Live Linux(R) CDs: Building and Customizing Bootables (Negus Live Linux Series)
Christopher Negus · Prentice Hall PTR eBooks · 2006
i¾ Dream the perfect computer system, then build it to run on a Linux live CD!A Linux live CD is more than just a Linux system you carry around. Start with a live CD that has all your favorite applications. Include and play photo slideshows, presentations, Web content, and music collections. Incorporate your own designs, colors, and images to appear everywhere from the boot prompt to the desktop.When you are done, you have a perfectly customized CD or DVD that can run on almost any PC that you can reboot. In Live Linux® CDs, bestselling Linux author Christopher Negus guides you through the free software tools and toys you need to try out and create specialized Linux live CDs for security, presentations, gaming, multimedia, firewalls, and clustering. It is the first start-to-finish guide to using, creating, building, and remastering your own live Linux distributions.Working from live CD technology on the accompanying DVD, you can Boot and run live Linux versions of KNOPPIX, SLAX, Gentoo, Damn Small Linux, and other live CDs Burn and boot Linux live CD ISO images of Ubuntu, KNOPPIX, SLAX, MoviX, BackTrack, and more Build your own live CDs from instructions based on KNOPPIX (Debian), Fedora, Gentoo, Damn Small Linux, and SLAX Create multimedia players that are customized to include your own video or music Customize live CD rescue toolkits to analyze and repair data on compromised networks, Windows PCs, and Linux systems Configure personal firewalls to protect from Internet intruders Control the processing power of a group of computers, using live CD clustersWhether you want to customize the perfect live Linux for your own use or distribute it to the world, Live Linux® CDs gives you all the knowledge, tools, and software you need.Acknowledgments i¾ xviiAbout the Author i¾ xixIntroduction i¾ 1Part I: Beginning with Bootable Live Linuxes i¾ 5Chapter 1: Starting Up with Live Linux CDs i¾ 7Chapter 2: Playing with Live Linux CDs i¾ 37Chapter 3: Customizing a Live CD i¾ 73Part II: Creating a Custom Bootable Linux i¾ 105Chapter 4: Understanding How Live Linux CDs Work i¾ 107Chapter 5: Looking Inside Live CD Components i¾ 133Chapter 6: Building a Custom Knoppix Live CD i¾ 165Chapter 7: Building a Basic Fedora Live CD i¾ 193Chapter 8: Building a Basic Gentoo Live CD i¾ 223Part III: Making a Specialized Bootable Linux i¾ 251Chapter 9: Customizing a Security Live Linux CD i¾ 253Chapter 10: Customizing a Presentation Live Linux CD i¾ 285Chapter 11: Customizing a Gaming Live Linux CD i¾ 301Chapter 12: Customizing a Multimedia Live Linux CD i¾ 325Chapter 13: Customizing a Firewall Live Linux CD i¾ 345Chapter 14: Customizing a Cluster Live Linux CD i¾ 359Part IV: Appendices i¾ 373Appendix A: On the DVD i¾ 375Appendix B: Building, Testing, and Burning ISOs i¾ 383Index i¾ 401