How to create a bootable system with a squashfs root
My goal is to be able to take a customized root file system loaded with the software I want. So far I've created a squashed filesystem using debootstrap and chroot to install the software I want on the system.
The problem I am now running in to.. whenever I boot in to the system, my user accounts that were set up in the chroot do not work. First boot everything works out, second boot I can't log in. That is baffling to me.
Any one know a reason or a place to start looking?
boot grub2 live-usb squashfs kernel
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My goal is to be able to take a customized root file system loaded with the software I want. So far I've created a squashed filesystem using debootstrap and chroot to install the software I want on the system.
The problem I am now running in to.. whenever I boot in to the system, my user accounts that were set up in the chroot do not work. First boot everything works out, second boot I can't log in. That is baffling to me.
Any one know a reason or a place to start looking?
boot grub2 live-usb squashfs kernel
asked Jan 14 '12 at 14:13
cldfzncldfzn
101126
You have to keep searching for the changes you wish to make. Look at the casper scripts and initrd as well as /usr/share and in the libs.
– Panther
Jan 14 '12 at 15:54
Well I got it working. I used the live-boot & live-boot-initramfs-tools to generate an initrd and extlinux for the bootloader. Works like a charm.
– cldfzn
Jan 15 '12 at 22:13
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My goal is to be able to take a customized root file system loaded with the software I want. So far I've created a squashed filesystem using debootstrap and chroot to install the software I want on the system.
The problem I am now running in to.. whenever I boot in to the system, my user accounts that were set up in the chroot do not work. First boot everything works out, second boot I can't log in. That is baffling to me.
Any one know a reason or a place to start looking?
boot grub2 live-usb squashfs kernel
asked Jan 14 '12 at 14:13
cldfzncldfzn
101126
My goal is to be able to take a customized root file system loaded with the software I want. So far I've created a squashed filesystem using debootstrap and chroot to install the software I want on the system.
The problem I am now running in to.. whenever I boot in to the system, my user accounts that were set up in the chroot do not work. First boot everything works out, second boot I can't log in. That is baffling to me.
Any one know a reason or a place to start looking?
boot grub2 live-usb squashfs kernel
boot grub2 live-usb squashfs kernel
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You have to keep searching for the changes you wish to make. Look at the casper scripts and initrd as well as /usr/share and in the libs.
– Panther
Jan 14 '12 at 15:54
Well I got it working. I used the live-boot & live-boot-initramfs-tools to generate an initrd and extlinux for the bootloader. Works like a charm.
– cldfzn
Jan 15 '12 at 22:13
add a comment |
You have to keep searching for the changes you wish to make. Look at the casper scripts and initrd as well as /usr/share and in the libs.
– Panther
Jan 14 '12 at 15:54
Well I got it working. I used the live-boot & live-boot-initramfs-tools to generate an initrd and extlinux for the bootloader. Works like a charm.
– cldfzn
Jan 15 '12 at 22:13
You have to keep searching for the changes you wish to make. Look at the casper scripts and initrd as well as /usr/share and in the libs.
– Panther
Jan 14 '12 at 15:54
You have to keep searching for the changes you wish to make. Look at the casper scripts and initrd as well as /usr/share and in the libs.
– Panther
Jan 14 '12 at 15:54
Well I got it working. I used the live-boot & live-boot-initramfs-tools to generate an initrd and extlinux for the bootloader. Works like a charm.
– cldfzn
Jan 15 '12 at 22:13
Well I got it working. I used the live-boot & live-boot-initramfs-tools to generate an initrd and extlinux for the bootloader. Works like a charm.
– cldfzn
Jan 15 '12 at 22:13
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To get a working system with a squashfs filesystem:
sudo apt-get install live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools extlinux
sudo update-initramfs -u
Create a squashfs file from a bootstrapped or running ubuntu filesystem with whatever packages you want available. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch provides good instructions for creating a debootstrapped system to build on. Format the target drive with ext2/3/4 and enable the bootable flag. Create the folder layout on the target drive and install extlinux:
mkdir -p ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux ${TARGET}/live
extlinux -i ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux
dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdX #X is the drive letter
cp /boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r) ${TARGET}/boot/vmlinuz
cp /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) ${TARGET}/boot/initrd
cp filesystem.squashfs ${TARGET}/live
Create ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf with the following contents:
DEFAULT Live
LABEL Live
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd boot=live toram=filesystem.squashfs
TIMEOUT 10
PROMPT 0
Now you should be able to boot from the target drive in to your squashed system.
answered Jun 11 '13 at 15:12
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This question was solved by the OP:
Well I got it working. I used the live-boot &
live-boot-initramfs-tools to generate an initrd and extlinux for the
bootloader. Works like a charm.
add a comment |
No longer works in 18.04.1:
user@myhost:~$ sudo apt-get install live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools extlinux
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package live-boot
E: Unable to locate package live-boot-initramfs-tools
E: Unable to locate package extlinux
user@myhost:~$
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To get a working system with a squashfs filesystem:
sudo apt-get install live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools extlinux
sudo update-initramfs -u
Create a squashfs file from a bootstrapped or running ubuntu filesystem with whatever packages you want available. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch provides good instructions for creating a debootstrapped system to build on. Format the target drive with ext2/3/4 and enable the bootable flag. Create the folder layout on the target drive and install extlinux:
mkdir -p ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux ${TARGET}/live
extlinux -i ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux
dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdX #X is the drive letter
cp /boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r) ${TARGET}/boot/vmlinuz
cp /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) ${TARGET}/boot/initrd
cp filesystem.squashfs ${TARGET}/live
Create ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf with the following contents:
DEFAULT Live
LABEL Live
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd boot=live toram=filesystem.squashfs
TIMEOUT 10
PROMPT 0
Now you should be able to boot from the target drive in to your squashed system.
answered Jun 11 '13 at 15:12
cldfzncldfzn
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To get a working system with a squashfs filesystem:
sudo apt-get install live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools extlinux
sudo update-initramfs -u
Create a squashfs file from a bootstrapped or running ubuntu filesystem with whatever packages you want available. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch provides good instructions for creating a debootstrapped system to build on. Format the target drive with ext2/3/4 and enable the bootable flag. Create the folder layout on the target drive and install extlinux:
mkdir -p ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux ${TARGET}/live
extlinux -i ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux
dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdX #X is the drive letter
cp /boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r) ${TARGET}/boot/vmlinuz
cp /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) ${TARGET}/boot/initrd
cp filesystem.squashfs ${TARGET}/live
Create ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf with the following contents:
DEFAULT Live
LABEL Live
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd boot=live toram=filesystem.squashfs
TIMEOUT 10
PROMPT 0
Now you should be able to boot from the target drive in to your squashed system.
answered Jun 11 '13 at 15:12
cldfzncldfzn
101126
add a comment |
To get a working system with a squashfs filesystem:
sudo apt-get install live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools extlinux
sudo update-initramfs -u
Create a squashfs file from a bootstrapped or running ubuntu filesystem with whatever packages you want available. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch provides good instructions for creating a debootstrapped system to build on. Format the target drive with ext2/3/4 and enable the bootable flag. Create the folder layout on the target drive and install extlinux:
mkdir -p ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux ${TARGET}/live
extlinux -i ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux
dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdX #X is the drive letter
cp /boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r) ${TARGET}/boot/vmlinuz
cp /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) ${TARGET}/boot/initrd
cp filesystem.squashfs ${TARGET}/live
Create ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf with the following contents:
DEFAULT Live
LABEL Live
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd boot=live toram=filesystem.squashfs
TIMEOUT 10
PROMPT 0
Now you should be able to boot from the target drive in to your squashed system.
answered Jun 11 '13 at 15:12
cldfzncldfzn
101126
To get a working system with a squashfs filesystem:
sudo apt-get install live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools extlinux
sudo update-initramfs -u
Create a squashfs file from a bootstrapped or running ubuntu filesystem with whatever packages you want available. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch provides good instructions for creating a debootstrapped system to build on. Format the target drive with ext2/3/4 and enable the bootable flag. Create the folder layout on the target drive and install extlinux:
mkdir -p ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux ${TARGET}/live
extlinux -i ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux
dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdX #X is the drive letter
cp /boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r) ${TARGET}/boot/vmlinuz
cp /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) ${TARGET}/boot/initrd
cp filesystem.squashfs ${TARGET}/live
Create ${TARGET}/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf with the following contents:
DEFAULT Live
LABEL Live
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd boot=live toram=filesystem.squashfs
TIMEOUT 10
PROMPT 0
Now you should be able to boot from the target drive in to your squashed system.
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answered Jun 11 '13 at 15:12
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This question was solved by the OP:
Well I got it working. I used the live-boot &
live-boot-initramfs-tools to generate an initrd and extlinux for the
bootloader. Works like a charm.
add a comment |
This question was solved by the OP:
Well I got it working. I used the live-boot &
live-boot-initramfs-tools to generate an initrd and extlinux for the
bootloader. Works like a charm.
add a comment |
This question was solved by the OP:
Well I got it working. I used the live-boot &
live-boot-initramfs-tools to generate an initrd and extlinux for the
bootloader. Works like a charm.
This question was solved by the OP:
Well I got it working. I used the live-boot &
live-boot-initramfs-tools to generate an initrd and extlinux for the
bootloader. Works like a charm.
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No longer works in 18.04.1:
user@myhost:~$ sudo apt-get install live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools extlinux
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package live-boot
E: Unable to locate package live-boot-initramfs-tools
E: Unable to locate package extlinux
user@myhost:~$
Please advice
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No longer works in 18.04.1:
user@myhost:~$ sudo apt-get install live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools extlinux
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package live-boot
E: Unable to locate package live-boot-initramfs-tools
E: Unable to locate package extlinux
user@myhost:~$
Please advice
answered 9 hours ago
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7 hours ago
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No longer works in 18.04.1:
user@myhost:~$ sudo apt-get install live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools extlinux
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package live-boot
E: Unable to locate package live-boot-initramfs-tools
E: Unable to locate package extlinux
user@myhost:~$
Please advice
answered 9 hours ago
J DoeJ Doe
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No longer works in 18.04.1:
user@myhost:~$ sudo apt-get install live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools extlinux
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package live-boot
E: Unable to locate package live-boot-initramfs-tools
E: Unable to locate package extlinux
user@myhost:~$
Please advice
answered 9 hours ago
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answered 9 hours ago
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You have to keep searching for the changes you wish to make. Look at the casper scripts and initrd as well as /usr/share and in the libs.
– Panther
Jan 14 '12 at 15:54
Well I got it working. I used the live-boot & live-boot-initramfs-tools to generate an initrd and extlinux for the bootloader. Works like a charm.
– cldfzn
Jan 15 '12 at 22:13