How to create a custom liveusb

EEfw23 · n00b Joined: 06 May 2012 Posts: 7

I was wondering if anyone could assist or offer advice on creating a liveusb image/distribution for personal use. I was following a guide here:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Build_Your_Own_LiveCD_or_LiveDVD

but I got stuck at the command emerge -e system where portage could not resolve host names even though the internet is working correctly.

Dont Panic · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:18 pm Post subject:

Check your '/etc/resolv.conf' file in your chroot.

It often gets blanked out.

EEfw23 · n00b Joined: 06 May 2012 Posts: 7

Thanks cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /destination worked.

EEfw23 · n00b Joined: 06 May 2012 Posts: 7

I've gone through the guide I mentioned above and have run into trouble with the kernel not booting, I tried genkernel, it failed, I saw that someone else on the forum got the same error I did.

I read something about Linux live scripts, I was going to try those but the server is down, any ideas ?

Dont Panic · Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 2:59 pm Post subject:

Can you elaborate on the errors you are encountering?

Also, have you looked at dev-util/catalyst?

This is the tool that Gentoo uses to make their Live images.

EEfw23 · n00b Joined: 06 May 2012 Posts: 7

Alright, I have decided to use catalyst. I have setup the stage1 spec file, but I encounter the need for USE CHANGES, I would like to use --autounmask-write and automatically etc-update but there appears to be no easy way to do this.

Thanks.