Re: K-day plans

["Tim Carmean" <tecarmea@xxxxxxx>]

> On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 02:14:26PM -0400, Steve Isaacson wrote:
>> When I helped create the ISO in the past it took about a day or so to
>> create
>> the iso. It is a simple task using the instructions Knoppix provides. So
>> if
>> someone does this they should book a few days lead time. That way they
>> can
>> build the iso and do a sanity check on it to make sure there are no
>> major
>> errors.
>>
>
> I seem to remember trying to remaster it for one installathon and it
> being nothing but a PITA. Expect it to take 2-3 days if its your first
> try. The time it takes to actually rebuild the disc is probably a bit
> longer than it used to be, so expect to get a lot of time waiting on a
> progress bar.
>
> --
> Jon
> "All things change in a dynamic environment.
> Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you."
> 	- The Puppet Master
>

I've not had problems with remastering Knoppix. There is some good
starting info in Knoppix Hacks by Kyle Rankin </shameless plug>. I know
Kyle Schneider has a copy of it. It shouldn't be too much to customize it
to be MTULUG themed (new wallpaper or something) it gets to be a pain when
you go to install new packages and the like.

I would almost recommend remastering an Ubuntu Live CD. This way if the
user likes what they are seeing they have a nice wizard based installer
they can click on that will take care of most of the hard stuff for them
(partition resizing and the like).

Tim