Just summarizing the "how-to" for my new kernel kit for slackware...
Steps to LiveCD/USB creation
1) Download one of the kits, either x86 or x86_64 and extract it
2) install the "Kernel-Kit-Slackware-i686-2.6.34.txz" as root
Code:
su + password
installpkg Kernel-Kit-Slackware-i686-2.6.34.txz
3) reboot off new kernel; make sure if using Lilo to update Lilo
before rebooting!
Or update grub, /boot/grub/menu.lst if using grub...or if grub2 /boot/grub/grub.conf by using "update-grub" as root
4) after booting off new kernel, make sure to rename these files
/etc/rc.d/rc.local.new to rc.local
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.new to xorg.conf (vesa) (optional)
5) configure system as you wish, themes, wallpapers, etc
to save space empty /usr/doc
also empty
/var/cache/slackpkg
/var/cache/sbopkg
/var/lib/sbopkg
/var/lib/slackpkg
/var/log/removed_packages
/var/log/removed_scripts
/var/log/sbopkg
/var/slapt-get
make sure you also backup your firefox bookmarks, then delete the .mozilla folder in /home/username and /root
and then open firefox, setup bookmarks, then clear recent history
under firefox/tools/clear recent history
also good to delete /home/username/.bash_history and /root/.bash_history
6) reboot into console/text mode, runlevel 3
cd into /root/linux-live-6.3.0x86
and run the build script
it will ask for name of live media folder
any name is good, no spaces!
so, while "my_distro" is good
"my distro" will not work,etc (no quotes though)
it will ask where the kernel is, if "vmlinuz" is a symlink to vmlinuz-2.6.34-ZENS32, then your OK, otherwise give full path to kernel
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-ZENS32
7) Once it starts leave it be till it finishes and dont enter X or another virtual console
(You can do this while running X but it will take longer and anything you do will go into the live media)
8) Once it finishes the live media will be in /tmp/live-data*
simply copy the 2 folders in /tmp/live-data* to usb and reboot into new usb install!
Or, to make livecd, cd into the /tmp/live-data*/boot folder and use
make_iso.sh to create livecd
it will ask for name of livecd
any name is good but must end in .iso
so, "mylinux.iso" is good
whereas "mylinux" would not work
Thats it really, you can modify/edit /root/linux-live-6.3.0x86/.config or /root/linux-live-6.3.0x86/build
just be careful and backup the originals
Also, the kit includes the usb persistent wizard from SalixOS
which will create a slxsave.xfs for persistent cd/usb
The kit also includes slax's "xconf" script to autoconfigure graphics
just do "xconf" as root to generate new xorg.conf
Please read the README!