livecd-creator - VBoxLinuxAdditions

[ManfredB]

Hello friends of Linux/Fedora.

I´m testing livecd-creator with Fedora17.

Only one point I cannot resolve:

I want to add VBoxLinuxAdditions.run to my LiveDVD.

It is in /root/tmp and I hope to add it
per
%post --nochroot

But all tests did not run.

How is the correct way to add it from the installed Distribution (/root/tmp)
to the LiveDVD?

Sorry for my "german" English :-)

Thanks for answering to this thread.

ManfredB

[AndrewSerk]

Hi ManFredB and welcome to fedora fora,

I haven't used Vbox for many years but will take a shot at helping you. The following is a guess and is untested by me.

If you put the VBoxLinuxAdditions.run file in the same folder as your kickstarts you can add it to the liveDVD from the "%post --nocheckroot" with something like:

##############################################################################
## POST --NOCHROOT
##############################################################################

%post --nochroot
cp VBoxLinuxAdditions.run  $INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/

Then run it by adding the run command to "/etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys" from the %post section with something like:

##############################################################################
## POST 
##############################################################################

%post
cat >> /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys << EOF_livesys
sh /usr/share/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
EOF_livesys

You will have to make sure you add any dependencies to the %packages section of your kickstart also. I know some of the package dependencies are "dkms and gcc" but there may be more.

Hope this helps,

---------- Post added at 07:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:21 PM ----------

EDIT:
I had forgot to put the "cp" copy command in the first set of codes

[ManfredB]

Hello AndrewSerk

thank you very much for this help.

I´ll try it tomorrow.

Greetings from
Manfred

---------- Post added at 02:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:07 PM ----------

First step was correct, I found VBoxLinuxAdditions in /usr/share.

But second step failed:

EOF_livesys in line 1 seems not correct.

I cannot write the output, because I make livecd-creator on konsole.

Manfred

---------- Post added at 03:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:35 PM ----------

Here is the ouput:

/tmp/ks-scrpt-JM3UYk: line 4: warning:
here-document at line 1 delimited by end-of-file
(wanted `EOF_livesys´)

I don´t know what this mean....

Manfred

[AndrewSerk]

Hello,
The "EOF_livesys" is just to tell the cat command "this signals the end" of that particular cat. I use EOF_livesys instead of just "EOF" to cut down on confusion when you may have many "cat >> << EOF" type commands in one .ks. If you like you could change it to just about anything you like, just remember to change it in both places.


The issue may be /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys runs to early for that command. Maybe try the same command but add it to livesys-late.

cat >> /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys-late << EOF_livesyslateinit
sh /usr/share/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
EOF_livesyslateinit

It sure would be nice if the VBoxLinuxAdditions was available in a .rpm . That would make installing much easier.


Hope this helps,



EDIT: There was a extra space in front of "EOF_livesys" I just noticed and fixed. Maybe that caused the error (wanted `EOF_livesys´) you are seeing.

[ManfredB]

Super, thank you very much!

/lib/modules/~/misc:
vboxsf
vboxguest
vboxvideo

But these modules are only in liveDVD, after installing it,
there are no modules.

How can I get the modules in the installed Version?

Yes, the simplest way: sh /usr/share/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run.

Is there an other way to implemente these modules directly?

Manfred

[AndrewSerk]

You are welcome. I am happy to try and help,

From my experience, most all the commands that are added to "/etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys-late" are persistent for a hard drive install. You could try adding the "sh /usr/share/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run" command there instead of "/etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys" by replacing the second set of codes from post number 2 with something like:

##############################################################################
## POST 
##############################################################################

%post
cat >> /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys-late << EOF_livesys-late
sh /usr/share/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
EOF_livesys-late

Hope this helps,

[ManfredB]

Sorry, but it failed also.

Is it right that LiveCDs/DVDs do not really install, but rather a copy of LiveCD/DVD
on HDD?

When the installed Version boots, I see SYS=livesys-late
but it do nothing.

Manfred

[AndrewSerk]

Originally Posted by ManfredB

Is it right that LiveCDs/DVDs do not really install, but rather a copy of LiveCD/DVD
on HDD?
Manfred

That is pretty much how I understand it. A livecd doesn't contain rpms like a install dvd but rather a compressed file system with the rpms already installed. When you install the livecd/dvd the file system is uncompressed ,moved to the hard drive and expanded.

[ManfredB]

Why can LiveDVD not uncompressing all?

No installed modules from installed VBoxLinuxAdditions in LiveDVD

I don´t understand it.

Manfred

[AndrewSerk]

Originally Posted by ManfredB

Why can LiveDVD not uncompressing all?

No installed modules from installed VBoxLinuxAdditions in LiveDVD

I don´t understand it.

Manfred

I think the confussion comes from the difference between the the livedvd file system and the livedvd overlay. If you had a rpm of the vbox guest addidtons and created a local repo, added localrepo to the ks and added the vboxguestadditions.rpm to the %packages section, the guestaddiontions would be in the live file sys. Since you are copying over the vbox........run script then running the script the changes are going to the overlay that is not persistent for a hard drive install.

A quick search for vbox guest additions rpm turns up this page: http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/se...uest-additions
I downloaded one of the rpms and looked through it. It looks like the redhat version lines are in those rpms so maybe one of those would work.

Hope this helps,

[AndrewSerk]

Yes, the procedure would go something like:
make a directory for your repo:

su -c 'mkdir /localrepo'

Copy any rpms you want to include in your local repo to /localrepo.
Create the repo:

createrepo /localrepo/

Create a kickstart for your localrepo. I will use gedit but use whatever text editor you like:

gedit

Make the kickstart file resemble something like:

## add this ks for your local repo
repo --name=localrepo --baseurl=file:///localrepo
%packages
virtualbox-guest-additions
%end

and save in the same folder as other kickstart files with a name of localrepo.ks
Then add a line to the livecd/dvd kickstart that points to your localrepo.ks. The line should look like:

%include localrepo.ks

And Spin

Hope this helps,

[ManfredB]

Sorry, but livecd-creator gives an output:

Error creating Live CD : Failed to find package 'virtualbox-guest-additions' : Kein(e) Paket(e) zum Installieren verfügbar

Therefore I cannot create a LiveDVD.

But I created a script:

#!/bin/sh
sh /usr/share/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
exit 0

In liveDVD-KDE.ks I added the following text:

%post --nochroot
cp /usr/share/spin-kickstarts/script $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/rc.d/init.d/
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/script $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/rc3.d/script
%end

In the HDD-installed FC17 I find /etc/rc.d/init.d/script
and
/etc/rc3.d/script as Link

But the script is not starting - I cannot say why...

Manfred

[AndrewSerk]

Hello ManfredB,

Is the rpm in your local repo named "virtualbox-guest-addition"?

[ManfredB]

From rpmfusion.org I get
kmod-VirtualBox-OSE
VirtualBox-OSE-guest

But these packages came with following output:

module-init-tools are obsoleted with kmod

Therefore I added cp /usr/share/spin-kickstarts/~.rpm $INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share
in %post --nochroot

After booting the installed FC17 I could them install per rpm -i without problems.

This way is going right, the other failed.

Manfred

[AndrewSerk]

There are usually many ways to achieve a goal with linux. I am all for using what you know and what works for you.

Glad you got things "going right"!