Re: Arrr, and other noises of documentation-related frustration.

Hi Larry,

On 6/16/06, Larry Lindsey <> wrote:
> don't exist in stable, etc), and you may find it here, for your perusal:
> http://www.math.gatech.edu/~lindsey/morphix/my-morphix-gnome.xml.gz
>

Could you post the output of mmaker from building my-morphix-gnome.xml

> I used the instructions found here:
> http://aquariusoft.org/page/linux/livecd_howto/

These nice instructions by aquatix, are also in the manual,
 http://www.morphix.org/manual/how_tos/docbook_html/index.html

> to produce an iso.  Note that at this point I have merely modified the template.
>  I have not messed with the kernel or my specific software as of yet.  Following
> these instructions did produce a bootable iso image, however, one that spewed
> errors about read-only filesystems and a missing user (morphix, or mmorph, or
> whatever that username is), and which would only reboot itself after a certain
> point, I assume, because it could not figure out how to start the X server.
Could you post more details of the specfic errors. Tested using a real
boot or qemu/vmware ?

There are autobuilds based on stable/sarge ;-
http://morphix.org/autobuilds/mainmod/sarge/
These tend to boot fine,
http://www.morphix.org/autobuilds/video/?M=D
   (NB Autotesting videos have been down for about 10 days - I have
been on holiday and the machine overheated!)

> This is only the most recent of several attempts that have ended in failure.
>

What did not work ?
Tried Morphing-Morphix_0.2 ?

>
> First the observation:  The user documentation for morphix sucks.  I hate to be
> so negative, because everything else about the project seems wonderful.  The
> idea of an easy-to-build livecd is pretty hot.
Any specific feedback on how the documentation can be improved will be helpful.

> So here comes the question:  Is anyone willing to help walk me through creating
> such a cd with morphix?  If someone could successfully do that, I might be
> willing to help you out by producing some documentation that can be understood
> by someone not familiar with the inner workings of the project.

Why not submit your template as a guest build.
http://morphix.org/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=78&func=showcat&catid=14
This will be build using sarge and sid and autotested.

Also - just out of interest which base was used ?

Hope this helps,

Regards,
Brendan

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