Correct Steps To Re-Master

[Neal ManBear]

Just to be sure ---     
Did you open a terminal and su to root to create your remaster?     
Or did you open a root terminal - menu > more applications > terminals > root terminal?     
Or did you log in as root to create your remaster?     

[ff103]

Thanks Neal. Yes I opened a terminal and su to root, then pasted the command you gave me.
mylivecd --nodir ^/home/ray/ ray.iso

[Neal ManBear]

Hmm...... next time try opening a root terminal via the menu. That is how I do it, and my remaster are in /home/neal.     

[Just17]

If 'su' is aliased to 'su -'   then the ISO will be put in  /root will it not?

ff103 .....  when remastering put the path to where you wish the ISO to be created in the command .....  for instance ....

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mylivecd --nodir ^/home/ray/    /home/ray/Documents/ray.iso

[ff103]

Hmm...... next time try opening a root terminal via the menu. That is how I do it, and my remaster are in /home/neal.     

Not sure I understand, I open a terminal with, Start>More Applications>Terminals>Konsole , that's the only way I know how.
Thank you Just18, I will add that to my notes.l

[Neal ManBear]

Not sure I understand, I open a terminal with, Start>More Applications>Terminals>Konsole , that's the only way I know how.

     
Menu > More Applications > Terminals > Root Terminal. You will be asked for root's password, and root terminal (konsole) will launch. Using root terminal you don't need to worry about aliasing.     

[ff103]

Not sure I understand, I open a terminal with, Start>More Applications>Terminals>Konsole , that's the only way I know how.

     
Menu > More Applications > Terminals > Root Terminal. You will be asked for root's password, and root terminal (konsole) will launch. Using root terminal you don't need to worry about aliasing.     

Sorry Neal. This is all I have.

[Just17]

Not sure I understand, I open a terminal with, Start>More Applications>Terminals>Konsole , that's the only way I know how.

   
Menu > More Applications > Terminals > Root Terminal. You will be asked for root's password, and root terminal (konsole) will launch. Using root terminal you don't need to worry about aliasing.    

There is no such entry in my KDE install  

Defining the output path in the command overcomes all ambiguities 

[Neal ManBear]

Open kwrite as root - konsole > su > kwrite. Copy and paste this into it -->     

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=kdesu konsole
Icon=utilities-terminal
X-DocPath=konsole/index.html
Terminal=false
X-KDE-StartupNotify=true
Name=Root Konsole
GenericName= Root Terminal
X-DBUS-StartupType=Unique
X-KDE-AuthorizeAction=shell_access
Categories=Qt;KDE;System;TerminalEmulator;X-MandrivaLinux-System-Terminals;
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.16     
Save it as rootkonsole.desktop to /usr/share/applications/kde4.

[ff103]

Open kwrite as root - konsole > su > kwrite. Copy and paste this into it -->     

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=kdesu konsole
Icon=utilities-terminal
X-DocPath=konsole/index.html
Terminal=false
X-KDE-StartupNotify=true
Name=Root Konsole
GenericName= Root Terminal
X-DBUS-StartupType=Unique
X-KDE-AuthorizeAction=shell_access
Categories=Qt;KDE;System;TerminalEmulator;X-MandrivaLinux-System-Terminals;
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.16     
Save it as rootkonsole.desktop to /usr/share/applications/kde4.

O K , got it, thanks.

[ff103]

The command mylivecd --help will show you the available options.    
Example:    
mylivecd --nodir ^/home/ray/ ray.iso --- will create an iso completely without user ray. To avoid an iso without a user account, create a new user before remastering.    

Thanks Neal: thats what I thought I was doing when I did my remaster to install to my new computer, but as you can see from that last thread, I made some what of a mess of things and AS had to bail me out.

O K , I have burned the DVD ray.iso and I am posting from that DVD, BUT, I still have user "ray" listed under system>user's , and ray has a home directory that I was able to save a document to. But does this mean that when I install from this DVD, that user>ray will no longer exist? and I will have to make a "new" user?

[Neal ManBear]

The command mylivecd --help will show you the available options.    
Example:    
mylivecd --nodir ^/home/ray/ ray.iso --- will create an iso completely without user ray. To avoid an iso without a user account, create a new user before remastering.    

Thanks Neal: thats what I thought I was doing when I did my remaster to install to my new computer, but as you can see from that last thread, I made some what of a mess of things and AS had to bail me out.

O K , I have burned the DVD ray.iso and I am posting from that DVD, BUT, I still have user "ray" listed under system>user's , and ray has a home directory that I was able to save a document to. But does this mean that when I install from this DVD, that user>ray will no longer exist? and I will have to make a "new" user?

     
The script that removes guest on first boot does not remove other users.     

[ff103]

The command mylivecd --help will show you the available options.    
Example:    
mylivecd --nodir ^/home/ray/ ray.iso --- will create an iso completely without user ray. To avoid an iso without a user account, create a new user before remastering.    

Thanks Neal: thats what I thought I was doing when I did my remaster to install to my new computer, but as you can see from that last thread, I made some what of a mess of things and AS had to bail me out.

O K , I have burned the DVD ray.iso and I am posting from that DVD, BUT, I still have user "ray" listed under system>user's , and ray has a home directory that I was able to save a document to. But does this mean that when I install from this DVD, that user>ray will no longer exist? and I will have to make a "new" user?

     
The script that removes guest on first boot does not remove other users.     

I guess what threw me was that when I used  --nodir ^/home/ray , I expected "not" to see a dir /home/ray.

[Neal ManBear]

That puzzles me, too.     

[AS]

That puzzles me, too.     

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