LiveCD Creation Resources
From LiveCDList
Here are some pages dedicated to helping people create their own LiveCD using BSD, Linux, or Windows.
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All Operating Systems
Creating a Multi-boot DVD (Linux Focus) (http://www.pcquest.com/content/enterprise/2005/105070101.asp) Creating a Multi-Boot DVD (Windows Focus) (http://flyakite.msfnhosting.com/)
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BSD
FreeBSD
Building a CD Bootable Firewall with FreeBSD (http://freebie.miraclenet.co.th/server/fwCD/) FreeBSDToGo (http://freebsdtogo.sourceforge.net/)
OpenBSD
Building an OpenBSD Live CD @ ONLamp.com (http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/07/14/openbsd_live.html)
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Linux
All Linux Distros
The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/index.html) Roll your own Linux Rescue or Setup CD (http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/~purschke/RescueCD/) Linux Live scripts - Create your own LiveCD from every Linux distribution (http://www.linux-live.org/) Intellibuild (http://ibuild.livecd.net/) How to create a live boot CD containing your favorite Linux Distro! @ BabyTUX (http://www.babytux.org/articles/howto/how2livecd.php) Create a Custom Live Linux CD - Leveraging BusyBox and OpenSSH (http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/cdrom.htm) Umigumi simplifies the gerenation of custom Linux distributions (http://umigumi.org/) Linux Live scripts @ Octoz (in French) (http://octoz.org/wikini/wakka.php?wiki=CreationISO) Créer un CDrom root and boot (in French) (http://lea-linux.org/software/soft_grave/cdrtbt.html) Comment en créer un CD live (in French) (http://www.linuxplusvalue.be/mylpv.php?id=190) Creating a Complete Distribution on CD (http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7233)
Debian
Building Debian CD-ROMS Part 1 - dfsbuild (http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/125) Creating bootable CD-ROMS Part 2 - bootcd (http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/148)
Fedora
How to Make Custom Bootable (Fedora) Linux CDs (http://www.coofercat.com/wiki/CustomFedoraBootableCD)
Knoppix
Remastering a Custom Knoppix Distribution, Part 1 @ informit.com (http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=417095) Knoppix Remastering Howto @ knoppix.net (http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto) Using and Customizing Knoppix @ oreillynet.com (http://linux.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/4323)
Morphix
Lots of Morphix documentation - probably start with "How_to_Simplest_Morph.pdf" (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=71814&package_id=78780) Morphing 0.5-style - mmaker and isomorph (http://www.morphix.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=82)
Damn Small Linux
Remastering DSL: A Short HOWTO with a Long Preamble (http://www.linuxforums.org/desktop/remastering_dsl:_a_short_howto_with_a_long_preamble.html) Remastering HOWTO for Damn Small Linux (http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=11;t=1806)
Finnix
Finnix-remastering-HOWTO (http://pages.ccapcable.com/alisou/finnix/finnix-remastering-HOWTO.txt)
Gentoo
HOWTO Build your own LiveCD from scratch (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_build_a_LiveCD_from_scratch) mini-HowTo: Gentoo Linux LiveCD for Dummies! (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=244837) Build your own Gentoo install / boot / rescue LiveCD and USBStick (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=57754)
Mandriva (formerly Mandrake)
How To build your own Live CD with mklivecd? @ MandrakeUsers.org (http://mandrakeusers.org/lofiversion/index.php/t10855.html) Building a LiveCD based on Mandrakelinux 10.1 Official @ berlios.de (http://livecd.berlios.de/?Documentation:HowTo_Create_A_LiveCD) Update on making a LiveCD with Mandriva Limited Edition 2005 @ Rainbowlinux (http://home.tiscali.nl/berenstraat/howto_en.htm)
Arch Linux
Building a Live CD @ ArchLinux.org (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Building_a_Live_CD)
Insert / UBCD
INSERT Customizing and Persistence (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/insert/custom.html) Customizing Insert UBCD (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/customize.html) Inside Security Rescue Toolkit (http://www.insert.cd/)
LFS
Beginners Guide To Creating A Live CD With LFS 6.0 (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/bootcd-2.6-udev-nptl.txt) Easy Boot CD of your LFS (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/boot-cd_easy.txt) How to create a bootcd from a working LFS system (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/bootcd.txt) Bootable LFS CD using lilo (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/bootlfscd.txt) The process of making the official LFS livecd (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/livecd/documentation.html) lfslivecd-remastering-HOWTO (in French) (http://pages.ccapcable.com/alisou/lfs/lfslivecd-remastering-HOWTO.txt) lfscd-remastering-HOWTO (in English) (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/lfscd-remastering-howto.txt)
PCLinuxOS
Creating a custom Linux LiveCD With PCLinuxOS (http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/04/15/134251&from=rss) HowTo make a QGIS LiveCD the PCLOS way (http://community.qgis.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=2) Creating Live CD Linux with PCLinuxOS (http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php?id=pclinuxoslivecd)
Source Mage
HOWTO-Source Mage LiveCD (http://wiki.sourcemage.org/index.php?page=HOWTO-Source+Mage+LiveCD)
Ubuntu
How To Customize the New Ubuntu Live CD (http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/LiveCDCustomizationHowTo)
SLAX
How to make the same distro like SLAX (http://slax.linux-live.org/doc_development.php) SLAX remastering HOWTO (in French) (http://pages.ccapcable.com/alisou/alixe/slax-remastering.txt) SLAX in french HOWTO (in French) (http://pages.ccapcable.com/alisou/alixe/slax-in-french.txt)
LAMPPIX
GettingYourFilesOnTheCD (http://lamppix.tinowagner.com/wiki/index.php?GettingYourFilesOnTheCD) LamppixRemasteringHowto (http://lamppix.tinowagner.com/wiki/index.php?LamppixRemasteringHowto)
Berry
Berry Linux Remastering HowTo (Aug 5, 2005) (http://yui.mine.nu/linux/doc/eremaster.html)
AdvanceCD
Documentation for the build of AdvanceCD (http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/doc-buildcd.html)
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Windows
Windows XP/2003
Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD (http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/) Windows XP a Goner? First Aid for your Windows PC: Creating The BartPE CD @ TomsHardware (http://www1.tomshardware.com/howto/20050112/windows-firstaid-08.html#creating_the_bartpe_cd)
