bootable Redhat based CD?

[Bruce Marshall]

On Tuesday 10 June 2003 17:50, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Andrew Mathews wrote:
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> > Andrew Mathews wrote:
> > | Net Llama! wrote:
> > | | Anyone know of a bootable Redhat based CD, similar to the Knoppix
> > | | concept?  I need to integrate some stuff into a bootable redhat
> > | | environment, and i'd rather not have to make it myself if i don't
> > | | have
> > |
> > | to.
> > |
> > |
> > | I recall one named ER-iso you might google for.
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> >
> > Take a look at:
> > http://smokeping.planetmirror.com/pub/redhat-addons/rescue-cd/
>
> I've spend the better part of the past week exploring the varios options &
> suggestions, but i'm not making much progress.  The closest i've come to
> success is a CD that booted as far as not finding init (even though there
> was an inittab on the CD).
>
> Does anyone know where there might be decent SxS style documentation on
> how to create a Knoppix style CD from scratch?  I looked at for various
> HOWTO's but they're not quite sinking in.

Just a thought but have you looked at Bernard's bootable linux on freshmeat?

freshmeat.net/projects/bblcd/?topic_id=147%2C866

It has all you need to build a bootable CD from your currently running distro.

I did this once on an SuSE distro and it worked pretty well.  I think it needs 
the minix fs though but that's pretty easy to add to the kernel.