I have searched google and found some info but since I am not a professional programmer just an end user who is enjoying open source so my understanding could be wrong comment me when I have said some thing wrong I would like to correct

what I have understood is to be able to create a linux distribution of your own you need spins of your system like you need to create a Fedora based distribution you need to have spin of fedora working

then similarly for debian or suse
i searched and came across a link that is a tool meant for this purpose only

http://vertito.blogspot.com/2007/08/...tro-howto.html
For suse
http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/0...-spin-creator/
http://en.opensuse.org/KIWI
Project Revisor
http://revisor.fedoraunity.org/news




but was not able to fully understand one thing I want to know is
rather than using a tool for doing all this I want to understand this process of creating spins and making an installation DVD or CD
so some one should come across to help me

r u trying to make your own linux desto ???

go for http://www.linuxfromscratch.org. This site will actually teach you how does linux works? There is a v good tutorial which you can use to build your own linux desto...I tried but still requires long time at one stretch.

Yes I have read the things there but what they do not tell is creating ISO from the LFS system there are some links given on this forum in similar threads but the links are not working

I have seen similar threads in this forum

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...75#post2903975
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ad.php?t=93386
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=361095
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ad.php?t=22475
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=587273

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...stribution+iso


Now since i have been searching for long so I came to know I need to write an installer some readme or documentation might help so give some thing that is worth reading

Ok so I got what was actually I was searching for I am posting this as a reference if some one by mistake read this and is willing to do same as I did with some other distribution after reading this link go here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...=1#post2935301

you copy the initrd from the distribution DVD and the one on your boot folder inside the system
and do as root
gzip -dc initrd | cpio -id
you will see a lot of directories and some executables
do this for both the initrd's the one on boot folder and the one in installation media
the difference comes in
modules which they load
I am not sure about the udev or devfs which the initrd on installation cd or dvd does .
Actually the difference comes in the init script which you see for both the initrd's the init extracted from the initrd of installation cd or dvd
has a linuxrc script which starts installaion by calling the installer which in my case was yast and in case of fedora is anaconda and debian has its own.
I have tried to explain what ever possible now this should help you.

Hi,
I too would like to build my own distro. I like the Mandriva or MCNlive base, which is from Mandriva's base. What tools do I need? Just how do I make my own distro? Of the replies I seen, none answers the question. I'm not a programmer and I'm new to using linux, but I think I can do this, if pointed in the right direction? From what I have read it's just compiling the apps I want, but is there a minimal base to start with? I was thinking a person can just find a base he or she likes and add or cut the apps they want in it. But is there a way to build from the kernel and it be done with no programming?
thanks
Trailboss

I have also been doing research for past some time because of work pressure I have less time but keep posting some thing to begin with I will suggest you to understand what are spins when a Linux distribution is released the relase spins ,then try to modify a Knoppix DVD then go for www.linuxfromscratch.org by the time you do this you will have an insight as what next to ask then post here we would reply