ThorsHammer to be released 08/31, let the world tremble!
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ThorsHammer to be released 08/31, let the world tremble!
LOL
My finest work to date!
Not only did I combine these distros' like I usually do
but I also Remastered them first!
unsquashfs baby!
OK
ThorsHammer-beta-082909
has all this in a 662mb iso or zip
GRML-Magix (a remaster of grml sid daily build 0827)
added opera, flash10, abiword, audacious, gparted, k3b, isomaster
xarchiver, p7zip-full/rar, fluxconf, gftp ,gnome-device-manager,
plus more too
Also, hooked up the fluxbox menu,etc
DarkMagic (a PartedMagic-4.5 remaster)
added flash10, and custmized the desktop
RescuePup-Beta (a remaster of browserlinux0809)
added testdisk, photorec, dd rescue, and more
ZorOS-3.6 (a slackware utility and great toolkit)
added many others including grub4dos, grub, supergrubdisk
plop bootmanager,
like NetbootCD, mini-PartedMagic and more http://netbootcd.tuxfamily.org/
Uploading of final will be going on today
and released tomorrow at multidistro.com!
I gotta write some readme stuff and fix some config files
anyway, I think I'm gonna add alien bob's slack-13 mini.iso to the kit too
it's got cfdisk and can rescue a installed slack system right?
that should put it at 700mb
anybody gonna critique it for me?
Where's Trooper
he should be game...
It should be ready for download at 6PM eastern tonight!
I added some stuff so this is what all in there
grml-medium-daily-sid remastered
pmagic-4.4 remastered
browserlinux-0908 remastered
zoros-3.6 slack utility
slackware-13 mini via alien bob
plop bootmanager
netbootcd-3.1.2 netinstall any major distro by version
mini-partedmagic yep
lots of rescue tools like supergrubdisk, grub4dos, etc
a full 696MB now
I am releasing an ISO image and a ZIP pkg
both are exactly the same
the ZIP is for users who can't/don't know how to extract iso
just unzip to usb and install grub or syslinux(included)
you can install grub or syslinux in linux/windows
by cd'ing into syslinux or grub4dos folder and install from there
theres actually a messed up version here
I just forgot to edit the isolinux.cfg to say DarkMagic or it says 4.5 instaed of 4.4
you can extract it and check it out dude
I burned it to cd-r and it works good
but if you want put it on fat32 usb
Remember theres a script (make_iso.sh) in the /boot folder
to recreate the iso
REMOVED LINK (bad pipe)
and it don't have slack in it and zoros is messed up
get it just to see grml-magix/darkmagic
their nice
I gotta go do a 10-hr day
will post link for uploaded(now uploading)
fixed ThorsHammer-090109.iso/zip
Notes:
You goota have a recent version of syslinux to get the graphical boot
menu
If you use Unetbootin to instal to usb
it wont run right.
Instructions to install to fat32 usb:
Simply download and unzip directly into your usb or into a folder, then to usb
Or
From the running cd, if you burnt to cd
use Pmagic-4.4(darkmagic) to copy everything to usb and then use pmagic to install
syslinux
Installing to ext2/3 usb
grub is already setup
just copy to usb , install grub, and boot
Making a custom iso
you can download the zip pkg and transform it into
an iso using the script in /boot folder
make_iso.sh
in terminal
./make_iso.sh
and then give it a name ending in .iso, like mycd.iso
if any problems or issues please post here!
I am writing all the docs still
Whats really cool is how I made it so
it will bot from cd, from fat32 or ext2/3 usb and from hd too!
You can install it(the extracted iso/zip)
into a Ubuntu or slack partition too!
Just copy the folders GRML, live, and pmagic to your hd, either in its own partition or
inside a ubuntu/slack,etc partition
heres mine
grml-magix and pmagic in my Ultimate-Edition partition
see screenshot
then just also copy the folder /boot/grmlsid into your /boot folder
and setup your grub menu.lst
to boot grml/pmagic
use the mneu.lst in cd /boot/grub/pmagic-menu.lst
and /boot/grub/grml-menu.lst
just add these entries to your existing menu.lst
Code:
title GRML-Magix Menu
root (hdx,x)
configfile /boot/grub/grml-menu.lst
title DarkMagic-4.4
root (hdx,x)
configfile /boot/grub/pmagic-menu.lst
to make grml-magix persistent you must have a second ext2/3 partition
this can also be a partition with an installed system inside
simply make a "live-rw" file of whatever size
Code:
$ dd if=/dev/null of=live-rw bs=1G seek=1 # for a 1GB sized image file
$ /sbin/mkfs.ext2 -F live-rw
I made a 2gb one and put it in my slack partition
then use the "persistent" cheatcode
PMagic can save settings to a hd too or usb
anybody check it out yet?
I need feedback cause it's like proofreading your own book
other's opinions are better
AND
all the members here who answer my constant questions
you helped make this as much as I did
so, it really is yours too
Dig?
OK
I just downloaded and then installed to my usb
then used grml-magix's k3b to burn the iso to cd-r
I even used an old usb dvd-rw lite-on
and it did it flawlessly too
I think I did a good job on this one
anybody wanna remaster their own?
I'm writing the how-to's now
a note too for new grml users
the only desktop in grml-magix is fluxbox
and you start it when grml loads it wwill load to a console gui thing and will ask what
you wanna do, grml-x or grml-network, etc
so, to start fluxbox
enter x
and then enter
f
Ther is a BUG in grml-network too
dhcp will be brought up at boot
but, if you chooes grml-network from menu
and your running "persistent"
it will delete your dhcp stuff at reboot ad you will have to manually do grml-network at each boot
But, I fixed as best I could by bringing up eth0/eth1, etc at boot
as long as you NEVER do grml-network
it s all good
also, I just found out a way to autostartx fluxbox in grml-magix
thanks to azhag
check out his distro here http://hag-linux.eu.org/
I downloaded the zip yesterday, formatted my 32Gb USB (fat32) and extracted the zip onto it.
Quote:
just unzip to usb and install grub or syslinux(included)
you can install grub or syslinux in linux/windows
by cd'ing into syslinux or grub4dos folder and install from there
I tried to install grub from windows but it gave me an error and didn't execute. The readme in the grub4dos directory states that it will not run from a DOS box in Windows, that it has to be run from DOS. Can you clarify on that please. Sorry if I seem like a noob, but in regards to this stuff (installing on USB, grub, bootloaders and stuff), guess what, I AM a noob
Is it easier to install under Linux? I got two Linux machines at home also, so if that's easier...
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