using ext4? I've been using it for over a year and it sure cuts down on file system checks and seems to be a big plus over ext3.
Will this fix the system I have already have installed? Yep, and it's fixed, I'm now logged in as Jimmy with a working system. Thanks.
There is only me working on this so ext4 and 64 bit will have to wait. Unless some others volunteer to help build this stuff.
As for fixing a failed install, you might get consequences. Better reinstall, it doesn't take long.
David Hare wrote:
On 15/01/11 20:35, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
All 4 of my computers are 64 bit, can you compile a 64bit system?
How about using ext4? I've been using it for over a year and it sure cuts down on file system checks and seems to be a big plus over ext3.
Will this fix the system I have already have installed? Yep, and it's fixed, I'm now logged in as Jimmy with a working system. Thanks.
There is only me working on this so ext4 and 64 bit will have to wait. Unless some others volunteer to help build this stuff.
I'm disabled, keyboarding is not easy for me, I was a computer specialist field engineer for 30+years and not a developer or coder or packager before becoming disabled and I can wait. :-)
There was one other thing I forgot to mention and that was, the Debian multimedia repos, you may want to add them to the sources.lst, you can leave them remarked out if you want, everybody uses them and adding them to the iso makes more sense than adding them to every install. ;-)
As for fixing a failed install, you might get consequences. Better reinstall, it doesn't take long.
I'm posting from the last iso build and yes I had to fix some stuff and will be installing the new build soon, I will let you know how it goes and that is the best I can do.
Thanks,
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