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| author | James Meyer <jams@linhes.org> | 2010-12-04 23:44:45 (GMT) |
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| committer | James Meyer <jams@linhes.org> | 2010-12-04 23:44:51 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/build_tools/clarch/larch/docs/html/larch_profiles.html b/build_tools/clarch/larch/docs/html/larch_profiles.html deleted file mode 100644 index 68db618..0000000 --- a/build_tools/clarch/larch/docs/html/larch_profiles.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,167 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> -<html> -<head> - <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> - <title>larch profiles</title> - <meta content="gradgrind" name="author"> -</head> - -<body> -<table style="text-align: left; width: 100%;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> - <tbody> - <tr> - <td><a href="larch_overview.html">Previous: Overview</a></td> - - <td><a href="larch_docindex.html">Table of Contents</a></td> - - <td><a href="larch_live_system.html">Next: Live CD structure</a></td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> - -<br /> - -<h1><big>larch</big> -– -a do-it-yourself live <em>Arch Linu</em>x CD</h1> - - -<img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 320px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="larch1.jpg" - name="graphics1" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="10" /> -<br /><br /> - -<h2>Profiles</h2> - -<p>This feature of the <em>larch</em> scripts allows bundling -all the configuration information for a particular live CD 'design' into -a single directory. That includes the list of packages to be installed, locale -information and the particular tweaks and additions needed to customize the CD, -in particular a subdirectory containing the 'overlay' files - those files -which have been changed from their initial fresh state after installation -and those which have simply been added. -</p> - -<p>In order to allow more flexibility with the overlay, <em>larch</em> now -provides two mechanisms for providing overlay files. The simplest is by -means of the directory 'rootoverlay' - everything in this directory will be -copied to the live system overlay and its ownership will be changed to -'root:root'. In case it is desired to include files with other ownerships, -these must be packed up with the correct ownerships into the file 'overlay.xpk' -using the <em>xpack</em> packing utility (supplied with <em>larch</em>, see -below). This requires some care, but is a little safer than, say, a 'tar.gz' -archive because it has an option to pack so that only root can unpack the -archive. -In general however the 'rootoverlay' directory should be adequate, and -much of the tweaking may be done <em>in situ</em> (i.e. within a running -live USB system), using a utility - see -<a href="larch_sessionsave.html">'Session saving'</a> - to recreate -the compressed overlay file-system (<strong>overlay.ovl</strong>). -</p> - -<p>If you would like to have a look at a profile, look in the 'profiles' -directory in the distribution. Each of its subdirectories is a profile, the -subdirectory name is also the profile name. If you want to make your own -profile, it is probably easiest to start with one of the examples. Copy it to a -working directory and rename it appropriately. -</p> - -<p>After editing to your heart's content, you can build the corresponding live -CD system with the call: -<pre> - (path/to/)mklarch -p directory -</pre> -where 'directory' is your profile directory. -</p> - -<p>The important files within a profile are described below: -</p> -<ul> - <li><strong>addedpacks</strong> - a simple list of packages (just package - name as supplied to 'pacman -S', e.g. 'syslinux', not the file name), one per line, - comment lines start with '#'. - This is the primary place for configuring which packages are installed. - </li> - - <li><strong>locale.gen</strong> - <em>mklarch</em> prefixes this profile - file (if it is present) to the file '/etc/locale.gen' in the newly installed - system and runs 'locale-gen' (using <em>chroot</em>) to deal with glibc - locale generation. - So just put the locales you want in here. - </li> - - <li><strong>rcconfx</strong> - This is a list of modifications for '/etc/rc.conf'. - It contains those variable definitions which are different to the default - values. This is then merged with the original to produce a modified overlay file. - </li> - - <li><strong>rootoverlay</strong> - The files in this directory are effectively - copied on top of the original system - as an overlay. They (potentially) - form the bulk of the customization for the live system. - </li> - - <li><strong>overlay.xpk</strong> - As described above this is a self-extracting - archive of 'overlay files', which can be used as an alternative to 'rootoverlay' - for non-root owned files. - </li> - - <li><strong>mkinitcpio.conf</strong> - This file is optional. If it is present it will - replace the version in the 'lib/initcpio' folder of the - <em>larch-live</em> package to produce the initramfs - for the live CD. You should take that file as the starting point to ensure that - the necessary larch hooks are installed, but you are free to change other hooks - (e.g. use 'ide' instead of 'pata') or add modules. - </li> - - <li><strong>basepacks</strong> - This file is optional. If it is present it - supplies a list of packages (one package per line, as <em>addedpacks</em>) to be - used instead of the standard list of 'core/base' packages for the basis of the - installation done by <em>mklarch</em>, preventing the 'packages.txt' file from the - 'core' repository from being downloaded and used as source for the base package list. - </li> - - <li><strong>baseveto</strong> - This file is optional. It provides a list of - packages (one package per line) to be ignored in the base package list.</li> - - <li><strong>cd-root</strong> - This directory contains files to configure the bootloader. - Those for <em>isolinux</em> are in the directory 'isolinux', which is copied to the - root CD directory when the <em>isolinux</em> bootloader is chosen. Those for - <em>GRUB</em> are in the directory 'boot', which is copied to the - root CD directory when the <em>GRUB</em> bootloader is chosen. Here you can - configure things like boot menus and splash screens. - Anything in the 'cd-root' folder will be copied directly to the root of the live medium, so - if there is anything else you want on your medium, you can put it in here. - </li> -</ul> - -<h3><a name="xpack"></a><em>xpack</em> and non-root owned overlay files</h3> -To include non 'root:root' owned files in an overlay, create a directory -somewhere called 'overlay' and place all the desired files therein with the -correct paths, ownerships and permissions. Then run -<pre> - xpath -r overlay overlay.xpk -</pre> -(from within the directory containing 'overlay'). The resulting 'overlay.xpk' -file should then be placed in your profile directory. -If you want to unpack such an overlay archive, you need to be root, go to the -directory containing it and run -<pre> - ./overlay.xpk . -</pre> -(don't miss the final '.', the unpacker needs an existing -directory as parameter). -</p> - -<table style="text-align: left; width: 100%;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> - <tbody> - <tr> - <td><a href="larch_overview.html">Previous: Overview</a></td> - - <td><a href="larch_docindex.html">Table of Contents</a></td> - - <td><a href="larch_live_system.html">Next: Live CD structure</a></td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> - -</body> -</html> |