Bootable CD - Hello World!
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### livecd-maker-0.1
    
    #!/bin/bash
    # Bootable CD - Hello World!
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    # cleanup #
    ###########
    mkdir -p livecd
    cd livecd
    rm -rf *
    
    #############
    # initrd.gz #
    #############
    dd if=/dev/zero of=initrd bs=1024k count=1
    mke2fs -F -m0 -b 1024 initrd
    mkdir initrdDIR
    mount -t ext2 -o loop initrd initrdDIR
    rm -rf initrdDIR/lost+found/
    
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    # /dev #
    ########
    mkdir initrdDIR/dev
    mknod initrdDIR/dev/console c 5 1
    
    ###########
    # linuxrc #
    ###########
    cat << EOF > linuxrc.c
    #include <stdio.h>
    void main()
    {
    printf("\n\nHello World! \n");
    for(;;);
    }
    EOF
    
    cc -static linuxrc.c -o initrdDIR/linuxrc
    rm -rf linuxrc.c
    
    umount initrdDIR
    rm -rf initrdDIR
    gzip -9 initrd
    
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    # isolinux #
    ############
    mkdir isolinux
    mv initrd.gz isolinux
    cp /usr/src/syslinux-3.36/isolinux.bin isolinux/
    cp /boot/vmlinuz isolinux/vmlinuz
    
    # isolinux.cfg
    cat << EOF > isolinux/isolinux.cfg
    default hw
    label hw
    kernel vmlinuz
    append initrd=initrd.gz
    EOF
    
    # boot.cat
    find . -type f -exec md5sum {} \; > isolinux/boot.cat
    
    ################
    # make ISO9660 #
    ################
    
    mkisofs -pad -l -r -J -v -V "IRanuX" -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
    -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
    -hide-rr-moved -o cdimage.iso .
    
    cd ..
    mv ./livecd/cdimage.iso .
    rm -rf livecd
    
    
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### Write ISO image to CDRW
    
    #!/bin/bash
    echo "Insert an empty CD and press any key . . ."
    read
    cdrecord -v speed=4 -dev ATAPI:/dev/hdd blank=all
    cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 -dev ATAPI:/dev/hdd -data cdimage.iso
    
    
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### ISOLINUX
    
    # cd /usr/src/
    # wget -q http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-3.36.tar.bz2
    # tar -jxf syslinux-3.36.tar.bz2
    # ls -lh syslinux-3.36/isolinux.bin
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 1026 1026 11K 2007-02-11 00:17 syslinux-3.36/isolinux.bin
    
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### Road Map
    
    Stage 1 - Building a livecd that contain complete linux distribution
    Stage 2 - Building a script for Installing linux from livecd to hard disk
    Stage 3 - Building a configuration script
    
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### Documentation
    
    From Power Up To Bash Prompt : http://tldp.org/HOWTO/From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html
    The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO : http://tldp.org/HOWTO/From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html
    How To Build a Minimal Linux System from Source Code : http://axiom.anu.edu.au/~okeefe/p2b/buildMin/buildMin.html
    
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_BY: Pejman Moghadam_  
_TAG: iranux_  
_DATE: 2008-04-11 16:38:36_